The EDP is a secondary/post-secondary planning tool to direct student’s educational plans and career planning activities. Grandville High School uses the web-based system called Naviance to help students write their education and career goals, including strategies and high school classes that will help them reach these goals. The first step in developing an individualized approach to learning is the EDP.  An EDP documents an ongoing process in which a learner identifies both career goals and a plan of action to achieve them. The development of the EDP is accomplished as a part of a weekly seminar class throughout the entire school year and completed with the assistance of a school counselor. The Counseling Department has developed a yearly set of lesson plans to help students to follow the steps to use the many resources of Naviance.  

Through the EDP process, each student becomes more aware of the connection between a career goal and the requirements for attaining that goal. The EDP also provides opportunities for a student to learn about himself or herself, to understand career pathway options, and to explore post-secondary education and training. The EDP engages each student to think about the credits he or she needs to take in middle school and high school, and how those credits coordinate with his or her career pathway so that an understanding of the relevance between high school and developing preparation for entering college, a trade, the military, or the workforce.