Academic and Career Planning
Description
Academic and Career Planning (ACP) is a collaboratively developed, student-driven process where students cultivate their own informed decisions for post-secondary success. Also known by some groups as Individualized Learning Plans (ILP), research on the benefits indicates that the ACP process increases student motivation, engagement, school connection, and awareness of individual strengths and weaknesses. Quality ACP features include alignment with current PI26-Education for Employment (E4E) administrative rule and the Wisconsin Comprehensive School Counseling Model (WCSCM) with opportunities that incorporate self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning & management activities.
Director of College, Career, & Life Readiness
Dr. Marci Waldron-Kuhn
Learning Services Administrative Assistant
Kristina Reignier
Primary Products and Services
Providing professional development and facilitated planning opportunities to build capacity on Academic and Career Planning in a by-all, for-all model.
Observing, coaching, and planning with school staff to assist them with ACP Implementation.
Primary Stakeholders
Grades 5-12 teachers
Middle school principals
High school principals
Curriculum directors
Pupil service directors
ACP coordinators
Funding Sources
ESSER III Funds
Title IV, Part A
EANS Program
Networks
ACP Community of Practice Network
Priorities
Create and sustain ACP strategies and tools that drive excellence in education for all students by building on the following principles:
KNOW - Who am I?
Self-awareness, interest and learning activities & inventories
Individual reflection and goal-setting
EXPLORE - What do I want to do?
Career awareness assessments
Career research
Career-based learning experiences
PLAN - How do I get there?
Connecting middle and high school instructional activities with opportunities to explore or learn more about a particular field of interest
Work-based learning opportunities
Dual college credit courses
Industry-recognized credentials
Extra-curricular and community-based learning experiences
Postsecondary training options
Financial plan to cover cost of postsecondary training
GO - Do IT!
Update regularly
Adapt/Modify Intentional Sequence of Courses
Adapt/Modify Personal Goals
Adapt/Modify Postsecondary/Career Goals
ACP Conferencing with families
Address Loss of Learning
Support Recovery
more information
Contact Name: Dr. Marci Waldron-Kuhn | Contact Title: College, Career, & Life Readiness Director | Phone: 920-639-9335 | Email: mkuhn@cesa7.org