Districts in the initiating phase of Academic and Career Planning are increasingly looking for a suggested calendar of ACP activities that can be used to fulfill the PI26 requirements for ACP. The following example calendar of activities can be a place to start. In the chart you’ll find:

* One 30-minute ACP time per month
* Activities which align to the Xello scope and sequence (which means alignment with high school suggested scope and sequence)
* Introduction to other online career research resources
* Some Xello interactive lessons which require students to save careers or interests as prerequisites--please follow the lessons in this order to have the correct prerequisites completed before the Xello lessons
* Struggling students may need additional time to complete activities, while accelerated students can choose from the optional activities for each grade if they complete the activity before class is done
* Optional activities which can be used for enrichment

Districts in the initiating phase of Academic and Career Planning are increasingly looking for a suggested calendar of ACP activities that can be used to fulfill the PI26 requirements for ACP. The following example calendar of activities can be a place to start. In the chart you’ll find:

* One 30-minute ACP time per month
* Activities which align to the Xello scope and sequence (which means alignment with high school suggested scope and sequence)
* Introduction to other online career research resources
* Some Xello interactive lessons which require students to save careers or interests as prerequisites--please follow the lessons in this order to have the correct prerequisites completed before the Xello lessons
* Struggling students may need additional time to complete activities, while accelerated students can choose from the optional activities for each grade if they complete the activity before class is done
* Optional activities which can be used for enrichment

• I can complete the Skills Lab assessment to identify skills that I want to use in my future career
• I can reflect upon the skills that I currently have that will be useful in my future career and explore options for developing the skills that I need to gain in the future

• I can evaluate explore careers that are a good match for me based upon my Skills Lab results
• I can update my saved careers based upon the skills that I prefer to use

• I can identify and reflect upon skills that I may need in my career
• I can identify skills that I am practicing today that I may use in my future career
• I can identify skills that I need to develop

• I can identify experiences that helped me develop a work-related skill
• I can add work experiences (volunteering, joining a club, playing a sport, part-time work) that I have gained that connect to building workplace readiness skills and knowledge

• I can add work-based learning opportunities available through my school that I am interested in pursuing to the Career Goals on My Plan
• I can add part-time work experiences that I will pursue during high school to the Career Goals on My Plan

• I can explain what resilience is and why it is important to achieve success
• I can identify skills, habits, and behaviors that are needed to be successful in high school and beyond

• I can identify the skills, habits, and behaviors needed to be successful in high school
• I can identify potential obstacles to success in high school
• I can develop a personal plan for developing positive student habits and minimize negative influences on my success

• I can identify my learning style
• I can identify and develop learning strategies that work best with my learning style
• I can utilize these strategies to develop resilience and perseverance in courses that are challenging

• I can think realistically about how I did on an assignment or task
• I can develop a strategy or learn how to improve in the future
• I can explain why resilience and perseverance are important to different areas of my life in and out of school
• I can complete a self-assessment to rate myself on resilience and perseverance
• I can reflect on what I’ve learned about careers this year

• I can identify my personality style
• I can explore how my personality style will help me in three careers that are a good match for me

• I can successfully match each Holland Code Label with the description of the personality type
• I can identify how three of my Saved Careers are good matches for my personality

• I can apply background knowledge of personality styles and apply them to career choices
• I can better understand how personality types relate to core job tasks and workplace environments

• I can apply knowledge of personality styles and describe how they connect to a job in a business that I am familiar with
• I can explain how my personality can be helpful at home, school, work, and other areas of my life

• I can reflect on how my personality style has helped me relate to others at school and one other environment (ex. Clubs, sports teams, workplaces, or volunteer activities)

• I can review three career profiles in My Saved Options and will record how I feel about these saved careers
• I can identify factors that I like and dislike about these jobs

• I can explore important career factors that should be considered when choosing a career
• I can understand six career factors that people consider when choosing a career
• I can prioritize (rank) these career factors and compare them with careers that I have explored

• I can explore three of My Saved Careers and assess if these jobs are aligned with those career factors that I feel are most important