Gap Year: Taking time off from formal post secondary education to travel, volunteer, explore a particular vocation or a combination of all of these.
Post Secondary Planning: Developing a comprehensive Post Secondary / College education plan that addresses career ambitions, financial costs and needs as well as a
timeline for completion.
There are a number of different steps to go through to begin developing a strong Gap Year and Post Secondary plan.
- It begins with both students and parent(s) filling out a 35 question survey. They are separate for each but ask somewhat similar questions.
- After the survey is completed a two hour meeting is scheduled between the Student, Parents(s)/guardian and Chris Brown from BWE. The meeting is broken down
as follows:
- Meet together with family to go over process and expectations. (15 minutes)
- Meet with parent(s) alone and go over survey results for clarification and deeper input. (30 Minutes)
- Meet with student and go over survey results for clarification and deeper input (30 Minutes)
- Meet with parents and student to discuss results and next steps.
- We will return with a packet that includes the following:
- a list of five or six Post Secondary Institutions/ Colleges that fit the criteria of both Student and Parents.the Pros and cons of each institution will be discussed between the
family and the BWE consultant.
- potential organizations to volunteer, intern for or travel with. This includes the costs, contacts, logistics, Pros and cons and how they may fit into different higher education
institutions
- a detailed plan that includes goals, objectives, completion timeline checklist, resource directory and Scholarship information
- Check in with student and family 4 times during year 1 (2 face to face and 2 on line)