Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP)

UpdatesConnectionsUtilizations

Real Partnerships:Common purpose united and expanded our

partnerships!

PWR and Dropout Prevention in Colorado’s Reform Agenda

Innovation & Choice

High Expectations

Educator Effectiveness

Accountability &

Improvement

Priority Graduation Districts (HB 09-1243)•Student Graduation and Completion Plan•Practices Assessment

The Education Accountability Act (SB 09-163)•Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Indicators in School and District Performance Framework (Graduation Rates and Dropout Rates)•Priority Improvement and Turnaround plans

Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP) SB 09-256 Assist students in developing a personalized plan that ensures readiness for post- secondary and workforce success

Concurrent Enrollment Act (HB 1319/SB 285)•ASCENT & Extended Studies

Endorsed Diplomas and High School Graduation Guidelines (HB 07-1118 / SB 08-212)•Criteria for indicating a student’s level of post- secondary and workforce readiness upon graduation

Postsecondary & Workforce Ready

Learning & Behavior Skills

Content Knowledge

Social Studies & Social Sciences

• Social, cultural, historical concepts• Interpret sources, evaluate evidence, build conceptual frameworks• Civic responsibility & political process• Interpret from a global perspective

Arts & Humanities• Shaping of culture• Instruments of social & political thought• Awareness of innovators

Science• Scientific method• Draw conclusions• Core concepts of disciplines• Scientific concepts can be challenged

Literacy• Read with understanding & write coherently• Employ English properly & fluently• Use logic & rhetoric• Access primary & secondary sources

Find and Use Information &

IT

Creativity & Innovation

Collaboration

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Civic Responsibility

Communication

Personal Responsibility

Global & Cultural

Awareness

Work Ethic

Mathematical Sciences• Be quantitatively literate• Algebraic & geometric principles• Problem solving• Data & statistics

Individual Career and Academic PlansThe intent of the Individual Career and Academic Plans is to:

1. Decrease the dropout rates and increase graduation rates by assisting students in developing and maintaining a personalized postsecondary plan;

2. Assist parents and students in exploring the postsecondary career and educational opportunities available to the student; and

3. Align course work and curriculum to the students’ postsecondary goals.

The ICAP journey…

Next Steps: • CDE in partnership with CDHE and the Community College System will coordinate

resources to create ICAP best practices;• CDE will convene stakeholder workgroups to:• Explore valid and reliable methods to examine ICAP effectiveness;• Discuss methods for ICAPs and American School Counselor (ASCA) standards

alignment; and• Examine ways to strengthen the ICAP connection to the postsecondary and

workforce readiness attributes (SB 08-212).• Develop standard definitions for recording and reporting ICAP elements.• Common metrics and standardized approach to ICAP implementation• Works to inform a common template

Statewide, CustomizableICAP Resource and Tool

College In Colorado:

• ICAP Tools for students,

counselors, administrators• Free• Comprehensive• Customizable• Portable

• Regional Outreach/Training

For students, parents and staff:

Fully customizable ICAP page and milestones

•Titles

•Sections

•Activities

•Field Groups

•Student Documents

•Advising Documents

•Direct Navigation

•Print/E-Mail/PDF

•Electronic, portable

For students and parents:

ICAP Activities One-Stop-Shop:

• Goals• Interest/skills

assessments• Career exploration• Coursework plan• Postsecondary• Financial aid• Work preparation

Middle & High School - PS too!

Aligns to Colorado’s Career Cluster Model

Lifelong Portfolio

For counselors and teachers:

Reports, Plans, Tools, Resources

• View individual portfolios

• Reports and Milestone Tracking

• Curriculum & Lesson Plans

• ASCA correlations – Site– Lesson Plans – Curriculum

• Communicate and Calendar

• Free Training, Webinars, online tutorials

For counselors and teachers:

Curriculum & Lesson PlansIncluding ASCA correlations for:

• Site• Lesson Plans • Curriculum

For the leadership team:

Reports and Planning• Report Central• ICAP Design Seminars

For pre-collegiate & concurrent enrollment partners:

View and assist students with their ICAP

•Student invitation to view portfolio

How can we help? FREE Training Opportunities for your ICAP, no matter where

you are in the process• Contact Linda Fraser - Linda.Fraser@cic.state.co.us

Training and Outreach will work as a team to get you what you need!

Re-Cap ICAP =

Comprehensive Guidance!

(producing PWR students!)

What is it all really?The ICAP, or Career & Academic Plan of

Study is a process that students participate in, which results in an actual plan.

Process:Developmentally

appropriate recommended activities

Plan:1.Student’s career cluster or pathway goal2.Relevancy of student’s goal to post secondary institution / workforce or other future option3.Student’s intentional courses sequence & relevant experience

Utilizing: CTE, core curriculums, existing & available resources (CDE, CDHE & CCCS), career & academic planning tools & assessments and “the village”.

Cultivate a culture of Career & Academic Success (P-20)

6th -9th

For some = ECE-5th

Postsecondary &

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Together We:

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Stages

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Seamless Transitions: LearningEarningLiving

Real PurposeVision: Colorado CTE delivers intentional

pathways & planning for lifelong career success!

Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real.

INDUSTRY

CLUSTER

PATHWAYS

PLAN OF STUDY

PWR Standards!

Missing CTSO

Business & Public Administration

Skilled Trades & Technical Sciences

Health Sciences & Public Safety

Hospitality, Human Services & Education

STEM, Arts, Design & Information Technology

Agricultural & Natural Resources

Laurie Urich

Michael Womochil Jennifer Ji

rous

Cindy LeCoq

Ben Nesbitt

Katy Blatnick-Gagne

Missing CTSO

Busines, Marketing & Public Administration

Skilled Trades & Technical Sciences

Health Sciences & Public Safety

Hospitality, Human Services & Education

STEM, Arts, Design & Information Technology

Agricultural & Natural Resources

& Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s)

Who else is doing this?

How do we take this back?• Conduct an Inventory of what you are already

doing, offering and needing.

• Consider the Individuals, the Community Members, the existing tools that can be utilized

• (e.g. CTE, CiC, EPAS and more!)

• Remember the process, scope and sequence, the milestones, alignment to PWR,

• the BIG picture = Comprehensive Guidance!

• Don’t loose hope, let go of the cause or falter under ‘negative ninnies’!

Website Resources!CDE: www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives

CTE: www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.htm

CIC: www.CollegeInColorado.org procenter.CollegeInColorado.org

CIC Partner Site: www.CICPartnerNetwork.org

College Application Month: www.CICCollegeAppMonth.org

Q & A

How to contact us:Charles Dukes, Senior Consultant CDE:

dukes_c@cde.state.co.us

Julia Pirnack, Director of Web Development, CIC:Julia.Pirnack@cic.state.co.us

Shelby Burnette, Director of Outreach, CIC:Shelby.Burnette@cic.state.co.us

Lauren Jones, CCCS/CTE-Career Guidance Trainer: lauren.jones@cccs.edu

Considerations:• Do I know who to call on to assist in our ICAP process?• How aware am I, currently, in the various tools and resources that my

school has access to that support Career and Academic Planning?• Am I aware of the connections ICAP has with our other statewide

initiatives?• From what I already know, how does ICAP and PWR connect to my

districts’ / buildings’ strategic plan? • From what I know now, in what way(s) can we strategically

implement ICAP to support our own data collection goals and more?• Considering our current education budget crisis, how can our ICAP

and PWR process be as innovative, creative, sustainable and resourceful as possible?