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Taking the ILP beyond
Compliance
ILP and Accountability Requirements
ILP – What’s Required?
704 KAR 3:305
Minimum HS Graduation Requirements Regulation:
• Districts shall implement an advising and guidance
process that supports ILP
• Districts shall develop a method to evaluate the
effectiveness and results of the Individual Learning Plan
process
• Feeder middle schools and high schools shall work
cooperatively to inform parents and students of connections
between career opportunities
ILP – What’s Required?
704 KAR 3:305 Min. HS Graduation Requirements
Regulation:
•Beginning with class of 2013, ILPs will begin with 6th
grade focusing on career exploration and related
postsecondary education
•Beginning in 8th grade, in the ILP, students will set personal
and academic goals, as well as identify courses, electives,
and postsecondary goals
•Schools shall maintain the ILP, make it readily available
and review it annually with student and parent
ILP & Accountability
• Students in the graduating classes of 2009 - 2011 who do
not have an ILP must have a completed IGP to fulfill their
high school graduation requirements.
• Completion data will be collected through the electronic
ILP system.
• Schools must certify, at the individual student level, that an
up-to-date IGP is on file and available for inspection.
• This option is only available for those students in the
graduating classes of 2009 – 2011.
Why the ILP?
The purpose of the ILP is to:
• engage students in preparing for their future
• help students explore choices for postsecondary
• improve relationships between adults and
students
• heighten college awareness
• reduce work load for counselors
• increase advising of students
The Benefits of Education are Real
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We can do nothing to
change the past, but we
have enormous power
to shape the future.
Edward Cornish
President
World Future Society
With the ILP, Students will…..
•Have a positive vision of
their future
•Have the skills required to
make informed choices
•Be more receptive to the
vigorous academic training
required to succeed in the
21st century
Students take ownership for their future
•Exploring Careers
•Learning what is
required for careers
•Planning courses
based on those
requirements
•Accumulating
accomplishments
How?
Students will achieve at
higher levels….
when they see the
connections between
rigorous class work and
the careers they want to
pursue.
Does your school use
the ILP to help students?
• Challenge students to strive for higher
achievement
• Learn to understand how education,
training, and career choices impact their
personal lifestyle
• Motivate students to apply themselves to
impact their future success
ILP
Improve School Culture
Use ILP Data as a Foundation for
Student/Staff Relationships
How?
• Teachers/Advisors have access to
individual student information
– Goals
– Career Plans
– Education Plans
– Hobbies/Interests
– Assessment Results
• Administrators understand student needs
on an individual level
Creating a Student Centered
Environment using ILP Data
• Assign students to groups by interest
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Breakfast/lunch groups
Study groups
Support groups
Hobby clubs
Career interest groups
Advantages of Using ILP Data
• Advising Programs can be based on Needs
rather than:
– Adopting a “menu” of topics from other schools
– Only using a “canned” program
– Whatever is easiest for teachers….Remember
Student-Centered Advising
• Using Data will assist in developing an
evaluation of the ILP program
– For improvement and student centered culture
Advantages of Using Data
• Generate a wide variety of customizable
reports for every data element in the ILP,
for example…
– Career Interests
– Post-Secondary Goals
– Career Planning Activities
– Hobbies and Interests
– Volunteer Hours
– Course forcasting
Advantages of Using Data
• Allows the monitoring of student progress
at a glance
• Provides Career and College Fair
Information
• Educators can identify concerns and
determine what help or supports are
needed - Interventions
• Schools can disaggregate data to apply
for grants
Advantages of Using Data
• Add or delete course offerings to link to
student career goals
• Interface curricula with
colleges/universities where students plan
to attend
• Offer opportunities to students according
to career interest & post-secondary
interests
School Use of Data
Students should be made aware that the
school will use ILP data for:
• Preparing for career fairs in the school
• College fairs
• Positions in mentoring
• Job shadowing
• Course offerings
• Student groupings for advising
• Advisors/teachers relating to the students on a
personal level
Student Use of Data
Students should be aware they can use the ILP
for:
• Applying for summer jobs
• Scholarships for camps
• Recording awards & recognitions
• Career research
• College research
• Preparing college application
• Preparing scholarship applications
• And more…
The ILP Opens Communication
• Between advisor/teacher and student through
the email system
• Between parent and student through the parent
ILP
• Between counselors and students because
counselors can access large amounts of
information on a student in the ILP
• Between student and others through the invite
others option
For More Information
For more information, please contact:
• Kentucky Department of Education: 1-502-564-4772
Sharon Johnston
[email protected]
• Career Cruising: 1-800-965-8541 ext 137
Jim Daigneau 1-800-965-8541 [email protected]’