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My Graduation Plans

You are almost finished. Do you have a clear vision of your future in sight?

You have reviewed and updated your goals and planned new experiential learning activities for this year. Using the Senior Year - College Planning Checklist, you identified several key steps for this year and put these on your calendar. If you are headed to work, you have developed job search skills and crafted a resume. Now it is time to itemize these plans and update your long-term plans.

Have you identified new ideas for your future this past year? Did you revise your plans? Perhaps your college visits helped you crystallize a new postsecondary school goal? Maybe an internship opened a door for on-the-job training?

Crafting your graduation plans will keep you focused. This worksheet asks you to review the earlier plans you wrote. You will see how much you have grown these past four years and probably see some needed changes for your plans. Planning helps you manage your time and keeps you motivated for success. It’s like a pat on the back for your effort!

Instructions:

1. Review the action plan and reflections you created earlier in Getting Started and in Looking Deeper: Make Plans, Action Plans and Supports. Print this and note needed edits.

2. Using the worksheet below, update your earlier action plans, inserting actual dates for actions accomplished and adding new plans where needed.

3. List specific actions you can take in each category to achieve your plans and note any needed changes.

4. Edit the target dates where needed.

5. Think about who supports you and what new supports you may need for achieving these goals. List any new supports in the columns titled “Supports”. (Be sure to inform your supports about your goals and let these individuals know that you see them as supports!)

6. Use the information you list in the tables to complete the reflection boxes in the Next Steps: Make Plans, Action Plans and Supports section of your Career Plan.

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Long Term Action Plans (four years after high school)

The following three questions will help you make specific plans so you can answer the question in the text box at the bottom of the next page.

1. What are some specific action steps you need to take to achieve your long-term career goals? List key steps in the table below.

Plans after High School:

Actions needed:

My Supports

Target Date

Actual Date

Short Term Action Plans (this year)

2. What courses are you considering this year? (The courses you list below will help you update the CIS Course Planner—your last step in creating an educational plan)

Courses Considered:

Supports

Target Date

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Obstacles and Barriers

3. What obstacles and barriers do you face? On the following table, list obstacles and barriers that could make it difficult for you to reach your goals, i.e. previous poor grades, health issues, etc. List some ideas on how you can overcome these obstacles in the table below.

Obstacles Ideas for Overcoming Obstacles Supports

Use the information you listed in the tables above to complete the reflection boxes in the Next Steps: Make Plans, Action Plans and Supports section of your Career Plan. Then congratulate yourself. You created good plans using quality information about yourself and your options. You have a plan for the future and SMART goals! Pat yourself on the back . . . Congratulations and best wishes.

Your Signature: Date:

Reviewed by: Date:

In summary, what is your action plan for this year (synthesize the text boxes above)?