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What is Smart Futures, and why do we use it at Lakeland?
Smart Futures is an online career planning and portfolio platform that helps students explore careers and pathways, and prepare for life after graduation regardless of what your interests or goals are. The Lakeland School District uses Smart Futures to meet the PA requirements for Career Readiness Indicators, integrate career and social-emotional learning, and provide each student with a personalized career plan by the time they reach 12th grade.
Just like a math class has standards and benchmarks that need to be met throughout the year, students in PA also must meet the Career Education and Work Standards. Smart Futures is aligned with these standards, and completion of its activities each year ensures that students have met them. The programming is simple, comprehensive, and provides students with new and different ways of thinking about themselves. Smart Futures also has a portfolio feature that allows students to compile all career-related activities in one place, which students still have access to after they graduate!
How to Log In:
Go to Clever.com.
Find Lakeland Jr./Sr. High School.
Use your Lakeland email address.
Click on the Smart Futures icon.
Student Instructions:
Each grade level is expected to complete a minimum amount of activities in Smart Futures each year. There may be times where you are asked to complete an activity that you have already completed before. This is for a reason! The answers that you give from year to year (or even day to day) can be different, and can change the results of your activities. This could open you up to new paths that you never thought about!
Follow the link for your grade below to find the required activities each year. You can always do extra activities, or re-do activities from previous grades.
Faculty & Staff:
Some faculty members may be asked to help deliver the required Smart Futures activities, or provide a space for students to complete their activities.
There are lots of activities within the platform that could be useful in the regular education classroom, from learning styles inventories to résumé builders. Smart Futures has created a database of lesson plans associated with the activities that might help. Click the link below to learn more!
Faculty members will also be asked to have students upload any relevant career exploration materials or experiences into students' portfolios. Click on the link below to learn more about how to do this.
Parents/Guardians:
Students have access to their Smart Futures accounts at any time, whether they are in school or not. As a parent, you can encourage your student to log in to Smart Futures to show you the work and progress that they have made towards their career plan and portfolio. You can look at completed activities at any level, and even go through these activities again with your students. They can complete them as many times as they would like.
Parents will see insights about "Who Am I" as well as "I CAN" statements that summarize the ways your student should have been empowered by the program. You can also review the career plan, which documents students' interests, career clusters, prospective programs and majors of study, and paths to get their desired outcomes. Working collaboratively with your student on this programming will lead to discussions that may shape your child's future!
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