New "Dialogue Portfolio": How Civility Figures College - The Carnahan Group

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If you’re a parent of high schooler, you probably felt it:

The pressure keeps mounting, rules keep shifting and admissions process looks at nothing as it was applied to college. Just when you think you’ve caught up with the test-optional policies or FAFSA changes, new factor appears in the horizon.

This year, the fact that the element is a few parents expected: Civility.

What is the dialogue portfolio?

This part is a part of a new initiative called DialogueSpearheaded a salt khan (founder Khan Academy). By means of Schoolhouse.worldAlumni 14-18 can log onto Zoom For those in-on-conversations with peers around the world. The topics of the immigration, artificial intelligence or air change – not to debate, but at Listen, exchange of ideas and practice with respect to disagreement.

After each of the conversation, students and equals to complete short reflections and feedback forms. When a student has shared in several sessions, earn a Dialogue portfolioIt is a certificate that can be submitted to colleges.

Think about the character transcript.

The dialogue portfolio measurements are not only what the child knows, but how they handle the disagreement, compassion and communication.

What is your college protection?

In today’s climate of Polarization and online shouting matches, universities are struggling with how to keep healthy campus conversations. I just want to top test scores. And you want the students who are in communities that are different in the background and thought.

To what colleges like Columbia, mit, Hopkins Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Northwestern University of Chicago Now signed to support the dialogue portfolios as part of the admissions. As the Uchicago Dean’s admission set it up: “I want students who can come here and add to the conversation in a campus but to do on the correct way.”

Enter the dialogue portfolio

Session history – How many conversations have your teen has participated in the topics.
PARI FEEDBACK – Comments in their listening skills, openess and sympathetic.
Silver – their notes of what has learned, than their views are challenged or how to grow.

It’s not a test score. It’s a window on your child’s ability to build bridges.

What is your parents

Many parents will sign up and hope and anxiety.

HopesFor finally there is a recognition, that kindness and how much the matter in respect of grades.
AnxietyBecause it’s one thing to be with a commemoration of the admissions are the leaders are looking at entirelyNot as transcripts.

This is the truth: The dialogue portfolios did not replace academics, test scores or books. Instead, they Add another layer To be colleges to evaluate fit. And also a sign of a bigger trend – I want students who do not only succeed in classrooms, but also strengthen the fabric of their communities.

Plans to proceed

Don’t be frightened? This is still new and take years to exactly how much weight dialogue portfolios carry.
To encourage practice. Even without a scholarthous platform, your teen can exercise these skills in class discussions, the debate teams, in volunteer work, or simply to breakfast table with the family.
Remember to balance. The portfolio is Elogoatus. It’s not a brief additional academic or other application component. Is completion.

As parents are likely to teen a thousand times: “It’s not just about what you say, it’s how you say.” For the first colleges and we measure.

The Carnahan Group, I’ll be watching closely how Dialogue portfolio Shape admissions in the coming years. For now we see that the sign of hope, in an more divided world qualities as compassy, with respect to the civility, and the civility is getting to deserve.