RhodyReady

RIDE’s Customizable College and Career Readiness Messaging Campaign

Create your own messaging system to help students plan for the future. College and career readiness requires awareness, planning, and action. These campaign messages will help your students stay on track with their postsecondary plans.

What is RhodyReady?

The “RhodyReady” Chatbot was launched in spring 2022 with funding from the federal RethinkRI grant. RhodyReady was created to support high school students with their college and career journey by providing resources and timely reminders to align with grade-level ILP goals. RhodyReady keeps students on track with key tasks such as taking the SAT, completing the FAFSA, application reminders, and upcoming college fairs.

With the end of the RethinkRI grant funding in 2024, RIDE is now offering a library of RhodyReady messages to counselors state-wide so that schools can customize and disseminate their own "RhodyReady" campaign messages at the local level.

RhodyReady Spotlight

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Eight out of 10 Rhode Island high school seniors want to attend college. Yet in 2023, only 65 percent of Rhode Island high school graduates actually enrolled in college within the first year after receiving their diploma.

In this RhodyReady Spotlight, you will learn about:

  • The evolution of RhodyReady
  • The pivotal role school counselors played in the initiative
  • Students' reception to the chatbot
  • The future of RhodyReady
  • How to get involved

The Rhode Island Department of Education is making the RhodyReady Messaging Campaigns available to all schools and counselors for customization. Rhody Ready  messages will be updated each month and reminders will be posted in the RIDE School Counseling Newsletter. 

To view Rhody Ready messages and see suggestions on how to launch your own  customized “RhodyReady” campaign see, below.

Customizing RhodyReady Slide Deck

Customizing RhodyReady Campaign Messages

CALL TO ACTION: To better support schools across the state, we are collecting resources and any customized RhodyReady messaging systems you put into place. Please SHARE your locally-developed messaging campaigns and additional resources with melissa.kusinitz@ride.ri.gov.