The Comprehensive School Counseling Program and Career Clusters/Pathways August 2008

1. The Comprehensive School Counseling Program and Career Clusters/PathwaysAugust 2008 Judith Kuse , School Counseling Consultant Barbara Bitters, Assistant Director, CTE Team WI Department of Public Instruction

2. Four Year Plan Sample

3. Connections to Career Pathways (Programs of Study) • Enhance school counseling and career development • Program of Study “Map” (educator-to-educator tool) can be individualized for each student within the ILP • Curriculum mapping, analysis, articulation, re-development, evaluation • Focus and strengthen secondary and post-secondary articulation

4. Connections to Career Pathways (Programs of Study) • Integration and support for academic, career, technical, 21st century, and counseling curriculum standards and benchmarks • Strategies and support for all transitions students and their families make through the education and workforce development system

5. 4. Accountability and Continuous Improvement 3. Transition Planning and Policy 4 3 1 2 1. School Counseling and Career Development 2. Rigorous Curriculum and Quality Instruction Foundations of the WI Comprehensive School Counseling Model

6. Foundations Include • Administrative Support and Leadership • Shared Planning • Professional Development • Parent, Business, and Community Development and Support • Interdisciplinary and Cross-Agency Teams • Flexible Schedules • Student-Centered Learning

7. School Counseling Standards in Career Development G. Students will acquire the self-knowledge necessary to make informed career decisions H. Students will understand the relationship between educational achievement and career development I. Students will employ career management strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction.

8. Career Content Standard G: Students will acquire the self-knowledge necessary to make informed career decisions • Core Performance Standard 1: • Develop the ability to make informed career decisions based on self-knowledge. • Core Performance Standard 2: • Develop positive interpersonal skills necessary to be effective in the world of work. • Core Performance Standard 3: • Integrate personal growth and change into career development. • Core Performance Standard 4: • Establish a balance between personal, leisure, community, learner, family, and work activities.

9. Content Standard H: Students will understand the relationship between educational achievement and career development. • Core Performance Standard 1: • Attain educational achievement and performance levels needed to reach personal and career goals. • Core Performance Standard 2: • Participate in ongoing, lifelong learning experiences to adapt to and excel in a diverse and changing economy.

10. Content Standard I: Students will employ career management strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction. • Core Performance Standard 1: • Create and manage an educational and career plan that matches career goals. • Core Performance Standard 2: • Apply decision-making skills to career planning and development. • Core Performance Standard 3: • Recognize how principles of equal opportunity, equity, respect, inclusiveness, and fairness affect career planning and management. • Core Performance Standard 4: • Develop employability skills to gain, maintain, advance in, or transition to a new job or career. • Core Performance Standard 5: • Access and use current and accurate career information in career planning.

11. Links • Student Standards for School Counseling Programs http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/scstudentstandards.html • Career Clusters and Pathways http://dpi.wi.gov/cte/pathways.html

12. Questions / CommentsFor More Information, Please contact your local School to Work Coordinator and/or School Counselor