YEAR

13
August

September

October

(ACT)

November

(SAT/ACT)

December

(SAT)
Subject Test with Language with Listening

(SAT)

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Monthly College Counselling Newsletter: Last Thursday of every month >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Cambridge Application with
Interview in Singapore
Deadline: September 20

The Big Picture

Oxbridge/UK Medicine
Application Deadline:
October 15

Early Applications (EA and ED)

Deadline for most
US Universities: November 1
University of California Application
Deadline: November 30

< < < Oxbridge/UK Medicine Preparation Sessions > > >
< < < Check-In Meeting with Counsellor > > >

< < < ============= Sending University Applications ============= > > >
< < < === Lunch Workshops === > > >

Hands-on University Application

and Essay Writing Session

Oxbridge Mock Interviews

UK Personal Statement
Teacher Panel Interviews

(Personal Statement, Essay Writing, UCAS, Common Application)

College Essay
Boot Camp

NIST Internal Application

Deadline: First Monday
in December

Hands-on University Application

and Essay Writing Session
De-stress Session

College Survival Skills 101

Session

College Survival Skills 101

Session

College Survival Skills 101 Sessions

The Big Picture

Students learn to cook, clean, do laundry and

manage a budget.

1. Making your shortlist

2. Deadlines
3. Teacher references
4. Overview of applications around the world
5. What are your responsibilities?

Domestic

College Essay Boot Camp

Hands-on Application and Essay Session

Students work on their university applications and/or

college essays with support from their counsellors.

Skills

Students spend four hours on a Sunday

brainstorming ideas and writing their
university essays with support from their
counsellors.

Parent Presentation in August - University Application Night for Parents

1. Overview of applications around the world

January

February

2. How you can assist your child

March

3. Preparing for their departure

April

May

June

(SAT)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Monthly College Counselling Newsletter: Last Thursday of every month >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Exit Interview
with Counsellor

< < < USA/Canada/UK and Various Other University Decision Notifications > > >

College Survival Skills 101

Session

TCK / CCK
Session

Pre-Departure
Orientation Session
for Students

College Survival Skills 101

Pre-Departure
Session
Orientation Session
for Parents

De-Stress Session

Pre-Departure Orientation
Session for Student

1. How does it feel to be stressed?

1. The transition experience 4. Preparing for departure
2. What are some of the reactions?
2. Alumni advice
5. The good-buy list
3. Where in your body do you feel stress?
4. What are some of the ways you handle stress? 3. Being homesick
5. Yoga session
TCK/CCK Session
6. Meditation session
1. Definitions of TCK/CCK
2. Understanding how I fit into the TCK/CCK categories
3. Common challenges and strenghts that TCKs experience

De-Stress

Parent Presentation in May - Pre-Departure Orientation Session for Parents

1. How do you feel?

2. Family, change and loss

3. University pre-departure housekeeping

YEARS

10 - 13
Comprehensive Social/Emotional Programming
Interdisciplinary Lessons
The counsellors develop and implement programmes within the structure of the health curriculum.
Drugs and Alcohol

Sex Education

Healthy Relationships

Individual Counselling
The counsellors conduct individual counselling sessions based on individual social/emotional needs.
The counsellors are available and trained to deliver short-term counselling services. Referrals will
be made for long-term counselling and therapy.

NIST Community Learning Hub Sessions

The counsellors offer workshops to parents through the Community Learning Hub (CLH) sessions
several times per year. Examples of recent workshop topics include Resolving Friendship Conflicts;
Autonomy, Responsibility and Information; Parenting in a Concrete Jungle; Leadership Skills; How
Boys Fulfill their Potential; Micro-Counselling Skills; The Five Love Languages of Children and
Teenagers; Helicopter Parenting; How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs and Alcohol.

Year 10 and Year 11

The NIST Social/Emotional Programme is steeped in the MYP focusing on the affective MYP skills:
resilience, self-motivation, mindfulness, emotional awareness and persistance. Counsellors meet
with their students one time each rotation cycle for 30 minutes.
Topic Units:
Emotional Awareness
Potitive Affirmations

Self-Regulation
Acceptance

Impulsive Behaviour
Self-Efficiacy

Empathy
Connectedness

Contact the High School Counsellors for more information:

Mr. Joachim (Kim) Ekstrom
High School Counsellor
jekstrom@nist.ac.th
+66 (0)2 017 5888 ext. 1353

Ms. Kathleen Schultz

High School Counsellor
kschultz@nist.ac.th
+66 (0)2 017 5888 ext. 1205

Mr. Barry Spence

High School Counsellor
bspence@nist.ac.th
+66 (0)2 017 5888 ext. 1204

Ms. Jennifer Abreu

High School Counsellor
jabreu@nist.ac.th
+66 (0)2 017 5888 ext. 1122

NIST International School

36 Sukhumvit Soi 15, Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel: +66 (0)2 017 5888 Fax: +66 (0)2 253 3800 | www.nist.ac.th

YEAR

10
August

September

October

Its All Happening

Learning Style

November

December

< < < Individual Meeting with Counsellor > > >

Its All Happening

1. Student/parent registration
on Naviance

4. High school overview

2. Three important questions

a.
b.
c.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

What are you good at?

What are your passions?
What are your priorities?

