We partner with districts and high schools in low-income communities to ensure postsecondary planning, preparation, and support aren’t treated as extracurricular activities, but as integral components of the high school experience for all students. Our results show that this enables more students to enroll and graduate from postsecondary programs.
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“Our national higher-education system clearly needs serious reform. But while we’re figuring out how to accomplish those reforms, we need to do a lot more right now to help students succeed in the system as it exists today. OneGoal is one of the best models I’ve seen for providing that help.”
OneGoal students (Fellows) have postsecondary ambitions but face compounding challenges that limit their options. Our cohorts have an average 2.86 GPA (or 83.6%), 94% of Fellows identify as people of color, and 69% identify as first-generation postsecondary students.
Our model can be tailored to individual schools’ specific needs, and is accessible to Fellows wherever they are: in person, remote at home, and on their phone.
Our three-year model starts as a credit-bearing class during students’ junior year of high school. OneGoal then bridges the transition to a Fellow’s chosen postsecondary path by continuing individualized support for a full year after high school.
Each OneGoal Program Director and cohort is supported by OneGoal staff who provide ongoing coaching and training. Program Directors contextualize lessons and help students identify paths to success, build resilience while navigating inequitable systems, and enroll in their choice of postsecondary institution.
Grounded in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy – a framework focusing on social justice, equity, and multicultural education – our curriculum and training create an environment where Fellows grow academically and identify postsecondary paths aligned to their personal aspirations.
The curriculum, training, and resources that comprise OneGoal’s model are continuously reviewed to ensure we’re keeping up with educational research and best practices, and utilizing the data and feedback we’ve collected over more than a decade of implementation. Highlights of our model include:
Staffing a high school with enough quality postsecondary counselors to match the demand in comprehensive high schools is tough. OneGoal bridges that gap; the program identifies awesome teachers who want to take on more and equips them with the knowledge and skills it takes to offer the advice kids deserve.”
Elliott Witney
Former Associate Superintendent of Academic Design and Performance
Spring Branch ISD Houston, Texas
I’m excited that we have resources for not just high-performing students, but for those that hadn’t yet realized their potential when they got to us. It provides this set of equity and access that’s tough to reach. That’s pretty meaningful.”
Dr. Dan Sims
Former Associate Superintendent
Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia
With OneGoal we’re able to actually prepare kids for college—and keep up with them while they’re in college—to really level the playing field for everybody.”
Jeff Simon
Assistant Principal
John Dewey High School, New York
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