Our ACP Pilot Journey

The Northwood High/Middle School staff is pleased to report that we started to implement parts of the Academic and Career Planning since 2009. When the Department of Public Education first announced information about an ACP Pilot Program in 2015, we chose to apply, as it provided the framework we were working towards in our district. Since we had already been working on better preparing students for post-secondary life, we wanted to help the state shape the ACP Program. We gained an abundance of knowledge by working with the other pilot schools throughout the state, as well as consultants at the Department of Public Instruction.

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The ACP process has four components: KNOW, EXPLORE, PLAN, and GO, which students develop over the course of grades 6 through 12.