Fiscal Agent Name: Date:
VIII. GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
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DIRECTIONS: Perkins Legislation increases the focus on enhanced career guidance and academic counseling. Your FY08 Perkins Transition Plan described how guidance and counseling will be provided to CTE students, which now includes linkages to future education and training opportunities. If you completed an application for FY08, describe any amendments or modifications you will make during FY09. Each FY09 applicant who did not complete an FY08 application must complete all items below. Local Plan Requirement
a. Describe your school’s or institution’s guidance and counseling or student services program and how it is delivered through guidance services / curriculum, individual planning and advisement, responsive services and system support. NEW: Include how guidance information is shared with instructional staff in your district and beyond (i.e., from high school to technology center to collegiate).
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Local Plan Requirement
b. Explain how CTE students are assisted in creating and implementing an individual plan of study (may be electronic or paper based).
c. Describe how assessment and its interpretation and other resources are used in the development of those student plans of study. (Assessments could include but not be limited to career and interest assessments, Explore, PLAN and ACT, COMPASS, OKCIS and other postsecondary placement inventories. Resources could include but not be limited to Teachers As Advisors, advisory committees, adult mentors, career planning sessions, career development classes, etc.).
d. Identify the methods used to review and update student plans of study on a regular basis with student, parent, counselor, and/or teacher advisor involvement
e. Describe the methods used in student/parent academic advisement and in developing and disseminating course descriptions to students with recommended course sequences for academic and technical courses.
f. Describe strategies used to strengthen transitions between middle school, high school, tech center, and post-secondary institutions that include parent and student discussions with counselor/school involvement regarding various career pathway opportunities. Describe methods used in involving your partners in planning and implementing transition support for CTE students.
g. Describe how students are provided guided career exploration and career planning experiences using labor market and career information from various print, media and on-line resources that address a wide variety of educational, career and employment options. (Resources could include but are not limited to OKCIS, Discover, O*Net, Occupational Outlook Handbook, career websites, labor market information sources, career development curriculum, etc.).
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