STUDENT HANDOUT unit 1: postsecondary plan lesson 4: overcoming barriers outcome: Explain how personal strengths can help you overcome barriers. barriers to high school success DIRECTIONS: Brainstorm a list of all of the barriers that stop students in this community from graduating high school or going on to college and career success. Our High School's Graduation Rate is: ________% Our High School's College Enrollment Rate is: ________% Our Barriers Brainstorm planning to overcome barriers DIRECTIONS: Choose one of the most important or impactful barriers you identified as a class. Then, create an action plan in the space below to overcome that barrier. Our barrier: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why it is important: __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ LESSON 4: OVERCOMING BARRIERS Property of PeerForward/© 2020 PeerForward; All Rights Reserved. lesson 4: overcoming barriers 33