Introduction to MAP: Making Achievement Possible

What is MAP?

MAP is a guidance and advisement program designed to enable students to maximize their potential during their high school experience. The goal of this program is to better prepare students for post-secondary opportunities. This goal will be achieved by providing students with a challenging and relevant program of study that strives to connect their educational experiences to current and future life experiences.

This advisory program was created in conjunction with the seventh High Schools That Work Key Practice:

Guidance and Advisement- Involving each student and his/her parent in an individualized advisement system aimed at ensuring that each studentcompletes an accelerated and coherent program of academic study with a career or academic major.

How will it work?

Each student will be teamed in small advisory groups led by a staff member who serves as a MAP Advisor. The advisory groups will typically meet twice a month on a day designated as MAP Day. A special schedule will be designed to accommodate MAP Day.  Each student will work with the same MAP Advisor throughout his or her high school years.

As a part of the MAP program, parents will be expected to attend a parent-student-advisor conference to review student progress and plan his or her courses for the following year. MAP Advisors will contact parents in February to schedule conferences sometime in March.

Who are the MAP Advisors?

All faculty and staff members are eligible to serve as a MAP Advisor. The advisory staff will be composed of faculty and staff members, coaches, and community volunteers.

How is a MAP Advisor different from a Guidance Counselor?

The MAP Advisor does not preclude the relationship between the student and his or her school appointed guidance counselor. The MAP Advisor’s role is to serve as a mentor to assist students in making decisions regarding their school experiences.

The guidance department is staffed by certified counselors who can provide assistance to students experiencing academic or personal problems in addition to general advisement.