Career Clusters

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Plans of Study GuidanceFest 2008
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Why do we need career planning?

• Higher performing schools
• Assessment results are delivered and interpreted
  to students and parents
• Assessment results are interpreted in context of
  life/career goals, course options, and
  educational plans
• Assessment results are used to develop initial
  Plans of Study and to update it in successive
  years
• Lower performing schools
• Assessments are used to begin career exploration
  process but results are not necessarily shared or
  referred back to through the students school
  years

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American School Counselor AssociationNational
School Counseling Model in 2003

• Three domains Personal/Social, Career Dev.,
  Academic Dev.
• Delivered through four components
• School Guidance Curriculum
• Individual Student Planning
• Establishing personal goals and developing future
  plans
• Documented plan
• Responsive Services
• System Support

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CareerTech Guidance Standard

• Are student service strategy plans, individual
  career plans, or locally created plans of study
  developed, updated, and on file for all students
  to identify and document career and academic
  services to be provided for program success and
  potential employability of individual students?

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How many licks does it take???
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Learning Record versus Plan of Study

• Traditional Four Year Plan
• A format that serves as a learning record and
  looks toward the past
• Plan of Study
• A format that identifies what is to be achieved
  and looks toward the future

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Plans of Study Definitions

• A personalized PLAN OF STUDY is a learner owned,
  comprehensive, career focused, educational
  strategy.

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Simply put

• A Plan of Study is a roadmap that guides
  students through the coursework and activities
  that will help them to achieve their personal
  career goals.

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Wheres the map?

• This road map should include
• Graduation requirements
• Approved rigorous coursework for the students
  educational and career goals
• Developmentally appropriate work-based learning
  experiences

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Cluster and Pathway Sample Plans of Study

• The Cluster and Pathway sample Plans of Study can
  be used to assist students in completing their
  personalized Plans of Study.
• Cluster Cluster Plans of Study are focused on
  a broad set of related occupations that share
  commonalities
• Pathway Pathway Plans of Study are focused on
  a subset of related occupations within a Career
  Cluster

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Also

• Our Cluster and Pathway sample Plans of Study
  show a sequence of courses
• They show possible options for recommended course
  work.
• They are SAMPLES and meant to be used as a guide.

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What do Plans of Study do?

• Plans of Study meet benchmarks within the
  National and Oklahoma standards for school
  counseling
• Plans of Study take into account what happens to
  students outside the walls of the school building
• Plans of Study can provide a process and product
  for students to use that opens them up to unique
  educational and career opportunities
• Plans of Study provide personalized career
  planning that helps students take responsibility
  for and have ownership of their career decisions.

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Why use a Plan of Study?

• Plans of Study provide a road map to reach a
  students career goals
• Plans of Study connect the Career
  Cluster/Pathway/Career Major with the appropriate
  academic courses to promote student success
• Plans of Study increase awareness of CTE
  opportunities
• Plans of Study empowers students to take greater
  responsibility for their own career research and
  planning
• Plans of Study create an opportunity to enhance
  academic achievement for all students

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Guidance What should we do?

• Develop a Plan of Study for each student
• Strengthen the Plan of Study to be career
  focused, NOT focused on meeting graduation
  requirements
• Work to connect guidance strategies from middle
  school to high school to tech center to college
• Recognize the value of a career not just
  getting a job

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However, remember

• The School Counselor is NOT the Guidance Program.
• It takes everyonecounselors do not work alone.
• Its a collaborative effort with all educators,
  parents and community.

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Questions

• How are you developing Plans of Study with your
  students?
• Who are you working with to implement Plans of
  Study?

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Why counselors and teachers are not paid enough!