High School & Beyond Plan

What is the High School and Beyond Plan?

The High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) is a graduation requirement for every student. It's a process for students, parents, and teachers to guide students through high school and think about their future. Plans are personalized and designed to help students set, visualize, and work to achieve goals. A High School and Beyond Plan is one of the three components, along with Credit and Subject Area Requirements, and Graduation Pathway Options, that Washington students must complete to achieve a high school diploma. Click here to learn more from the Washington State Board of Education.

The HSBP graduation requirement focuses on three guiding questions:

Who am I?
What can I become?
How do I become that?

Use these three questions as your guide to think about who you are and what you are passionate about, explore possible jobs that align with your interests, skills and dreams, and discover what kind of post-high school education and/or training will best prepare you for a job that fits you!

Required elements of the High School and Beyond Plan:

Identification of your career goals using a career interest inventory
Identification of your educational goals
A course plan that meets state and local graduation requirements, aligns with your career and educational goals, and documents your chosen graduation pathway(s).
As part of the course planning process, students must be informed of and provided access to Dual Credit and College Bound Scholarship information and document any completed Career and Technical Education (CTE) equivalency courses.
Evidence you received information about state and federal financial aid options.
A current résumé or activity log.

Your school counselor, advisor and/or teachers, and your family or guardian(s) can help you create and update this plan as your interests and goals change. Use the activities that help build your HSBP to guide your decisions about which are the best available classes to take. Ideally, you have enrolled in a combination of required and elective classes that provided you an opportunity to explore your interests, develop your skills, meet specific credit and course requirements, and prepare for your future goals.

Post high school options to consider as a meaningful first next step after high school include on-the-job training (including internships and public service), technical colleges, industry-recognized certificate programs, apprenticeship programs, military training, or two/four-year colleges. There are multiple state and federal financial aid programs and other sources of financial assistance that can help pay for the further education and training you need to complete through one or more of these post-high school options.

High School & Beyond Plan: Students

El Plan de High School and Beyond

Class of 2024 HSBP Required Elements

You will meet your HSBP requirement by completing these Xello lessons and their prerequisite activities. Watch the High School and Beyond Plan Overview Tutorial for directions.

Senior High School and Beyond Plan - Directions
About Me - Assessments
Exploring Options - Save Careers & Schools
Goals & Plans - Update My Plan
Progress Check & Transcript Review
Financial Aid Workshop
Resume

You may have completed some of the prerequisite activities as you worked on your High School and Beyond Plan throughout high school. You must open each of the required lessons, complete or revise the required activities and then submit the lesson for review. Once your plan is reviewed and approved, your High School and Beyond Plan will be marked complete in the Education Milestones in Skyward and appear as met on your transcript.

Need some help getting started?

Watch the following video tutorials, starting with the High School and Beyond Plan Overview! The other videos will help you complete the About Me - Assessments and Explore Options - Saving Careers & Schools lessons.