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Individual Career and
Academic Plans (ICAP)
Making Meaning for Students and Parents
Tuesday Tutorial #3
Real Partnerships:
Common purpose united and expanded our partnerships!
Why CTE?
CTE’s role in ICAP/PWR
Real Purpose
Vision: Colorado CTE delivers proven pathways to 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!
Why CDE?CDE’s role in ICAP/PWR
• Role of convener and facilitator
• Provides materials, tools and resources for transition planning
• Technical assistance and training to support District Implementation
• Research and Development – UNC (in the works)
• Track number of ASCENT students and verify eligibility
Why DHE?
DHE’s role in ICAP/PWR
• ICAP is a lifelong process(P-20, at least): follow your dream, yes, but the road map applies to everyone at every age – note how many “careers” a 21st century worker is expected to enjoy!
• The Secondary ICAP transfers to Postsecondary. In fact, the Higher Ed Strategic Plan recommends adopting it for college students.
• With Concurrent Enrollment and ASCENT, the historic dividing lines between P-12 and Higher Ed have become more like bridges, indivisibly linking Secondary with Postsecondary. Partnership!!
• DHE serves all the variations of Postsecondary – CTE (Technical Colleges), Certificates, Associates, Bachelors and beyond. The ICAP is the road map for lifelong learning and success.
Belief of ICAP for Colorado– Personalized education aligned to curriculum– Decrease Drop Out Rate– Increase Retention and Engagement– Increase students awareness of Career Pathways.
Individual Career and Academic Plans Legislative review
During the spring of 2009, the Colorado General Assembly passed the SchoolFinance Bill (SB 09-256). This legislation requires the State Board ofEducation to establish standards for Individual Career and Academic Plans(ICAP) for students enrolled in public schools in the state on or beforeFebruary 1, 2010.
The legislation specifies that at minimum, each ICAP shall include:
– The student’s effort in exploring careers, including interest surveys that the student completes;
– The student’s academic process, including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery, and any concurrent enrollment credits earned;
– The student’s experiences in contextual and service learning; – The student’s college application and resume, as they are prepared and submitted; and– The student’s postsecondary studies as the student progresses.
The ICAP journey…
Other Related Initiatives• 6th grade College In Colorado (free statewide guidance website): SB 256
• ICAPs Required SB09-256 - Rules adopted February 2010
• District Plans 09-2010 *Continuous
• College ICAPs proposed in Higher Education Strategic Plan, November 2010 * naturally progression statewide
• ICAPs & PWR Attributes Assessments System, December 2010
• ICAPs & HB10-1273, Progress of visual and performing arts courses
Diversity of Colorado
Best Practice – Connecting Plans of Study to ICAP’s
Each Plan of Study built
to meet HEAR requirements.
Career Guidance and College In Colorado Training for ALL Staff
Utilize your “Village”The Experts:
• You + the Administrator, the school leader• Professional School Counselors: ASCA model, Career Development
• CTE instructors/directors: Plans of Study
• GT coordinators/instructors
• SpEd/Transition Coordinators: IEP’s (Individual Education Plans)
• IT Specialists: Data sharing, SIS pro’s
• Academic Core/AVID/IB/Elective instructors: time, relevance and relationship
• May we suggest: student(s), librarian, school board, PS rep, workforce rep, parent(s), SAC members, PTA/PTO’s. pre-collegiate provider, business & industry rep, BOCES and any others?
Best PracticeConnecting Business & Industry
Career Expo
Workforce Connect
Best PracticeICAP Curriculum 6-12
Bringing it all together!
•All Freshman will complete ICAP activities during their Freshman Seminar class (meets daily)
•We have divided sophomores, juniors, and seniors into mentor groups (15-18 students each).
•Each high school teacher has been assigned a mentor group.
•The teacher/mentor is responsible for monitoring the ICAP Plan in CIC (running reports and student follow-up)
•Every Thursday from 3:00-3:37 (Activity Time) students will meet in their mentor’s rooms.
•On Thursdays, designated groups will be working in CIC on their plans. Students not working on CIC attend student meetings (FBLA, Senior/Junior Class meetings etc).
•Each week we will rotate which groups are in CIC and which are in meetings so everyone will have the opportunity to build their ICAP.
Connections
Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) is the new Colorado state requirement for all students in grades 6-12. The ICAP process assists every student in setting life goals and forming a plan to achieve their goals. The ICAP will help students select a pathway of relevant coursework in Middle School and High School, based on their interests and desired career goals. ICAP is designed to provide each student opportunities to discover their talents and carefully plan a school program that develops marketable skills for life after graduation.
DHS ICAP definition:
How is this related to our Strategic Plan?
Strategy 3: “ Standards of Excellence” – integrate 21st Century Skills
Specific Result 2: Establish flexible educational pathways that allow all students to leave high school ready to enter the workforce and/or post Secondary Education.
No.3: Identify additional educational pathways necessary to meet the needs of all students.
Also:Strategy 4: We will fully engage every student in
meaningful, relevant, authentic learning experiences.Specific Result 2: Engage every student in
developing & implementing a plan to accomplish personal, educational and postsecondary goals.
No. 6: Student begin their plan in 6th grade and all secondary students review their growth plans before class choices are made for the subsequent years.
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CTE and PWR for ICAP
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
Resources at your fingertips!CDE: www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitatives
CTE: www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.html
CiC: www.collegeincolorado.org
CiC Wiki Site: www.cicpartnernetwork.org
Colorado Professional Organizations to connect to:
– CSCA www.coloradoschoolcounselor.org– CACTE www.cacte.org – CCDA www.coloradocareerdevelopment.org– CCHS/CR www.coloradocouncil.org – Colorado Council for ACT http://www.act.org/k12/
Relevant Publications
• PWR Description (CDE)
• Assessment Attributes (CDE)
• Proposed PWR Endorsed Diploma Criteria
• Graduation Guidelines Report
• Expanded Learning Opportunities Report
• ICAP Rules and Attributes
Next Steps: Share this archived webinar with your administrators/leaders
Reach out to some of the models shared and collaborate!Develop your action plan – with scope, sequence, roles and results
Look for us here:– Reconvened ICAP Stakeholder group
– Presentations at upcoming Summer Conferences & PD days
Future Tuesday Tutorials• March 13th 3-3:45pm ICAP Bookends & the Future
• March 27th 3-3:45pm Resources and Creative Collaboration for ICAP
• April 17th 3- 3:45pm ICAP and Making Meaning for Partnerships
Questions?
Contact us
CDHE: Misti Ruthven [email protected] Stanford [email protected]
CDE: Deb Hodson [email protected] Judy Martinez [email protected]
CCCS/CTE: Lauren Jones [email protected]