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photo8_165Educators in Action features articles about classroom successes, strategies and best practices authored by educators who provide direct student services.

This section provides a forum for education professionals to share ideas, questions and learn more about career exploration and post-secondary preparation in the classroom.

If you would like to share your best practices, lesson plans, ideas or even a request for assistance from colleagues, contact us. We will be happy to help you learn how to submit content to this site.

ICAP Made Simple

Bridget Black
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Last year's School Finance Act mandated a CollegeInColorado.org account for every 6th-grader and an individual career and academic plan (ICAP)  by 9th grade. The Colorado Department of Education approved the rules and guidelines  for these items on January 13, 2010. College In Colorado has everything you need to meet these requirements in a free, customizable way.

Follow the link above to find all the information you need about how College In Colorado can help with your ICAP implementation.  

Make sure to check out other district's ICAP implementation in the articles below.

 

 

Colorado GEAR UP Students Working on College Credits Now

Meghan Cave

Colorado GEAR UP sophomores and juniors are utilizing state concurrent enrollment legislation to complete courses that earn them high school and college credit. This opportunity to have all sophomores and juniors complete college level courses while in high school has been made possible through partnerships between school districts and local colleges. School districts provide space and identify potential teachers, while colleges offer curriculum and credential qualified high school teachers to become adjunct professors in an effort to offer the courses on high school campuses.

 

The course offerings vary at each target school, and include introductory gateway courses, career and technical education courses, and certification opportunities.  In addition to the support provided by classroom instructors, tutors are hired to assist students with material they find difficult and to complement in-class learning. Due to these efforts to assure student success, approximately 83% of GEAR UP sophomores and juniors have enrolled, with 80% earning a C or better.

To learn more information about Colorado GEAR UP, please visit http://www.coloradogearup.org.

 

Lesson Plans for CollegeInColorado.org Summit Middle School

Bridget Black

Summit Middle School in Boulder Valley School District has created career development lessons for their 7th and 8th graders using CollegeInColorado.org.

View the 7th grade Career Lesson Plan.

View the 8th grade Career and College Lesson Plan.

 

Discovery Canyon Step-By-Step Insructions

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Discovery Canyon Campus has begun implementing College In Colorado in their classrooms. See their College In Colorado Guideways Step-By-Step Instructions for Teachers and Advisors.

 

DPS Post Secondary Planning Guidelines & ICAP

Christine Sandoval

Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAPs) are part of The Denver Plan. Starting in eighth grade and continuing to 12th grade, schools incorporate the use of electronic ICAPs for each student as a counseling and guidance tool. The districtwide tool for this process is College in Colorado/CHOICES Planner/Explorer.

Click on the following link for the DPS Post Secondary Planning Guidelines

 

Teacher Cadet

Katy Blatnick-Gagne
TEACHER CADET In COLORADO

tcTeacher Cadet (TC) is a high school curriculum developed and licensed by the South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA). Schools may implement the program by selecting a qualified teacher to complete the Colorado summer Teacher Cadet training.  Reimbursement is available through CTA funds and Carl Perkins Federal Funding if the program becomes an approved program through the Colorado Community College System (CCCS).
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ICAP Made Simple

Bridget Black
cic_logo_blue

 

Last year's School Finance Act mandated a CollegeInColorado.org account for every 6th-grader and an individual career and academic plan (ICAP)  by 9th grade. The Colorado Department of Education approved the rules and guidelines  for these items on January 13, 2010. College In Colorado has everything you need to meet these requirements in a free, customizable way.

Follow the link above to find all the information you need about how College In Colorado can help with your ICAP implementation.  

Make sure to check out other district's ICAP implementation in the articles below.

 

 

Best Practice Example for HS Career Exploration and Planning

Del Norte High School Industrial Arts/Const Tech teacher Bill Sauvigne tells CTE Trends that he has created a new exploratory CTE course called F.Y.I. (Finding Your Interest).
The goal of the course is to expose students to approximately 40 different professions via 4 to 6 week modules throughout the school year. Remarkably, all professions taught in a module relate to one another. For example: the “Graphic Design” module not only teaches graphic design but also the basics photography, printing and silk screening. Sauvigne explains that the end-of-the-module performance test for “Graphic Design” is to solicit ideas, design a logo and create class T-shirtsfor each of the high school’s grades.

Sauvigne reports that the F.Y.I. students just finished that module and the silk screening lessons were so successful that the students started a “Tiger Tee’s” operation and now are not only making shirts for the school but also for Wolf Creek Ski Resort.
The modules in the FYI course include: Graphic Design; Landscape Architecture and Design; Criminal Justice; Computer Animation; Alternate Energy; Entrepreneurship; Small
Engine Repair and Communication Technologies

To see all the fun activities students get to engage in, and the professions they get to learn about,
click this link to see Sauvigne’s module descriptions:
http://www.cccs.edu/ctetrends/modules.pdf
To top everything off, Sauvigne is advising his students that if they would like to pursue further
education in any of the fields they explore, they will find corresponding courses, certificates and degrees offered at institutions in their region including: Trinidad State Junior College and Pueblo Community College (in Pueblo and in Cortez/Durango via their Southwest Colorado Community College).

 

ICAP Made Simple

Bridget Black
cic_logo_blue

 

Last year's School Finance Act mandated a CollegeInColorado.org account for every 6th-grader and an individual career and academic plan (ICAP)  by 9th grade. The Colorado Department of Education approved the rules and guidelines  for these items on January 13, 2010. College In Colorado has everything you need to meet these requirements in a free, customizable way.

Follow the link above to find all the information you need about how College In Colorado can help with your ICAP implementation.  

Make sure to check out other district's ICAP implementation in the articles below.

 

 
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