Evolution of ICAPThe R’s:
•Recruit•Register•Retain
•Relevance
Why Career Guidance?
Because Colorado is moving towards
having all students being Postsecondary Workforce Ready (PWR)!
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
ResponsibilityCommunication
Personal Responsibility
Global & Cultural
Awareness
Work Ethic
Mathematical Sciences
• Be quantitatively literate• Algebraic & geometric principles• Problem solving• Data & statistics
Colorado’s Current PipelineColorado’s Current Pipeline
Source: NCES 2006
Leak!
Who else is doing this?
• Alabama
• Indiana
• Louisiana
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• Utah
• Virginia
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”.
Who else is doing this?
• Illinois
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• Texas
• Washington
Having a Career Goal and Plan makes a HUGE difference in PS success!
Preliminary findings showed desired learning outcomes were the best predictors of student success.
Students whose desire was to “Explore courses to decide career,” had the lowest graduation rate, 21%.
This compares to a graduation rate for students who intend to, “Prepare to change careers,” of 78%.
Clearly, having a career goal and plan that a student is acting upon makes a big difference
- Rossol & Byers, Johnson County Community College, NE
The ICAP (secondary) Journey…
Shift Happens• Advising:
– Do you feel stronger in Math or in English?
VS– Talk to me about your Career and Academic Plan (your
ICAP, your PEP, that website, your grad plan etc…)
OR– Let me tell you about my ICAP, my plan, my PEP
etc…
CTE helps our students get there!
Career &
Technical
EducationRoad Map for their PoWeR-ful future
Is Connected, Responsive & Real
INDUSTRY
CLUSTER
PATHWAYS
PLAN OF STUDY
PWR Standards!
Wireless Frisbee Coach
Frozen Ferret Appraiser
Commercial Accordion Programmer
Mechanical Balloon Entertainer
Aerobic Lawn Chair Scientist
Nuclear Oyster Therapist
Emergency Chicken Designer
Got Cluster?
• Registration:– What field do you think you’ll end up in?
OR – What is your goal for attending?
VS– Tell me about your cluster interest, your pathway interest.
OR– Talk to me about your Plan of Study or let’s look at and
build your Plan of Study for future success.
Missing CTSO
Business , 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)
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
Jennifer Staley
Ben Nesbitt
Katy Blatnick-Gagne
Roadmap? POS?• Relevance:
– Wondering if our 45% drop out rate is related to finance or boredom or confusion.
OR – Focusing on traditional 20th century learning
VS– Investment in 21st century (PWR) guiding strategies
OR– Partnering with CTE and utilizing POS for all!
Interests, Skills, Motivation, Experience….
• Retention:– How do we increase our level of seat time?
OR – How do we increase our graduation rates
VS– Lets do a program inventory utilizing the Cluster Model and our
students ICAPs.OR
– Consider innovative ways to engage our students capitalizing on their ICAP data.
INDUSTRY
CLUSTER
PATHWAYS
PLAN OF STUDY
PWR Standards!
Program Inventory
ACE – Alternative
Cooperative Education &
FACS CORE
Business
Marketing
Architectural & Construction
Technologies
Automotive
TechnologiesCatering &
ProStart
CISCO
Early Childhood &
Teacher Cadet
Dietetics &
Nutrition
Interior DesignMulti Media
Project Lead the Way
Program Inventory
Additional Resources:www.coloradostateplan.com
Toolbox for Educators:Plans of Study
Content StandardsCareer Guidance
www.collegeincolorado.org
World of Work Map & CCCS Program Matrix
O*Net - www.onetonline.org **(youthful)
Reach Out:
Lauren Jones
CCCS/CTE-Career Guidance Trainer
720-858-2825
CACTE: Guidance & Career Development Division