Strategy 1.0: Make transitions planned and accountable for both successful student progress and systemic cooperation.
1.1 Ensure that every student has a personal learning and career plan (PLCP).
1.2 Develop an awareness campaign about the use of PLCPs to include parents, industry and adult job-seekers.
1.3 Coordinate program development and delivery among training programs to reduce duplication of effort and the need
for remediation
1.4 Develop data-sharing and other processes that provide information on student progress from one educational level
to the next and from school to career.
Statewide Activities in Support of Strategy 1.0
1.1 Ensure that every student has a personal learning and career plan (PLCP).
1.2 Develop an awareness campaign about the use of PLCPs to include parents, industry and adult job-seekers.
1.3 Coordinate program development and delivery among training programs to reduce duplication of effort and the need
for remediation
1.4 Develop data-sharing and other processes that provide information on student progress from one educational level
to the next and from school to career.
Statewide Activities in Support of Strategy 1.0
- University of Alaska College and Career Pathways website - information about career pathways throughout the university system
- EED and DOLWD staff continue to provide training/presentations to school counselors, CTE professionals, special education professionals, UA staff, school administrators, and career guides since 2010.
- LiveBinders website with Alaska PLCP information launched in 2014.
- Enhancements to AKCIS encompass many PLCP components, for example, the AKCIS portfolio page includes brief descriptions of how each portfolio tool can be used to develop Personal Learning and Career Plans (PLCP's). AKCIS is updated annually with increasing emphasis on the idea of PLCPs.
- Instructions for AKCIS and ALEXsys activities in support of PLCPs are posted on the PLCP website - see AKCIS and ALEXsys tabs. (2014)
- DOLWD CTE Grant Program includes a requirement for all grantees to implement PLCPs as part of their grant projects.
- Local school districts are implementing PLCPs in a variety of ways. Some examples:
Anchorage School District (career guidance website)
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (counseling webpage with PLCP forms)
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (PDF- Student Handbook, Page 14)
Mat-Su Borough School District (PDF - CTE End-of-Year report 2012-2013)
Northwest Arctic Borough School District (website) - ANSWERS - Alaska's P-20W Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) - is being developed through a partnership among ACPE, UA, EED, and DOLWD (ANSWERS website)
- ACPE and UAA are working on the "Career Connections" module within AKCIS, which will link learners with Alaska employer information for workbased learning opportunities.
- The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is developing an e-certification learning module for its staff that will incorporate training on how staff may use PLCPs and AKCIS with students.
- UAA has developed a new model for college and career readiness that includes not only academics, but attitudes, college knowledge, habits, and goal setting. Contact Dr. Dayna DeFeo for more information.
djdefeo@uaa.alaska.edu or 907.786.6464.