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Academic and Career Planning Process

ACP

What is ACP?

​It is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post-secondary success, obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills.

The range of formal ACP begins in Grade 6 and goes through grade 12 (state requirement starting in 2017).

Which students will participate in ACP?

All students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in a public school district will participate in ACP. This also includes students with disabilities who have Individualized Education Programs (IEP)/Post-secondary Transition Plans (PTP), as well as students with Section 504 Accommodation Plans, English Language Learners, students who are Gifted and or Talented, students who are homeless, and students considered neglected and delinquent.

What role do families have in the ACP process?

Families are an integral part of the ACP process! Families are encouraged to review their child’s plan and discuss all of the component opportunities in order to help them make thoughtful decisions that align with their goals. DPI is developing resources that schools can use to collaborate with parents in these efforts.

What is the community’s role in the ACP process?

From both a financial and staff perspective, it will be important to connect to other providers outside of school to ensure access to expertise and services that cannot be provided by the school alone. From occupational expertise; teacher externship opportunities; job-shadow, work-based learning, service learning and volunteer experiences; dual credit articulations; intensive social interventions; and career development support from workforce development and economic development groups, the district ACP team should leverage common goals and partnerships. Local and regional partnerships provide a means to collaborate and support mutual goals.

ACP in the MISD: An Ongoing Process

The Academic and Career Planning (ACP) Process and Students with Disabilities

ACP in Wisconsin: Implementing Academic and Career Planning Guidebook

4 stages to successful ACP