9-12 Scope & Sequence
High School Program
The career development program at the high school level is coordinated by school-based Career Development Coordinators (CDCs). In addition to coordinating work-based learning, supporting Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, and facilitating career development activities, they work closely with the Student Services team to develop a strategy for implementing the Career Development Plan (CDP).
Grade 9
Pre-Work
Add experiences (3+)
Review and updated saved skills (5+) and interests (5+)
Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)
CDP Activities
Skills Lab
Review and update saved careers (3+) and favorite career clusters (2+)
Review and update the high school course plan
Reflection and goal setting
Core Xello Lessons:
Exploring Career Factors
Getting Experience
Recommended Xello Lessons
Personality Styles
Study Skills and Habits
A Cleveland High School student learns about bone fractures in a CTE Health Sciences course.
Grade 10
Pre-Work
Add experiences (3+)
Review and updated saved skills (5+) and interests (5+)
Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)
CDP Activities
Reset and retake Matchmaker career interest inventories (3)
Review and update saved careers (3+) and favorite career clusters (2+)
Set After High School... goal in profile
Save at least three (3) majors/programs
Review and update high school course plan
Reflection and goal setting
Core Xello Lessons:
Careers and Lifestyle Costs
Program Prospects
Recommended Xello Lessons
Work Values
Workplace Skills and Attitudes
Culinary arts students from Smithfield-Selma High School's Family & Consumer Sciences program compete at NC ProStart Student Invitational.
Grade 11
Pre-Work
Review and update:
favorite career clusters (2+),
skills (5+),
interests (5+), and
saved careers (3+) and majors/programs (3+).
Add experiences (3+)
Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)
CDP Activities
Save at least three (3+) schools
Create a plan in Goals & Plans
Recommend using a career as a starting point
Title the plan "Primary Career Plan"
Explore Xello's College Planning Knowledge Hub
Review and update high school course plan
Reflection and goal setting
Core Xello Lessons:
Career Demand
Choosing a College
Recommended Xello Lesson
Entrepreneurial Skills
Work/Life Balance
Students at Princeton High School learn about the connections between STEM and the automotive industry from a guest speaker.
Grade 12
Pre-Work
Review and update:
primary career plan (inc. saved careers, majors/programs, and schools),
After High School... goal in profile, and
favorite career clusters (2+).
Add experiences (3+)
Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)
Explore Xello's College Planning Knowledge Hub
CDP Activities
Create a backup plan in Goals & Plans
Recommend using a career as a starting point
Title the plan "Backup Career Plan"
Confirm FAFSA submission
Update/create resume
Reflection and goal setting
Core Xello Lessons:
Career Path Choices
Career Backup Plans
Recommended Xello Lesson
Job Interviews
Defining Success
Accessing Xello After Graduation
To be able to access Xello after graduation, seniors should add a personal email address to their account.
Once their high school single sign-on is no longer available to them, graduates will sign in through the Xello login page: https://login.xello.world. If a graduate has forgotten their password, they click on Having trouble signing in? to have reset instructions sent to their personal email rather than an inaccessible school email address.
A JCPS student learns on-the-job and earns college-credit as a Caterpillar PreApprentice.