Student Success Plan for Delaware

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Student Success Plan for Delaware
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SSP Homepage
The SSP Homepage is the central point from which
students can access all of the features and
functions available in the SSP. Schools can send
messages to students. Schools can also add links
to related online career, education, and
community resources.
The My Documents section of the SSP allows
students to store files such as essays and
presentations, letters of reference, and scanned
artwork.
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Career Matchmaker Results
The SSP is fully integrated with the Career
Cruising career guidance system. Students can
save their results from the Career Matchmaker
interest inventory. Students are asked about
their likes and dislikes in a variety of areas,
such as working with children, being interested
in law, working outdoors. Students receive a
list of 40 career suggestions ranked in order of
suitability.
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Careers Schools that Interest Me
Students can bookmark individual careers and
colleges that they are interested in and record
their thoughts about each.
Career and college names link directly to
detailed profiles so students can access
information quickly and easily.
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Career Cluster Interests
National 16 Career Clusters have been integrated
in a variety of ways. Here students can indicate
which clusters are of particular interest to them
and why. Clicking on the name of a cluster takes
students to a page with links to related career
profiles.
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Career Planning Activities
Students can document the career planning and
development activities in which they have
participated, including job shadowing, attending
career or college fairs, internships, and co-op
placements.
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Extracurricular Activities
In the Extracurricular Activities section,
students can detail the organizations and
activities in which they participate.
The Hobbies Interests section allows students
to record the informal or independent activities
that they enjoy.
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Volunteer Experience
Students can document their volunteer
experiences, including the number of hours they
have completed and the name of their reference or
supervisor. Related files, such as a letter of
reference or timesheet, can be uploaded and
linked to particular records. Students can also
enter their work experience in the same fashion.
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Education Plan
The Education Plan allows students to record the
high school courses they have taken, are taking
now, or plan to take in the future. Schools can
use this section to help students create a course
schedule that meets their career and educational
goals. Data from the Education Plan can also be
used to forecast course demand.
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Resume Builder
The SSP also includes a Resume Builder, which
takes information students have already entered
and helps them create a customized resume.
Students can select a variety of styles and can
choose the order in which the sections appear,
allowing them to create chronological, functional
or combined format resumes. The resume can be
printed from a web browser or exported as a Word,
text, or html file.
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SSP Completion Standards
SSP Completion Standards clearly define the
objectives and expectations for students. With
the SSP Completion Status Bar, students can view
requirements and track their progress towards
meeting those specific objectives. Completion
Standards help ensure that students keep their
SSPs up to date. Each year students must review
and revise the required sections of their SSP and
reflect on the changes they have made to achieve
completion.
SSP Completion Standards are set on a grade by
grade basis. The SSP is a progressive experience
for students as they build their plan over time.
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School SSP Administration System
The School SSP Administration System helps
teachers, counselors, and administrators
implement and manage the SSP at their school

• Retrieve student SSP usernames and passwords.
• View individual students SSPs.
• Create and manage advisor accounts to ensure
  that staff have access to the features and
  information they need.

• Monitor SSP Completion Status both individually
  and at the aggregate level.
• Generate a wide variety of customizable reports
  for data collected in the SSP.
• Customize Career Cruising and the SSP Tool.
• Send messages to students and add links to the
  SSP Homepage.

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School SSP Administration System
Integration with Delawares student information
system takes the burden of student information
management off of individual schools. Students
are added, transferred, and promoted
automatically.
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The Student List

• The Student List provides access to a number of
  options
• Retrieve student usernames and passwords
• View student SSPs or resumes
• View or add to students Advisement Log
• Record students Annual SSP Review
• View detailed completion status reports
• Create and view Parent accounts, comments, and
  review status
• Send messages to individual students

Export the Student List to distribute usernames
and passwords, to create checklists, or other
purposes for which you might need the list of
student SSPs.
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Advisor Profiles
Individual advisor profiles allow users access to
the tools and data they need. Four security
levels ensure that students personal information
is protected.
Students can be assigned to advisors and teachers
to provide quick and easy access to their
students data.
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SSP Completion Reports
Track overall student achievement through a
variety of SSP Completion Standards Reports.
Quickly and easily monitor students progress at
a glance and view detailed breakdowns. Identify
students who are not meeting expectations to
determine what help is needed.
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SSP Reports
The system includes a robust real-time reporting
package to analyze data collected in the SSP.
Reports can be customized to report on particular
groups of students based on grade, gender and
assigned advisor.
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Resources Support Materials

• A variety of support documents help schools
  implement the ILP in the way that works best for
  them
• Users Guides for Career Cruising, the SSP, and
  the School ILP Administration Tool.
• Classroom Activities and Independent Research
  Projects.
• Implementation Suggestions
• Documents to help introduce parents to the SSP
  and Career Cruising.
• Comprehensive online Help files provide instant
  access to easy to follow directions.

Career Cruising provides phone and email support,
as well as proactive client service to ensure
successful implementations.