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Piloting ACP at Northland Pines Middle School

Adam Matyska

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Northland Pines

Why Are We Here?In 2015-2016, the Northland Pines School District began piloting the ACP process. At their middle school, rather than just “going through the motions” and trying out “another new initiative”, the staff embraced the ACP process and utilized it, along with Career Cruising, to strengthen their existing 8th-grade transition process, laying the groundwork for further college and career planning at the high school level. Find out how ACP has been implemented into the school culture and curriculum for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, what worked well, what needs to be improved, and how the school and district plan to continue to refine and improve the ACP process.

Background - Presenter● 16+ years in education● High School/Middle School● Tech Ed/Business Ed

○ Career Development has always been a part of my classes!

ACP...Before PI-26 ACP!● Examples from MY “school life”

○ One meeting, Junior Year at High School…○ Scattered other activities

ACP...Before PI-26 ACP!● What Have We Done?

○ Career Poster○ Career Paper

■ Less relevance - good sub day plan but...○ Guest speakers

ACP...Before PI-26 ACP!● Good intentions

○ Prior school - Homerooms & Career Activities■ Wiscareers■ Binders worth of curriculum and activities■ But...

Why Are We Here?From the DPI: A key element is the mindset and skillsets of all staff in a school.

For another, districts will need strong infrastructure, relationships, and broad collaboration to make the shift toward a more holistic and student-centered approach to career development.

Every school will need to find its method for making sure all students in grades 6-12:

● can identify some interests and goals for their future (even if tentative), and● are aware of potential in-school and out-of-school opportunities related to those interests

and goals.To get to this reality, each district and school needs to determine its own vision and goals for how it will implement Academic and Career Planning (ACP).

This process requires reflection and informed dialogue.

ACP Anxiety?

ACP Anxiety?● ACP is already being done. ● Pines was no different, in that most of ACP and what’s

required from PI-26 is being done….somewhere.

Background - NPMS Before ACP● Like many schools, ACP was happening, but in different

places.● 8th Grade Transition

○ Compile artifacts of exemplary works, experiences, volunteer hours, and more, into a portfolio

○ Parent meetings○ Mock interviews with community members

NPMS Before ACP

Technology● Shared Folder in Google Drive instead of physical binders● But…

○ Structure○ Harder to Organize○ Inconvenient to Present

Piloting ACP & Career Cruising: 2015-16● NPSD one of approximately 24 pilot schools last year● Definite “feeling-out” process

School Counselor

● Didn’t just “slide into retirement”● Empowered and enabled others to take the reigns● Instrumental in coordinating with administration and

setting up our new ACP team(s).

The New NPMS PI-26 ACP TeamHorizontally-aligned Team

● Building Administrator● School Counselor● Teachers

Working hand-in-hand with similar positions from High School

Career Cruising

Career Cruising

Where and When!?● According to WI B/IT Standards - Career Exploration and

Activities are included as part of Business/Computers Classes!

Where and When!? - State Standards

ACP/Career Cruising Requirement: 6thChecklist & Highlightshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1R16_l_Qd87g0wKxN-I-1YtSct9_nQA3l84ZakXE4aV4/pub https://docs.google.com/a/npsd.k12.wi.us/document/d/1R16_l_Qd87g0wKxN-I-1YtSct9_nQA3l84ZakXE4aV4/edit?usp=sharing

Career Cruising Sections● Career & Education Exploration● Career Planning● Activities & Abilities● My Journal● Documentation/Artifacts (recommended and encouraged, though not “required”)

ACP/Career Cruising Requirement: 7thChecklist & Highlightshttps://docs.google.com/a/npsd.k12.wi.us/document/d/1N3o1ZESaw2bN4z15VeYP0vEcBtDOYWgRrbyCLUD9izE/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N3o1ZESaw2bN4z15VeYP0vEcBtDOYWgRrbyCLUD9izE/pub

Career Cruising Sections● Career & Education Exploration ● Career Planning● Activities & Abilities● My Journal● Documentation/Artifacts (recommended and encouraged, though not “required”)

