Engaging Students in the ILP

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Engaging Students in the ILP
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To engage students..

• Prepare the students
• Review what is in the ILP before students access
  their own ILP
• Use the section of the ILP that is labeled
  "Things to Remember" under quick links as an
  introduction
• Allow students to see the potential it has before
  they start exploring for themselves
• Build anticipation for the students

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Incentives are important for student engagement

• Students should see the benefits
• For the School
• For them personally

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Students should be made aware the school will use
ILP data for

• Preparing for career fairs in the school
• College fairs
• Positions in mentoring
• Job shadowing
• Course offerings
• Student groupings for advising
• Advisors/teachers relating to the students on a
  personal level

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Students should be made aware they can use the
ILP for

• Applying for summer jobs
• Scholarships for camps
• Recording awards recognitions
• Career research
• College research
• Preparing college application
• Preparing scholarship applications
• ETC.

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The ILPOpens communication

• Between advisor/teacher and student through the
  email system
• Between parent and student through the parent ILP
• Between counselors and students because
  counselors can access large amounts of
  information on a student in the ILP
• Between student and others through the invite
  others option

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Schools should . . .

• Encourage students through continuous
  communication and follow-up
• Be creative .Think like the students, they love
  technology like this
• Talk enthusiastically about the ILP and its
  benefits for everyone

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Ideas for schools

• Create incentive packages for students..be
  creative, what would work for your students?
• Connect the ILP to multiple courses so that
  students can see its importance throughout the
  school Create writing assignments or math
  problems.
• Let the students research and be the expert at
  career day, instead of bringing in an expert
• Other ideas????????

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What will work for your students?

• You know your students best
• Create a plan to engage students
• Involve everyone in the plan, including students
• Start nowUse this time to discuss
  possibilities for your school.