Academic and Career Planning for College and Career-Ready Graduates

• 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.

Wisconsin Statute 115.28(59)

A Shift4-Year Plan (Traditional) ACP (Now)

Product-based Process-based

HS Graduation = End point HS Graduation = Check point

4-year plan of courses navigational tool for students from grade 6-12 and beyond

Student “on own” for its development Student-driven with collaboration (mentor and parents)

Career development is only the school counselor’s job

Career development is a systematic, whole-school responsibility

ACPs

• Process–Rigorous–Engaging–Ongoing–Student driven

• Product–Dynamic–Comprehensiv

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Process and Product

• Who am I? (KNOW)• What do I want to do? (EXPLORE)• How do get I there? (PLAN)• Let’s GO! (GO)

Each Student’s ACP process

ACP Process Components• KNOW – Self awareness & exploration activities– Individual goal-setting

ACP Process Components• EXPLORE – Career awareness assessment– Career research & postsecondary training options– Connect a student’s middle and high school

instructional activities with the education and preparation needed to successfully enter a particular field of interest

ACP Process Components• PLAN – Work-based learning opportunities– Extra-curricular and community-based learning

experiences– Financial plan to cover cost of postsecondary

ACP Process Components• GO – Adapt/Modify regularly• Intentional Sequence of Courses• Personal Goals• Career Goals

– ACP Conferencing

Know Explore Plan Go

Individual Exploration Activities Career Exploration Activities Planning Activities Management Activities

Writing Personal Reflections

Personality Assessment

Learning Style Assessment

Career Interest Inventories Setting Career Goals Resume Builder Cover Letters Update Quarterly

Identifying Strengths

Identifying NeedsSetting Personal

GoalsCareer Cluster Exploration

Career Pathway Exploration

Labor Market Analysis Mock Interviews Modify Intentional Sequence of Courses

Academic Planning ActivitiesCreation of Program of

StudyJob Fair Participant

Investigate Post-Secondary Options

Applications to Post-Secondary Options

Modify Personal Goals

Setting Academic Goals

Selecting an Intentional

Sequence of Courses

Course Scheduling

CTSO Participant Career Research Campus Visits Campus Visit Reflection Modify Career Goals

Academic Preparation Internship or Externship Career Research Paper Financial Plan FAFSA form ACP Conferencing

Special Education Core Courses

Regular Education Core Courses

AP or Advanced Courses

Job Shadowing Work-based LearningGather Letters of Recommendation

Scholarship Info

Youth Options CTE Courses Dual Enrollment Labor Market Exploration Youth ApprenticeshipInterviews of Career

ExpertsLeadership Opportunities

International Baccalaureate

Programs

Extra/Co-Curricular

InvolvementCareer Academies Service Learning Projects Work Experience

Choosing a Post-Secondary Option

Decision-Making Reflection

Project Lead the Way

Industry or Technical

CertificationsSTEM ACP Conferencing ACP Conferencing

ASVAB ASPIRE ACT/SAT “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”

~Dwight D. EisenhowerACP Conferencing

Grid of Process/Product Components of Academic & Career Planning

Career Exploration• Career Interest Inventories• Career Cluster Exploration• Career Pathway Exploration• Career Research

WARNING:• Dangers of Pigeon Holing– Creates unrealistic expectations– Destroys partnerships– Limits opportunities– Assumes the adult will be a copy of the child– Focus becomes an outcome not a process– Fails to develop transitional skills, knowledge and

work settings

Key Word• Transition

LMI• Definitions:– Differences of Industries, Occupations and Jobs– Requirements versus Recommendations– Transitional Skills, Knowledge and Work Settings– Career Cluster is a cloud– High Growth – High Demand– High Wage

Components of Skill Explorer

Possible Skill Paths

DWD’s Skill Explorer• Wisconsin Data• http://skillexplorer.wisconsin.gov/Search.aspx

• Age Appropriate Use of LMI

Current ACP Resources

ACP Resources In Development

Work-based Learning Youth OptionsDual Enrollment

ACP List-servDedicated ACP Email

Transcripted CreditPrograms of Study

Course OptionsCredit FlexibilityACP Webpage

ACP on Facebook & TwitterACP Software

ACP Guidance (K-12)

ACP Guidance (parents)ACP Guidance (community)

ACP Guidance (business)

Conclusion

Academic and Career Planning in Wisconsin is meant to fully engage students in the processes of planning their future so that they are able to adapt to changing situations, address unforeseen challenges, leverage emerging opportunities, and apply new lessons and insights as they occur.

TO Launch Adults

NOT TO CollegeBUT THRU College (post-secondary) TO

Career!