3. How do you learn the best?

Transcript begins now

Assess online conduct
Think about your future
Making good decisions
Be aware of the changing world
Get involved in extra-curicullar activities

Individual Meeting with Counsellor

Review and Discuss

1. Learning Style Inventory

2. High school overview topics

3. Three important questions collage

4. Building a relationship with your counsellor

Parent Presentation in August - The Journey to University and Post High School Planning
1. NIST High School Counselling Programme overview
2. Naviance overview

3. The university application process begins with

learning about oneself strengths, passions,
and priorities
4. There is a strong correlation between career
satisfaction and life happiness

5. Students thrive when they are able to make

informed decisions based on self-knowledge,
a proactive approach to post-secondary research,
and support and guidance from home and school
6. There are many post-secondary paths available
to each student

Strength Explorer

Learning Style
The Learning Style Inventory is based on the idea that
people prefer to work and learn differently from one
another. Research shows that knowing and adjusting
to your learning and productivity preferences can help
make learning easier and more enjoyable.

Your top three themes are your areas of natural talent - ways
in which we naturally think, feel and act. We are all naturally
good at some things. You will understand your strengths and
work to use them more efficiently for your future.

Resume Builder

Students will enter activities that they have participated in

into their Naviance Resume Builder

January
Do What You Are

February

March

April

May

June

Strength Explorer

Do What You Are

1. We explore the idea that everyone has a personality type
2. We also introduce the idea that knowing your personality
type can be a useful tool in helping you discover what field
of study or what career you may want to pursue after high school
3. Do What You Are also gives you valuable information about:
a. Where you draw your energy from
b. How you gather information
c. How you make decisions
d. How you organize different aspects of your world

4. By taking the Do What You Are Personality

Test, you discover what your personality type
is and what it means
5. In order to reflect on this information, you are
requested to complete a survey on Naviance.
6. Parents may also view the results in their childs
Naviance account using their Naviance parent
access code

YEAR

11

August

September
Exploring Careers
and Majors

October (PSAT)

November

December

Working on Career Survey on Naviance

Exploring Careers and Majors

Investigative
e

Yell

B lu

ow

Realistic

R ed

Conventional

Artistic

1. Review Year 10 and reflect:

a. Three important questions
b. Learning style
c. Do What You Are
2. Explain Holland Codes
3. Complete Career Interest
Profiler on Naviance

4. Complete Career Survey

on Naviance
5. Match career interest to
university courses/majors

Career Interest Profiler

Enterprising

Social

A tool that will help students discover the types of work activities
and careers that match their interests

Parent Presentation in September - What Am I Doing for the Rest of My Life?

1. Who are we?
2. Who are you? - personality fun
3. Advisory

January
Career Discovery
Day

February
Individual Meeting
with Counsellor
DP Course Choices

Work Experience Week

1. What if money didnt matter?
2. Why work experience?
3. Employer expectations
4. What can you offer employers?
5. What will you be doing in
your placement?
6. Work Experience Preference
Survey on Naviance
7. Your resume

Work Experience Follow-up

1. Obtain manual
2. Receive placement
3. Review expectations
4. Orientation and preparation

4. Leadership
5. Self-advocacy and communication
6. Careers and internships

March

April

7. The post-secondary plan and IB

8. Naviance Family Connection

May

< < < < < < < Find or be Assigned a Work > > > > > > > >
Experience Placement
Work Experience
Follow-up

June
Work
Experience
Week

DP/HS Course Choices

Students will meet individually with their counsellor to
discuss course choices for the final two years of high
school which match their strengths, interests and
post-secondary goals

Career Discovery Day

Students will gain first-hand knowledge from different
professionals in various careers through rotating
workshops

YEAR

12
August

September

October

November

(PSAT)

December

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Monthly College Counselling Newsletter: Last Thursday of every month >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
< < < < < < < < Complete UniQuest Assignment > > > > > > > >
Testing Tips
Country Specific Workshops
and Strategies
on University Research
(UK, USA, Canada, Asia, Australia, Europe)

Nuts and Bolts of University Research

6. What you should be doing in Year 12

4. Know your academic profile

5. Develop your Long List through
the UniQuest Assignment

1. Review post-secondary options

2. Design your road map
3. Factors to consider

Parent Presentation in August - Preparing for Post-Secondary

1. Review post-secondary options around the world
2. What your child should be doing to prepare
3. Financial considerations

January

February

(SAT)

UniQuest Assignment
Due First Monday
in December

4. Review application requirements

5. Role of parents in the process

March

April

May

June

(ACT)

(SAT)

(SAT/ACT)

< < < ==================== Develop Long List of Universities ==================== > > >

< < < Post-UniQuest Individual Meeting with Counsellor > > >

< 3-Way University Conference Parent/Student/Counsellor >

< < < ========= Oxbridge/UK Medicine Preparation Sessions ========== > > >

Post-UniQuest Individual
Meeting with Counsellor

3-Way University Conference

Parent/Student/Counsellor

Year 12 Sessions

1. Review UniQuest assignment

2. Discuss development of the Long List
of Universities
3. Naviance Resume and Historic
Demographic Survey
4. Identifying strengths, preferences and
interests in relation to university fit

1. Review Long List

2. Review university research
3. Plan for summer and Year 13

1. Recognizing your strengths

2. Researching universities
3. Developing a university list
4. Career speaker series
5. Alumni panel
6. Essay/personal statement
brainstorm

Oxbridge/UK Medicine Workshop for Parents and Students in January

1. The competitive nature of admissions
2. UK medicine, dentistry and veterinary science requirements
3. How to prepare for the application

4. UK medicine profile needed

5. Oxbridge requirements

Parent Presentation in January: University Research Update

Spring update: where year 12 Students should be at this point and what parents can do to support them