ICAP Support in Next Generation of CollegeInColorado

1. ICAP Support in Next Generation of CollegeInColorado.org Don Phillips, Xap Corporation

2. Google “Colorado” & “ICAP” • Industrial Claim Appeals Panel  (Colorado Workforce) • International Center for Assault Prevention (headline about a Colorado girl using strategies to elude abduction) • International Committee of Artists for Peace (meeting in Boulder) • International Career Advancement Program (met in Aspen) • CollegeInColorado Partner Network

3. Colorado Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP) • Decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates by assisting students in developing and maintaining a personalized postsecondary plan that ensures readiness for postsecondary and workforce success • Assist a student and his or her parent or legal guardian in exploring the postsecondary career and educational opportunities available to the student, aligning course work and curriculum, applying to postsecondary education institutions, securing financial aid and ultimately entering the workforce

4. Colorado Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP) • Career planning • Portfolio • Goal setting • Academic course planning • College application • Financial aid planning • Planning to enter the workforce

5. Components • Components that support ICAP rules • Postsecondary and Workforce Goal (coming soon) • ICAP Local Portfolio Page (95%) • ICAP Guideways (coming soon)

6. Supporting ICAP Rules

7. Supporting ICAP Rules • 1 CCR 301-81 Rules Governing Standards For Individual Career and Academic Plans • State Board of Education • Crosswalk developed • Modules in CollegeInColorado.org supporting ICAP rules

8. Exploring Careers 2.01 (1) (a) Documentation of the student’s efforts exploring careers, including: interest surveys that the student completes; a written postsecondary and workforce goal for the student; yearly benchmarks for reaching that goal; and anticipated postsecondary studies; • Comprehensive career profiles • Key Colorado industry micro-sites • Career Cluster Survey • Career Finder • Interest Profiler and The Career Key • Saved careers list in Your Portfolio • Career Plan Builder

9. Written Postsecondary and Workforce Goal 2.01 (1) (a) Documentation of the student’s efforts exploring careers, including: interest surveys that the student completes; a written postsecondary and workforce goal for the student; yearly benchmarks for reaching that goal; and anticipated postsecondary studies; • Postsecondary and Workforce Goal component of Your Portfolio • Students can document goals and benchmarks for reaching the goals

10. Anticipated Postsecondary Studies 2.01 (1) (a) Documentation of the student’s efforts exploring careers, including: interest surveys that the student completes; a written postsecondary and workforce goal for the student; yearly benchmarks for reaching that goal; and anticipated postsecondary studies; • Saved colleges list in Your Portfolio • Saved programs/majors list in Your Portfolio • Intent to Register component of Your Portfolio

11. Academic Progress 2.01 (1) (b) The student’s academic progress, including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery and any concurrent enrollment credits earned; 2.01 (1) (c) An intentional sequence of courses reflecting progress toward accomplishment of the student’s postsecondary and workforce objectives; • Your Plan of Study • Create middle school and high school course plans • Programs of study show recommended courses for Career Cluster or Pathway • Can include remediation courses and concurrent enrollment credits

12. Assessment Scores 201 (1) (d) Relevant assessment scores; • Test Scores section of Your Portfolio – self-reported • ACT, SAT and GRE test preparation

13. Contextual and Service Learning 2.01 (1) (e) The student’s experiences in Contextual and Service Learning; (Activities performed by the student that fall outside the regular school academic curriculum.) • Experiences component of Your Portfolio • Activities component of Your Portfolio • Community Service and Service Learning component of Your Portfolio • Record and reflect

14. College Applications 2.01 (1) (f) The student’s college applications as they are prepared and submitted; • Online college applications • College Applications and Recruiting component of Your Portfolio – online and self-reported applications

15. Postsecondary Studies in High School 2.01 (1) (g) The student’s postsecondary studies as the student progresses through high school; • Concurrent enrollment credits recorded in Your Plan of Study • Students record plans for postsecondary studies and record credits earned towards postsecondary goal

16. Financial Aid Progress 2.01 (1) (h) The student’s progress toward securing scholarships, work-study, student loans and grants; • National, state and local scholarship databases with search tools • Saved scholarships lists in Your Portfolio • Financial aid calculators • Information on Federal Financial Aid Programs • FAFSA completion module

17. Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness 2.01 (1) (i) Other data reflecting student progress toward postsecondary and workforce readiness. • Work experience in Your Portfolio • Job shadowing experiences in Your Portfolio • Documenting skills in Your Portfolio • Resume Builder • Job Interview Practice

18. ICAP Access 2.01 (2) (a) Each ICAP is accessible to educators, students, parents and legal guardian. • Student accounts • Parent/guardian read-only access to student portfolio (through invitation) • Professional review of student portfolios in Professional Center

19. Support for Student Transfers 2.01 (2) (b) Each ICAP shall be transferable in print or electronic form for internal and external district use so that when a student transfers from one school or district to another, his/ her career and academic plans follow him/her; • Portfolio is owned by the user rather than through a school-based license • Student accounts can be transferred from school to school • Student connects accounts to new school • Student or old school can release account from old school • ICAP follows student to any new school or district

20. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal

21. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal • Set a goal • Set yearly benchmarks/milestones to reach the goal • New, custom portfolio field group • Your Portfolio > Your Profile > Looking Ahead

22. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal

23. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal

24. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal

25. Postsecondary and Workforce Goal

26. ICAP Local Portfolio Page

27. ICAP Local Portfolio Page • Additional page in Your Portfolio • Summarize ICAP work on one page • Default structure defined • Editable locally in Professional Center

28. ICAP Local Portfolio Page

29. ICAP Local Portfolio Page • Portfolio index page with ICAP panel

30. ICAP Local Portfolio Page • Editing tool in Professional Center

31. ICAP Guideways

32. ICAP Guideways • 6th to 12th grade Guideways • Grade-relevant components – support for rules • 6th grade starts postsecondary and workforce goal • Other grades enter milestones • Parent review/signoff • Can be tracked in Professional Center

33. 9th Grade ICAP Guideway • Interest Profiler • Career Finder to Explore Careers using interests and school subjects (save three) • Portfolio > Career Planning > Career Plans > Saved Careers – add notes • Update Postsecondary and Workforce Goal – add annual benchmarks • Scholarship Finder – saved scholarships • Your Plan of Study - post 8th grade grades/credits, confirm 9th grade courses, update plan for grades 10 to 12 • Parent review • Annual reflection

34. Colorado ICAP & CollegeInColorado.org • Strong support for rules and goals of ICAP • Place to document plans and work • Guideways for assistance • Tracking for educators • Lifelong support and portfolio

35. Questions?