Career & College Readiness

Our Vision

To inspire innovation and create opportunities for students beyond high school through the power of online learning.

Our Mission

To provide a high-quality education to students across South Carolina and graduate self-sufficient learners who excel at using technology to further their understanding of the world.

What is College and Career Ready?

Career - Student is identified as Career Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• **WIN Career Readiness Assessment
  • Students will need a score of 3 or higher on the Math, Reading, and Data sections
• CATE (Career & Technology Education) Completer + Certification
• WBL (Cooperative Education, Internship, R-Registered Apprenticeship, or Y-Youth Apprenticeship)
• ASVAB 31 or Higher
• IEP Employability Credential

College - Student is identified as College Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• ACT 20+ Composite
• 1040+ SAT Composite
• 6+ hours of approved Dual Credit Courses with a grade of C or higher
• AP exam scores of 3 or higher
• IB 4 or higher (HL only)

As a student, and future graduate of SC Whitmore School, becoming career-ready is important for your future. Career-ready Graduates possess the skills and knowledge necessary to enter the workforce immediately. This makes them more attractive to employers and increases their chances of securing a job. Career readiness also involves preparing students for further education, whether it be vocational training, technical programs, or college. Graduates with a solid foundation in career-related skills may have more options and success in pursuing advanced degrees if they choose to do so. Even if your goal is not to go straight to the workforce, the credential has benefits.

The school is also held accountable for our College & Career Ready (CCR) graduates. The state places our CCR “score” on our school report card.

The South Carolina Career Ready Test is a state-mandated career readiness test administered to all third-year (eleventh-grade) students to measure the most common skills that employers define as foundational for career readiness. Students are assessed in four key areas:

• Math Assessment
• Reading Assessment
• Data Assessment
• Soft Skills Assessment

Learn more here.

The purpose of the CCR lessons is to introduce you to some of the skills that will be on the South Carolina Career Readiness assessment.

Every high school student in South Carolina is required to take this assessment, starting in their 3rd year. At South Carolina Whitmore School we have placed practice questions in your courses to give you exposure and to provide tips as you complete this lesson activity. There are just a few questions in each practice lesson.

The questions address skills needed in the workplace. In your high school curriculum, you are learning the skills necessary for analyzing information presented in the test items.

Source: https://www.winlearning.com/Solutions/Assessments/academic-skills-assessments

Preparing students who are career ready is an important responsibility of SC Whitmore School and the State of South Carolina. From October 27-31, the WIN Learning (WIN) Career Readiness Assessment will be administered to students who are seniors who have not already met the career ready indicator, or graduating in December.

Students and parents can work together to make sure they are well prepared by following these suggestions:

Students should:

• Rest on the nights before these tests.
• Eat a nourishing breakfast on the morning of each test.
• Arrive at your testing location on time, or a few minutes early to avoid additional stress.
• Listen attentively to the teacher’s directions so they will know exactly what to do.
• Read each test question and each response carefully before marking an answer choice.
• Stay calm if there are questions that seem difficult.
• Mark their best answers.
• Refrain from bringing any electronic device that can be used for communicating, timing, or imaging into the testing location.

Parents should:

• Meet with teachers as often as necessary to discuss his/her progress.
• Check or review projects or other school work.
• Talk with your child about school.
• Ask teachers to suggest activities to do at home to help prepare for tests and to improve understanding of schoolwork.
• Provide positive feedback by praising for what he/she has does well.

Help us help your child perform to the best of his or her ability. For more information about testing or your child’s progress, please call SC Whitmore's Testing Coordinator: Katie Coleman – Questions about all things testing (SAT, ACT, EOC, WIN, PSAT) – 803-768-8313 or 803-216-5368 email - kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org

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The ASVAB CEP inspires students, schools, educators and parents across the country to explore the possibilities the world of work has to offer and make an action plan as unique as each student.

The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is a comprehensive career planning tool that enables meaningful career exploration and post-secondary planning. The ASVAB CEP harnesses the power of the world’s most validated aptitude test paired with an interest inventory to empower young people to explore the holistic world of work and make an individualized post-secondary plan.

