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9th Grade Guideway Manual

Provided by Iowa College Aid

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Table of Contents

3 I Have A Plan Iowa®5 Using the 9th Grade Guideway6 Step1—InterestProfiler7 Step 2—Career Finder9 Step 3—Basic Skills Survey11 Step 4—Your Plan of Study16 Step5—9thGradeParentReviewInvitation18 Step6—AnnualReflection19 Professional Center

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I Have A Plan Iowa®

IowacodespecifiesthatallIowastudentsmustcreatestudentcurriculumplans.Studentsbeginworkontheirplansduring8thgradeandcontinuetobuilduponthemthroughouthighschoolbycompletingidentifiedstatecomponentsspecifictoeachgradelevel.AsIowa’sdesignatedcareerinformationanddecision-makingsystem,IHaveAPlanIowa® incorporates the state componentsintograde-specificguidewaystohelpschoolsmeettherequirementsofthestudentcurriculumplan.The guideways:• Provideaneasystep-by-stepprocessforstudentstocompletetherequiredcomponents.• AllowtheIowaDepartmentofEducationtoreceivetherequireddatareportsautomatically.

GettingStartedwithIHaveAPlanIowa®

Thefirststepistocreateaprofessionalaccount.Youwillneedanaccounttoviewthestepsoftheguidewayandtomonitorstudents’progress.Tocreateanaccount,gotohttp://procenter.ihaveaplaniowa.govandclickonCreateaProfessionalCenterAccount.YouwillneedaProfessionalAccountAccessKeyorAdministratorCode.Ifyoudonothavethecodeforyourschool,pleasecallXapCorporationtechsupportat800-281-1168.

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Visit the For Educatorsectionofwww.IHaveAPlanIowa.govto:

• Accesstutorialsandmanuals.• Selectlessonplansandactivities.• Requestfreepublications.

About Iowa College AidIowaCollegeAidisastateagencywithover40yearsofexperienceconnectingstudentsandfamilieswiththeessentialresourcesandservicestheyneedtoplan,prepareandpayforcollege.Formoreinformation,visitourwebsiteat:www.IowaCollegeAid.gov

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ToaccesstheIowaGuideways,studentsmustfirstcreateanaccount.Oncethatprocessiscomplete,theywillbereadytousetheIHaveAPlanIowa®9thGradeGuideway.

Using the 9th Grade Guideway

Toaccesstheguideways,signintoanaccountand select the Iowa Guidewayslinkfromthelandingpage.

PLEASE NOTE: Your students MUST completetherequiredcomponentsintheGuidewayin orderfortheirworktoberecordedfortheIowaDepartmentofEducationreport.

Iowa 9th Grade Guideway

Thisguidewaywillwalkstudentsthroughpartsofthesystemthatarerecommendedfor9thgradestudents.Guidewaysareself-directedandprovideguidanceforstudentsbysuggestingthenextstepsfortheircareerprocess.Thecomponentsofthegrade-specificguidewaysinIHAPIwereidentifiedbytheIowaDepartmentofEducation.

Thereisalotherebutitdoesn’tneedtobedoneallatonce.Studentscanstopbetweenstepsandpickuplaterwheretheyleftoff.HINT:Onthewaythrougheachstep,followtheinstructionsintheguidewaypanelatthetopofthepage.

The 9th Grade Guideway helps students: • Discoverinterestsandexplorerelatedcareers.• Searchforcareers.• Identifytheirlevelofeachbasicskill.• Reviewandupdatetheirplanofstudy.• Gettheirparent/guardiantoapprovetheirworkandreflectonwhatthey’veaccomplished.

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Step 1 – Interest Profiler

Allowstudentsatleast10–20minutestocompletethe60-questionassessment.Tobegin,clicktheGet Started button.

Hint:TheInterestProfilerasksstudentsquestionsaboutwhattheyenjoy.Besurestudents understand that when completingtheassessmenttheyshouldfocus on what they like to do or think they wouldliketodointhefuture,assumingtheywilldeveloptheskillsneeded.

Hint:Toprogressinanyguideway,onceastepiscompleted,clicktheContinue link atthetopofthepage.

OncestudentscompletetheInterestProfiler,theywillbeabletoviewtheirInterestAreas.InterestAreasarebasedontheresearchofJohnHolland,whotheorizedthatmostindividualsareacombinationofthefollowingqualities:

1)Realistic2)Artistic3)Investigative4) Social5)Enterprising6)Conventional

RESULTS: Students can see how their InterestAreasareranked,viewcareersmatchingtheirtopInterestAreasorreflectontheirresults.

Hint:ThereflectionisnotrequiredtocontinuetothenextstepoftheGuideway.Optional Educational Enhancement Activity

Usingtheclass’sInterestProfilerresultsasawhole,havestudentscalculatethepercentofstudentswithineachofHolland’sCodes.

