INtRoDuCtIoN School Based Decisions for Implementing the PeerForward Curriculum below are some important items to consider before implementation of the curriculum: What will be your school's implementation model? Who will serve as the Curriculum Specialist/Lead for the PeerForward curriculum? They would be responsible for: * Training educators on curriculum use * Communicating processes to educators to access the digital curriculum * Providing support to educators teaching the curriculum * Accessing and utilizing training and best practices provided by PeerForward * Communicating technical issues to PeerForward via established protocol * Responding to requests from PeerForward for user feedback (no more than twice a year) . Structuring a College Planning Class PeerForward provides partner schools and districts with a proven strategy and tools to increase college enrollment rates for all students . Our research suggests that schools that use the PeerForward curriculum structure a class utilizing the curriculum, and adhere to the following best practices achieve the most significant results for their students-increasing their students' postsecondary opportunities for college and career success . Integrating the Curriculum into the Master Schedule The PeerForward curriculum is best taught in an advisory period that meets on a regular basis or used in a standalone, credit-bearing college awareness/preparation course . PeerForward recommends at least 60 minutes of class time per week . Some schools embed the curriculum into content-area classrooms, combining the content with subject-area content . This implementation model is not recommended, as historically it has led to inconsistent and sporadic coverage of postsecondary content . Changes to the Curriculum If you are a returning school, you may wonder what changes to expect in the new navigator and Launch digital Curriculum . below are some changes and updates: Downloadable and Editable PDFS of Student Handouts: * As schools embrace devices in classrooms and expand online learning opportunities, the need has grown for virtual handouts that students can complete on their devices . In each grade, we have created an editable version of the student handouts for teachers to download and distribute to their classes . You can find links to the new versions on the handout Quick Links page at the beginning of this text, or at the start of each lesson's handouts . SChOOL bASEd dECISIOnS FOR ImPLEmEnTIng ThE PEERFORWARd CuRRICuLum IX