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Ormsmith  \nKatherine Cumings Mansfield  \nVirginia Commonwealth University  \nThis explanatory mixed-methods study began with a quantitative survey to investigate counselor beliefs and implementation behaviors related to providing college and career planning services to high school students. Survey results informed the development and implementation of interview protocol designed to provide deeper insight into counselors’ decision-making and implementation fidelity. Findings revealed that while counselors place substantial value in state and district policies, and believe their implementation decisions connect student interests and postsecondary goals to appropriate high school programs of study, they spend more time assisting students of higher socioeconomic status with college planning, resulting in less time for supporting students more likely to need their specialized assistance. Implications for educational leaders are discussed.  \nHigh school seniors confront ever-increasing competition for both jobs and college acceptance after graduation. Students, therefore, depend more than ever on a college and career focused highschool program to develop the necessary skills to successfully compete in the job market and/or complete a postsecondary degree. Responding to these needs, many states have taken up the call to incorporate college and career readiness skills into the high school curriculum for all students under the Career and Technical Education (CTE) umbrella.  \nTo better understand how to best meet the above challenges, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) commissioned the College and Career Readiness Initiative (CCRI) to further refine their CTE focus (VDOE, 2010) . Characteristics of “ready” students included: taking Algebra II and Chemistry; scoring Advanced Proficient on the math and reading Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments; earning an advanced diploma; participating in Advanced Placement (AP) and dual enrollment (DE) courses; participating in the Virginia Early  \nNCPEA Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, Vol. 1, No. 2 – October 2014 ISSN: 1532-0723 © 2014 National Council of Professors of Educational Administration  \nThis manuscript may not be used commercially or edited. When quoting portions of this text, attribution to  \nthe author/s is required.  \nScholars Program (earning college credit via AP or DE experiences); and earning \"college ready\"scores on the SAT or ACT (VDOE, 2010) . The above characteristics currently drive the VDOE college and career readiness initiatives. An important component to seeing these goals to fruitionis the use and development of an Academic and Career Plan (ACP) for each student.  \nThe success of the ACP initiative depends, in large part, on how well the counselors implement the policy on a daily basis. Understanding counselors’knowledge and attitudes about the policy and discovering their actions as \"street level\" policy makers (Goldstein, 2008; Mansfield, 2013, b) sheds light on the plan's ability to prepare students for postsecondary options. It is conceivable that if counselors do not adequately understand the ACP, or have the necessary skills or support systems to adequately implement the policy, then the resulting plan may be haphazard or fail to accurately capture student interest. Also important is how student factors might impact the implementation of the ACP plans. While Virginia policy acknowledges the importance of using the ACP to reach \"at risk\" students, Mickelson and Everett (2008) found, while studying similar plans in North Carolina, that at risk students continued to experience segregation and reduced a","cbCaipH9Ggmb5IdO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipH9Ggmb5IdO","pdf",346752,22,"English","# Background and Policy Context\n## Career and technical education readiness initiatives\n# Study Design and Methods\n## Mixed-methods approach and interview protocol\n# Findings and Implementation Patterns\n## Counselor beliefs vs. implementation fidelity\n# Implications for Educational Leaders","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study on “Career Pathways” policy?\",\"answer\":\"The study explores how school counselors understand and implement “Career Pathways” policy, particularly the Academic and Career Plan (ACP), when supporting high school students’ college and career planning.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the researchers conduct the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study began with a quantitative survey to examine counselor beliefs and implementation behaviors. 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