K-12 Advisors

As a K-12 Advisor, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources to help advisees plan their online K-12 education. Search for certified K-12, MnSCU, and U of M online courses and programs. Obtain college readiness, postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO), transfer, and online college in the high school (OCHS) information for advisees approaching college. Access college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that advisees can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

The Choice is Yours: A Program for Minneapolis students
Minnesota Department of Education website about The Choice is Yours Program, a school choice program for qualified families in Minneapolis to enroll their child in Minneapolis schools other than their resident school or selected suburban districts.

Alternative education programs
Alternative education is designed for students in kindergarten - 21 years old who are at risk of educational failure and/or are experiencing difficulty in the traditional system by providing programs and services that meet individual student needs and learning styles.

Project C3: Connecting Youth to Communities and Careers
The goal of Project C3 is to improve transition outcomes for youth after high school in preparation for employment or post-secondary education through training, advocacy, facilitated system collaborations and resource mapping.

Supplemental Educational Services
Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provide additional academic instruction, such as tutoring, to increase student achievement. This service is offered to eligible students enrolled in schools identified as needing improvement (under the No Child Left Behind Act).

Open enrollment to public schools
Minnesota Department of Education open enrollment page that provides information about open enrollment, a program that gives public school students the opportunity to apply to attend public schools outside the school district in which they reside.

The Military Child Education Coalition
The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.

Minnesota K-12 Online Learning Alliance
The Minnesota K-12 Online Learning Alliance fosters and enriches student learning by promoting and supporting the viability of quality online programs throughout the state.

ISEEK: Parents and Online Learning
What parents need to know about online learning and how to support student success.

Student Support Services - Minnesota Department of Education
A Student Support Services team provides early identification, intervention, referral and support when health care and social supports are needed for students and their families. Professionals including, school nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists and chemical health specialists.

Internet Safety - NetSmartz
NetSmartz provides on- and offline learning activities for parents, students and teachers to facilitate discussions about Internet safety.

GreatSchools
GreatSchools' purpose is to improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved. GreatSchools.net profiles more than 90,000 public elementary, middle and high schools in the United States including charter, magnet, year-round schools, and some continuation and alternative schools.

Find course equivalencies in u.Select
Find course equivalencies in u.Select; transfer information for Minnesota.