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Academic and Career Planning for College AND Career-Ready Graduates

Academic and Career Planning for College AND Career-Ready Graduates. Where 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

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Academic and Career Planning for College AND Career-Ready Graduates

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  1. Academic and Career Planning for College AND Career-Ready Graduates

  2. Where 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 • Special Education Law requires students to have a Postsecondary Transition Plan (PTP) by age 14 • Carl Perking funding mandates that students have CTE Programs of Study

  3. Challenges Facing Schools • Pervasive achievement gaps • High drop-out/low graduation rates in some places • Post-secondary school performance • High need for remedial coursework • Poor program completion rates • Skills gaps • Truancy and student conduct concerns • Graduates without direction or employable skills

  4. Why Academic and Career Planning? • Researchsays students with a future-focus show: • improved motivation, school engagement, academic performance, relevant course selection, understanding post-secondary options; and • decreased risk-taking behaviors. • ACPs are identified as best practice in the WI Comprehensive School Counseling Standards & the WI Digital Learning Plan. • Academic and Career Planning adds relevanceto other initiatives (e.g., PBIS, RtI, Dual Enrollment, Youth Options). • WI Statute 115.28(59)supports Academic & Career Planning.

  5. Wisconsin Statute 115.28(59) • 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 developmentsupporting statewide implementation of ACP. 

  6. What is Academic and Career Planning? • An ongoingPROCESSthat uses aTOOL to actively engage students to: • Understand SELF • PLAN for the future • Develop GOALS • Map the ROUTE to achieve those goals • A PRODUCT that documents and reflects students’: • Courses & Assessments taken • Post-secondary plans aligned to CAREER goals • RECORD of college and career readiness skills. 

  7. Each Student’s ACP process • Who am I? (KNOW) • What do I want to do? (EXPLORE) • How do get I there? (PLAN) • Let’s GO! (GO)

  8. ACP Process Components • KNOW • Self awareness & exploration activities • Individual goal-setting • 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 • PLAN • Work-based learning opportunities • Extra-curricular and community-based learning experiences • Financial plan to cover cost of postsecondary training • GO • Adapt/Modify regularly • Intentional Sequence of Courses • Personal Goals • Career Goals • ACP Conferencing

  9. Grid of Process/Product Components of Academic & Career Planning

  10. Then VS Now

  11. Current ACP Resources ACP Resources In Development ACP Software Tool ACP Training Modules ACP Communications Materials ACP Social Media (Blog, G+, Twitter, FB)

  12. 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 College BUT THRU College (post-secondary) TO Career!

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