Title: Academic and Career Planning
1Academic and Career Planning
2The Four Year Planas it usually occurs now
- https//www.youtube.com/watch?vZIRdST_Dc0M
3Where HAVE We Been?
- WCSCM has been in place since 2007.
- Model includes standards in 3 domains
- Academic
- Personal/Social
- Career
- Standards contain many of the components of ACP
- WI Admin Code PI26
- Education for Employment
- Requires school districts to have career
exploration activities for students in grades K
12 - Districts are required to submit their plan to
DPI for approval
4Wisconsin Statute 115.28(59)Signed June 28, 2013
- Authorizes DPI to create administrative rule with
requirements for ACP services for all students in
grades 6-12 by 2017-18. - Includes 1.1 million in 2014-2015 funding for
software technology and professional development
supporting statewide implementation of ACP.
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6What is ACP?
- Empowering ALL students to travel the road
- TO adulthood THROUGH education training
- TO Careers!
- It is
- Reimagining K12 education to equip students with
meaningful supportive adult relationships, and
the ability to adapt to opportunities
challenges, on their personalized journeys to
successful lives
7What are the features of ACP?
- An ongoing process that uses a tool to actively
engage students to - Understand self
- Envision the future
- Develop goals
- Plan for achieving the vision and goals
- Student-Driven and Ongoing
- A product that documents and reflects students
- Courses Assessments
- Post-secondary plans aligned to career goals
financial reality - Record of college and career readiness skills.
- Personalized and Dynamic
8Each Students ACP process
- Who am I? (KNOW)
- What do I want to do? (EXPLORE)
- How do get I there? (PLAN)
- Lets GO! (GO)
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9ACP Process Components
- KNOW
- Self awareness exploration activities
- Individual goal-setting
- EXPLORE
- Career awareness assessment
- Career research postsecondary training options
- Connect a students middle and high school
instructional activities with the education and
preparation needed to successfully enter a
particular field of interest - PLAN
- Work-based learning opportunities
- Extra-curricular and community-based learning
- Financial plan to cover cost of postsecondary
training - GO
- Adapt/Modify regularly
- Intentional Sequence of Courses
- Personal Goals
- Career Goals
- ACP Conferencing
10Then VS Now
4-Year Plan (Traditional) ACP (Now)
Product-based Process-based
Some or select students All students
Acts as a 4-year plan of courses Acts as a navigational tool for students from grade 6-12 and beyond
Student on own for its development Student-driven with collaboration (mentor and parents)
HS Graduation End point HS Graduation Check point
Career development is only the school counselors job Career development is a systematic, whole-school responsibility
11DPI will-
- Integrate ACP with other education and workforce
initiatives - Create administrative rule develop
implementation guidance - Develop deliver professional development
training - Develop communication materials
- Develop an ACP evaluation system
- Select a statewide software system for career
development
12Current ACP Resources
Work-based Learning Youth Options Dual Enrollment ACP List-serv Dedicated ACP Email Transcripted Credit Programs of Study Course Options Credit Flexibility ACP Webpage
ACP Resources In Development
ACP Software Tool ACP Training Modules ACP
Communications Materials ACP Social Media (Blog,
G, Twitter)
13What can you do now?
- Review the ACP materials on the webpage
- Include ACP as part of your school vision
- Form a leadership team to direct ACP
Implementation - Build Awareness Support for ACP
- Review current CTE, Education for Employment,
Partnerships and Career Development activities
for potential areas of improvement
14A Final Thought
- FROM Sir Ken Robinson.
- https//www.youtube.com/watch?vr9LelXa3U_I
15Questions?
Robin Kroyer-Kubicek Robin.Kroyer-Kubicek_at_dpi.wi.gov 608-266-2022