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Step 2 – Career Finder

The Career Finder allows students to searchforcareersmatchingaspecificcharacteristicorseveralcharacteristics.

Characteristicscanbefoundontheleftsideofthescreen.

NOTE: Students will need to save three careers to their portfolio before being allowed to continue in the guideway.

InthisCareerFindersearch,educationlevelisusedasacharacteristic.

Hint:Ifstudentsselectedthebachelor’sdegreebox,CareerFinderwouldgeneratealistofcareersrequiringabachelor’sdegreeandallothercareersrequiringlesseducation.Ifstudentswishtoviewonlythosecareersrequiringabachelor’sdegree,theycanunchecktheotherboxes.

Othercharacteristicscanbeaddedtothesearchusingthemenuonthelefthand-sideofthepage.Studentscanviewtheirmatchingcareersbasedonlyoneducationlevelbyselectingthelinkatthebottomofthepage.

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Tolearnmoreaboutacareer,studentsneedtoclickonacareername.

NOTE: To progress in the guideway, students must save three careers to their portfolio.

To save a career to a portfolio,studentswillneed to select the Add to Portfolio linkontheleftofthepage.

Oncethefirstandsecondcareershavebeensaved,select the Review Other Careers link at the top of the page to review the careerlistagain.

Onceatleastthree careershavebeensaved,select the Continue link at thetopofthepage.

Optional Educational Enhancement Activity

Have each student generate a list of ten careers fromtheirCareerFinderresults.Thestudentsshouldthensearchforanoccupationthat doesn’trequiretheuseofmath.

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Step 3 – Basic Skills Survey

The Basic Skills Survey asks students to assess their current skills in ten areas:

ReadingComprehensionActiveListeningMathScienceCriticalThinkingActiveLearningLearningStrategiesMonitoringWritingSpeaking

Eachofthetenskillareashasseven levels.Whenastudentisabletoreportthathe/shecanperformtwooftheskillsinagivenlevel,he/shecanmovetothenextlevel.

Whenastudentcannolongerreportbeingabletocompletetwoskillsinanarea,he/sheshouldscrolltothebottomofthepage and select the Continuetothenextskilllink.

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RESULTS:Oncetheassessmenthasbeencompleted,studentscan review their current skills andexplorecareersmatchingtheircurrentskills.

Hint:Remindstudentstoanswerthequestionshonestly,reportingtheircurrentskills.Letthemknowthereistimetodevelop the skills they will need for a future career and that reportingaccurately,helpsthemtoseeareasfordevelopment.

Examplesofskilllevel(low, mediumandhigharedetailed).

Whendone,selectthe Continue link at the top of the page.

Optional EducationalEnhancement Activity

AfterstudentscompletetheBasicSkillsSurvey,askthemtoselectonecareerfromthelist.Students should write a descriptionoftheoccupationthatincludesseveraltasks.Studentsshouldthenidentifywhich three skills are considered mostimportantforthatcareerandatwhichlevel.

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Step 4 – Your Plan of Study

Studentscanbuildtheirplanofstudyaroundacareercluster,aplancustomizedbytheireducatororcreateaplanfromscratch.Tobegin,clickContinue.

Tobegin,havestudentsselecttheCreate your course planlink.

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If students would like to create aplanofstudyfromacluster,theycanbuildaplanaroundasuggestedclusterfromthecareerclustersurveyresults.Noticethatifstudentshavecompletedthecareerclustersurvey,recommendationsaremade.Ifstudentsarenolonger considering pursuing a careerinthatarea,theycanchooseanentirelydifferentcluster.

Tocreateaplanofstudyfromaplancustomizedbyaneducator or fromscratch,select the Create a plan of study from scratchlinkatthebottomofthepage.

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Ifstudentschoosetobuilda plan of study around a cluster,theywillcometothis page and use a career clustertobuildaplanorselectapathway.Pathwaysgivestudentsmorespecificdirectiononthecoursesrecommendedforacareerpath.

Ifstudentschoosetobuildaplanofstudyaroundaplancustomizedbyaneducator,theywillcometothispage and select Choose this set toviewthecustomizedplan.

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Lastly,ifstudentschoosetostartacourseplanfromscratch,theywillcometothis page and select the Create a plan of study from scratchlink.

Regardlessofhowstudentscreatetheirplanofstudy,theywillcometoapagewithagrid.Toeditthegridtoreflectcoursestheyplantotake,studentswillclickinacell.Forexample,tochoosetheir9thgradeEnglishclass,studentswouldclickanywhereinthe9thgradeEnglishcell.

