Professional Learning

Professional Learning 

The Academic and Career Planning (ACP) Professional Learning webpages contain resources for district administration and staff to prepare, plan, and implement the process and components of quality ACP service delivery.    

ACP Lessons for Facilitators

The following ACP Lessons intend to provide facilitators the tools they need to plan and implement ACP at the school-level. Each lesson contains information to provide a solid understanding of ACP, supplemental materials to use during a training, and suggested activities for a presenter to lead a successful meeting on ACP implementation.

Level 1 Lessons: Preparation and Planning 

• Lesson 1.1: Mapping Your Academic and Career Journey
  •  Understand your academic and career journey to articulate the importance of ACP preparation and planning for students. Click here to access Lesson 1.1: Mapping Your Academic and Career Journey.
• Lesson 1.2: Why ACP?
  • Define the principles of Academic and Career Planning (ACP). Click here to access Lesson 1.2: Why ACP?
• Lesson 1.3: ACP Components – Current State
  • Identify ACP components and services currently offered in the district/school. Click here to access Lesson 1.3: ACP Components – Current State.
• Lesson 1.4.1: ACP Process – Current State
  • Review and assess how your district/school processes are designed to deliver ACP to students. Click here to access Lesson 1.4.1: ACP Components – Current State.
• Lesson 1.4.2: ACP Activities – Current State
  • Review and assess how your district/school is meeting ACP delivery of the components and activities for students. Click here to access Lesson 1.4.2: ACP Components – Current State.
• Lesson 1.5: Gap Analysis
  • Determine what is missing in your current ACP process. Click here to access Lesson 1.5: Gap Analysis.
• Lesson 1.6: ACP Process – Future State
  • Think critically about your vision for providing ACP services to create college and career ready students. Click here to access Lesson 1.6: ACP Process – Future State.
• Lesson 1.7: Developing the District/School Service Delivery Plan
  • Develop an Action Plan to Deliver Academic and Career Planning Services to all students. Click here to access Lesson 1.7: Developing the District/School Service Delivery Plan.
• Lesson 1.8: ACP - Your PI 26 Webpage(s)
  • Create an ACP section on your district website that follows the ACP Administrative Rule PI 26. Click here to access Lesson 1.8: ACP - Your PI 26 Webpage(s).
• Lesson 1.9: Developing an ACP Scope and Sequence
  • Brainstorm developing an ACP scope and sequence with students. Click here to access Lesson 1.9: Developing an ACP Scope and Sequence.
• Lesson 1.10.1: ACP - Building a Relationship with Families
  • Determine how to build relationships with students’ families and other meaningful adults in order to engage them in multiple aspects of academic and career planning. Click here to access Lesson 1.10.1: ACP - Building a Relationship with Families. 
• Lesson 1.10.2: Engaging Families in ACP
  • Utilize the relationships with students’ families and other meaningful adults to engage them in multiple aspects of academic and career planning. Click here to access Lesson 1.10.2: Engaging Families in ACP.
• Lesson 1.11: ACP as part of the Individual Education Program (IEP) - Working with Students with Disabilities
  • Understand how to assist students with disabilities to participate in the ACP process and incorporate the information from their ACPs when developing annual and postschool goals for the IEP, including development of the PTP. Click here to access Lesson 1.11: ACP as part of the Individual Education Program (IEP): Working with Students with Disabilities.

Level 2 Lessons: Supporting Students in ACP

• Lesson 2.1: Coaching Students - Developing Supportive Relationships
  • Understand and recognize the importance of the adult-student relationship in the ACP process. Click here to access Lesson 2.1: Coaching Students - Developing Supportive Relationships.
• Lesson 2.2: Coaching Students - Critical Career Conversations
  • Understand how to have supportive and critical career conversations with students. Click here to access Lesson 2.2: Coaching Students - Critical Career Conversations.
• Lesson 2.3: Coaching Students - Guiding Student Goal Setting & Reflection
  • Educating students on creating SMART goals related to ACP and career development. Click here to access Lesson 2.3: Coaching Students - Guiding Student Goal Setting & Reflection.
• Lesson 2.4: Coaching Students - Exploring Post-secondary Options
  • Help educators work with students on exploring their post-secondary options.  Click here to access Lesson 2.4: Coaching Students - Exploring Post-secondary Options.
• Lesson 2.5: Coaching Students - Comparing Post-secondary Options
  • Help educators work with students on comparing their post-secondary options. Click here to access Lesson 2.5: Coaching Students - Comparing Post-secondary Options.
• Lesson 2.6: Coaching Students - Researching a Career and Developing a Financial Plan 
  • Help educators work with students as they plan to prepare for college, live a post-secondary life, etc. Click here to access Lesson 2.6: Coaching Students - Researching a Career and Developing a Financial Plan.

Level 3 Lessons: Supplemental ACP Lessons

Coming Soon - April 2018