KANSAS CAREER PIPELINE KUDER

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KANSAS CAREER PIPELINE(KUDER)

• USING THE KANSAS CAREER PIPELINE WITH STUDENTS
  WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

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KCP AND TRANSITION PLANNING

• Part of transition planning is to gather
  information on the students
• Interests
• Preferences
• Post-school outcome
• Course of study

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STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES EXPERIENCE

• Higher drop out rates
• Higher unemployment and/or underemployment
• Unrealistic ideas about careers/occupations
• Poor organizational and planning skills
• Poor research skills
• More of a tendency to live for today, not for
  tomorrow

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REDUCING DROPOUTS

• KCP can help student better connect the need for
  finishing school
• KCP can help the student develop personal goals
• KCP can help the student see light at the end of
  the tunnel

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KCP CAN BOOST EMPLOYMENT POSSIBLITIES

• Students can have an easier way to explore
  different occupations
• The amount of information available on KCP helps
  students to better determine what occupations may
  fit them
• KCP helps the student to determine what
  occupations are available for the amount of
  education they are willing/able to obtain

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DEVELOPING REALISTIC OCCUPATIONAL GOALS

• Many students in SPED tend to be unrealistic
  about occupations
• KCP can help a student develop realistic goals
• KCP clearly shows a student what preparation is
  needed for different occupations
• KCP clearly shows the student what activities
  other than academics helps prepare them for an
  occupation

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ASSISTING WITH PLANNING

• KCP timelines
• KCP school search
• KCP financial aid/scholarship search
• KCP portfolio section
• KCP resume, application and cover letter help

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KCP RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

• Students are like a river and tend to follow the
  path of least resistance
• KCP makes researching information for post-school
  planning easier for the student

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LIVING FOR TOMARROW

• KCP helps the student realize that planning for
  the future is important and easier than
  previously thought
• Success after high school does not happen by magic

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NUTS AND BOLTS

• Fitting it in
• Getting the students to buy in
• Registration
• Taking the assessments
• Assessment Results
• Follow-up

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FITTING IT IN

• How does your school(s) find time to have the
  students take the assessments???
• Seminar
• Resource classes
• Take time from other classes
• Incorporate into a specific class

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STUDENT BUY IN

• Discuss post-school planning
• Demonstrate some of the features
• Show students how KCP helps to make post-school
  planning easier than traditional methods

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REGISTRATION

• Common registration problems
• User names/passwords
• Use of projector to guide students

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TAKING THE ASSESSMENT

• How much time does it take?
• What about ADD or AD/HD students?
• Understanding the assessment procedures/instructio
  ns
• Use with lower functioning students

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ASSESSMENT RESULTS

• To help build enthusiasm let students have some
  unstructured time to compare results
• Discuss individual results with students
• Give students time to explore the site in
  relation to their results

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FOLLOWUP

• How are we going to incorporate KCP into the
  curriculum?
• Stand alone class
• Integrated into another class
• Students follow up independently
• If and when to retake assessments
• Suggested activities/curriculm