Academic & Career Planning

ACADEMIC & CAREER PLANNING

Academic and Career Planning, or ACP, is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post secondary success, obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career planning.

Information from: WI DPI Academic & Career Planning


WHAT IS ACP

ACP stands for “Academic and Career Planning, and is a student driven and adult-supported process where students create their own unique and information-based visions for post secondary success. This is obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills. ACP is more about the process than it is about the plan, as students may find that their plans change throughout their middle and high school careers.” (Wisconsin Department of Instruction, PI-26).


HOW CAN YOU HELP?

  • Become familiar with the 16 career clusters: https://pathwayplanit.com/

  • Ask your child to share any plans they have already created at school with you. Students are using the online program called www.Xello.world for building self knowledge, exploring options, creating a plan, and learning/ reassessing their choices. This website is a tool that allows critical thinking for each student's future planning. It is an ongoing process that is fine-tuned yearly with the changing of each student's interests.

  • Help your child recognize subjects they are interested in, which subjects they want to challenge themselves in, and work together on how to balance priorities to ensure they can accomplish their personal goals.

  • There are more resources about Academic and Career Planning on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: https://dpi.wi.gov/acp