ACP/Career Cruising Requirement: 8thChecklist & Highlightshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1R8k62gI0ClENTnQckUEq_kggRurRJrpPK5YvH8InYAo/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R8k6l2gI0CENTnQckUEq_kggRurRJrpPK5YvH8InYAo/pub

Career Cruising Sections● Career & Education Exploration ● Career Planning● Activities & Abilities● My Journal - prompts given during ACP homerooms● Documentation/Artifacts (“required”)

ACP/Career Cruising Requirement: 8thSpecific 8th Grade Requirements: 1. 5 hours Community Service 2. Upload as many images/artifacts as possible to showcase accomplishments, skills, talents, hobbies,

strengths, weaknesses. (minimum of 12 items/artifacts) ● Awards● Extra-Curricular Activities● Newspaper Clippings● School Projects● Outside Hobbies/Interest● Summer Job/ School Job

● Any career-related activity (job fairs, field trips, guest speakers, etc.)

How is Career Cruising Evaluated?● Team-Developed Rubric

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KL3sAHKNCu_hU8UzaBvRfceunOA8yYQ1xVlelVVaQ2Y/pub

○ Objectives/Checklist (specific items as noted)

○ Organization (how well is the info organized? Dates in order? etc.)

○ Details (how many of the sections contain thorough details)

○ Quality & Completeness of Thoughts ■ (minimum of two quality, well-written sentences per description)

○ Mechanics (spelling & grammar)

Parent Communication● Parent Communication = REQUIRED as part of PI-26● Pines’ Methods

○ Website - Info

○ Parent Meetings; Open House; Infinite Campus Messenger; Remind App

○ Career Cruising - now with PARENT ACCESS built right in.○ Parent Meetings with Student and Counselor

■ Spring of 8th Grade Year

Parent Meetings● Difficult but not impossible to schedule● Our Process

○ Student-led

○ Career Cruising - Students present their e-Portfolio through Career Cruising “Print My Plan” View

○ Discussion on Strengths, Goals, Areas for Growth, Learning Styles, and Career Planning

Career Cruising

Career Cruising

Parent Meetings● Difficult but not impossible to schedule● Our Process

○ Student-led

○ Career Cruising - Students present their e-Portfolio through Career Cruising “Print My Plan” View

○ Discussion on Strengths, Goals, Areas for Growth, Learning Styles, and Career Planning

○ In many ways, also serves as a rehearsal of sorts for the next step - the “Transition” mock-interviews.

8th Grade “Transition” Interviews● Community Members● Represent Career Clusters

○ Every attempt made to team students with community member who represents a related career cluster to students interests.

8th Grade “Transition” Interviews● Scheduled in library

○ Tech Dept. provides laptops that are ready to go to eliminate login issues, etc.

● Career Cruising - Students again present their e-Portfolio through Career Cruising “Print My Plan” View

● Interviewers given list of suggested questions to guide students through current career interests and their current pathways.

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● Artifacts at the beginning and also in their correct categories

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8th Grade Transition Interviews● Interview Questions

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-T9jOA4ELfTBZJKk-xwavBzqvh43PQezGC7H-G7ae38/edit?usp=sharing

8th Grade “Transition” Interviews● Post-Interview Scoring Sheet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ELZ6Q_hKUodoU4gBy9r-7uh6sjP9KYUPuQG4CHm2EMs/edit?usp=sharing

Fitting it All Together...

Fitting it All Together...

The Future● Challenges

○ 7-12 Building○ What becomes of the “transition” process?

■ 8th⇒ 10th? 11th? ○ 9-12 - no common class, but working on solutions

■ “Common” hour/Resource period

The Future● Positives

○ The momentum we’ve started in 6-8 will carry forward with these students

○ Next year, in the first “official” year of PI-26, at our 7-12 building, next

year’s 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th graders will all, by virtue of the pilot years, have had exposure to the process■ Student AND Parental buy-in

○ Staff availability & experience

Final Thoughts● Pines benefitted from the foresight of the administration

and the school board with the structure that was readily available to fit ACP into. ○ We are just one example at one school○ How does ACP fit into what you do at your schools?

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@MrMatyskaNPSD

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