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Onthispage,studentswillselecttheircoursesfromthedrop-downmenu.Ifaplanhasbeencustomizedbyaneducatorattheirschoolthecoursename(s)availablefortheirgradeinthatsubjectareawillappear.Oncethecoursenameisselected,havestudentschoosethecreditsofferedforthatcourse.Ifstudentsarecurrentlyenrolledinthecourse,thestatuscanbechangedfromplannedtoenrolled.Lastly,studentsshouldselecttheAdd Courselinkontherightsideofthepage.

Whenthecoursehasbeenentered,thescreenwillrefresh.Havestudentsselectthe Savebutton.

Oncebackonthegrid,students will see the course theyselected.Workisautomaticallysavedasthestudentsentercourses.

Onceallcourseshavebeenentered,directstudentstoselecttheContinuelinkatthetopofthepage.

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Step 5 – Parent Review

Inthisnextstep,thestudent’sparentorguardianmaybeinvitedtoreviewthestudent’swork.

Hint: This step is not required.Forstudentswho would prefer not tocompletethisstep,clickContinuetogotothenextstepoftheguideway.

Studentsmayinviteaparent/guardiantocreatetheirownaccountatIHaveAPlanIowa®andcreatealinktoviewtheirstudent’sportfolio.Inthisstepstudentssendaninvitationtoaparent/guardiantoaccesstheirportfolio.ThestudentclicksInviteaparentorguardian.

Iftheparent/guardianconnectionwasalreadyestablisheditwillbedisplayedonthispage.Studentsjustneedtoremindparentsandguardianstoreviewtheportfolioandsavea9thgradereviewcommentinthestudentportfolio(iftheychoosetodoso).

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Toinviteaparent/guardiantoviewtheirportfolio,studentsshouldentertheparent/guardian’snameande-mailaddress.Theinvitatione-mailcanbesentinEnglishorSpanish.ThestudentclicksInvite to send the e-mail.

Thepageisrefreshedtoshowthataninvitationhasbeensent.Oncetheparent/guardianhasacceptedtheinvitationandmadetheconnectiontothestudent’sportfoliofromtheirparentaccount,thestatuswillbechangedto“Accessestablished.”Thestudentmaychoosetorevoketheparentaccessatanytime.

Note: Iowa Code requires only that the parents of 8th grade students approve their students’ plan. Approval is not required for the 9th Grade Guideway. Students can skip this step by clicking Continue.

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Step 6 – Annual Reflection

Inthelaststepofthe9thGradeGuideway,studentshaveachancetoreflectonwhattheylearnedaboutthemselvesthisyear.ThisreflectioncanbedoneannuallyfromtheYourProfilesectionoftheportfolio.Students click Add an annual reflectiontostart.

Students choose 9th Gradefromthemenuthenentertheirreflectioninresponse to the two questions.Thetextbesidethefieldscanhelpthemwith ideas on what to describe.Whenstudentsclick Save and the page is refreshed showing their reflections,thestepiscomplete.

WhenfinishedthestudentshouldclickContinue.Asummarypagewillappeartolet the student know the recommendedstepsarecompleted.Studentsmustcontinuetothesummarypagebeforeitwillshowthattheyhavecompletedthisguideway.

Allofthestudent’sworkissaved so they can revisit any of the steps of the guideway atanytime.

Summary

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Professional CenterUsetheProfessionalCenterathttps://procenter.ihaveaplaniowa.govtotrackstudentprogressonthecompletionoftheguideways,toaccessstudentportfolios,toobtainlessonplans,andtocreateusageandoutcomebasedreports.ToaccesstheProfessionalCenteryouwillfirstneedtocreateanaccount.Oncethatstepiscomplete,followthestepsbelow.

Sign into your Professional Center account.

Oncesignedin,youwillseeyour ProfessionalCenteroptions.

1.Toviewguidewaytrackingreports,clickontheReportstab.

Hint:Ontherighthandsideofthepage,clickonthelogotoview I Have A Plan Iowa® as if you are a student.You must turn off your pop up blocker to use this feature.

2.ClickonCreate a New Report.

3.ClickonGuideways Tracking Report.

4.Choosethepopulationyouwouldliketotrack.

HINT: Youcanchoosetheentire9thgrade or you can choose a group of studentstotrack.

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5.Choosethegradelevelguidewayyouwouldliketotrack.

6.Youcanviewthestudentportfoliosandthestepsoftheguideway the student has completed.

Hint: To view details in the student’sportfolio,clickonthestudent’sname.

Fromthedetailview,clickonHigh School Planning to review thestudent’scourseplan.

Fromtheportfolioview,youcanalsoviewthestudent’sotherwork,leavecomments,andtracktheportfoliosyouhavereviewed.

UpdatedJuly2014