The ASVAB CEP is sponsored by the Department of Defense with a two-part mission: to provide a career exploration service to U.S. youth and qualified leads to military recruiters. The CEP is offered at no cost to participating high schools as a public service. In the last five years, the ASVAB CEP has helped over 3 million students in more than 13,000 schools accurately identify their strengths. Participants have no obligation to the Military or to speak to a recruiter.

The ASVAB CEP inspires students, parents, and educators to take collaborative action to talk about all of the postsecondary options. This effort harnesses the collective power of families and communities to transform how people think about, talk about, and participate in post-secondary planning.

To learn more visit - www.asvabprogram.com

Legislation states the purposes of the college and career ready assessments are:

1. Assist students, parents, teachers, and guidance counselors in developing individual graduation plans and in selecting courses aligned with each student’s future ambitions;
2. Promote South Carolina’s Work Ready Communities initiative; and,
3. Meet federal and state accountability requirements.

• SAT
• ACT

Learn more about the College Entrance Assessments here.

Click here to view SC Whitmore School Counselors College and Career Group Recordings

USC Union is an option for Dual Enrollment. Students can find Dual Enrollment options at their local colleges as well.

A Dual Enrollment information session will be held October 15th at 2pm with USC Union.

• Join here. Or copy this URL into your browser: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84386649118?pwd=MKJM85zf3IPkXn2zq1an3NawzbMCrC.1
• Can't make it live? It will be recorded.
• The recording from our General Dual Enrollment Information Session from the summer also has a ton of good information.

• Dual Enrollment Information and Process Sheet '25-26
  

Benefits of Dual Enrollment

• Earn credits toward a certificate or degree for free if taking 6 credit hours or more per semester.
• Save money if enrolled as a high school student.
• Experience college expectations/life.
• Jump start post-high school options.
• Dual enrollment courses have higher weight toward GPAs.

If interested in Dual Enrollment please reach out to your school counselor so that dates and deadlines for each college semester can be discussed.

Space is limited in the spring GSSM courses. The only classes open to students are:

• Dual Enrolled Calculus 2
  Students should have already completed DE Calculus 1 or AP Calculus AB
  MTWTh 10:15-11:10am via ZOOM

• Honors Linear Algebra
  Students should be currently enrolled in calculus or have completed a calculus class (of any level)
  TTh 1:15-2:15pm via ZOOM

Contact your school counselor if you are interested in one of these courses.

• We are testing for WIN throughout the state from October 27-October 31, with make up testing taking place at our Columbia offices on November 5.
• Participating students and their parents will be sent a Google Calendar invite with additional information from Katie Coleman (kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org).
• Please note the Fall WIN testing dates and locations below. Please note that all tests have an arrival time of 9 AM.

PeeDee- Fairfield Inn and Suites

2061 East U.S. Highway 501

Fall WIN- 10/27/2025

Charleston- Hilton Garden Inn

5265 International Blvd, N. Charleston

Fall WIN- 10/28/2025

Upper Midlands- LOOM CoWorking Center

118 Academy St, Suite 100, Fort Mill

Fall WIN- 10/29/2025

Upstate

Marriott Greenville- One Parkway E, Greenville

Fall WIN- 10/30/2025

Beaufort/Bluffton- Holiday Inn and Suites

2225 Boundary St, Beaufort

Fall WIN- 10/29/2025

Columbia- Midlands Tech Harbison Campus

7300 College St, Irmo

Fall WIN- 10/31/2025

Below you will find a list of all of our mandatory test dates by location in the attachment.

CTE courses give students real-world experiences in their high school classes to earn a certificate and gain skills to become employed in a specific professional field.

Learn more about CTE courses in South Carolina on the South Carolina Department of Education website today!

• To earn CCR (College-and Career-Ready) credit students need to earn certifications in their concentration after completing all classes in their pathway.

• Students will earn a cord at graduation for being a CTE (Career and Technology Education) pathway completer.

• Learn more about the CTE Pathways at SCWS here.

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