Individual Graduation Plan

WHAT IS AN IGP?

Individual Graduation Plans (IGPs) are designed to guide students toward their education, career, and employment goals. During IGP meetings, school counselors discuss general graduation requirements, coursework, and opportunities related to future goals.  IGPs also help students align their high school courses with college entrance requirements. These plans are flexible and can change based on the student's aspirations, abilities, and interests. They are reviewed annually and updated as a student's interests or career goals change.

THE IGP OUTLINES CORE ACADEMIC AND ELECTIVE CLASSES NEEDED FOR GRADUATION

Beginning in 8th grade, students develop an IGP that includes general graduation requirements and coursework, including extended and work-based learning opportunities related to their chosen career cluster. A career cluster is a field of study chosen from 16 national career clusters such as business, management and administration that you plan to focus on in high school and beyond. By the end of 10th grade, students choose a career major aligned with a career cluster.

Extended and work-based learning opportunities may include:

• Student Organizations

• Job Shadowing

• Internships

• Curriculum-based Field Trips

• Service-learning

• Apprenticeship

An IGP may be part of a students career portfolio, a file or folder that may also contain career interest assessment results, schoolwork examples, standardized test scores and record of work-based learning experiences. Students may also discuss how to graduate with a South Carolina Academic Honors Award or a Seal of Distinction during their IGP.

IGP CONFERENCES

At Woodmont High School, we schedule our students' IGP conferences through a Google Calendar link which allows our students and parents/guardians to select the date/time that works best for them. Students have a 30 minute one-on-one meeting with their assigned counselor. During this time, we discuss what students' need in order to graduate from high school, and what their plans are beyond high school. Students can expect to discuss the following topics:

•  Transcripts, GPA, course history.

• Extra curricula activities, i.e., volunteer, sports, clubs.

• Career plans.

• College, work, or military.

• PSAT, SAT, and ACT information.

• State scholarships.

• College visits.

• Websites to be familiar with.

• NCAA 

All students, according to state law (EEDA), must have an IGP conference completed every year by a specific deadline. If you ever need to reschedule your student's IGP conference, please do not hesitate to reach out to your student's counselor. We look forward to meeting with you for your student's IGP conference!

Please note that IGP conferences are generally scheduled in this order:

Seniors: September - October

Freshman: October - December

Juniors: December - January

Sophomores: January - March

**Families with more than one child are able to schedule on the same day.