Individual Plans of Study

What is it?

All students, beginning in middle school, will develop an IPS based on their career interests. An IPS is both the product a student develops and a process the school implements to guide students in developing future plans. A student’s IPS is developed cooperatively between the student, school staff members and family members.

There are four minimum components of a student’s IPS:

A graduated series of strength finders and career interest inventories to help students identify preference toward career clusters.
Eighth- through 12th-grade course-builder function with course selections based on career interests.
A general postsecondary plan (workforce, military, certification program, two- or four-year college).
A portable electronic portfolio

What is WorkKeys?

WorkKeys assessments in the areas of applied math, graphic literacy and workplace documents are the assessments students take in the areas employers consider important for productivity and trainability. The skills assessed in the WorkKeys suite of assessments are what employers say are critical for on-the-job training and career success.

What type of student should take the ACT WorkKeys?

Any student that plans to have an occupation after high school.