HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT

HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT 8 TH GRADE

• A plan you start in 8 th grade, and continue to build & revise each year throughout high school. WHAT IS A HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN? • Your High School & Beyond Plan (HSBP) is a personalized plan, designed to help you create & refine goals for your future, and to create a pathway through high school to achieve those goals. • HSBP is a graduation requirement too!

WHY IS THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND PLAN IMPORTANT? This graduation requirement provides students with the opportunity to: • explore their own skills and interests, and discover career and educational options that fit them personally. • take ownership over their school experience and choose coursework and activities that connect to their goals.

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• Career Matchmaker Assessment • Explore your own interests, and discover potential careers that match them • Learning Style Assessment 8 TH GRADE • Identify and learn more about your preferred learning styles • Reflect on the connection between learning styles and personalized strategies to help you in school and in a career • Course Planning • Learn about graduation requirements, and begin to build a high school plan, including 9 th grade course requests.

9 -11 TH GRADE Each year, you will update your plan and add new components: • Skills Assessment identifying skills and how those skills match up with different careers. • Research education and training after high school as it relates to career interests. • Finding the Right Match: explore factors to consider when choosing a college, career or training program after graduation. • Revisit Career Matchmaker/Saved Careers: recognize that interests can change over time and evaluate current interests and potential career choices. • Activities and Experiences: record activities and experiences you engage in and start to build a resume. • Continue to track progress towards meeting graduation requirements and choose coursework and activities that are relevant to their High School and Beyond goals.

Completion of your HSBP requirement: 12 TH GRADE • Create a final interview-ready resume • Prepare for and participate in your Senior Exit Interview • Complete two Senior Surveys

• www. careercruising. com – website where you will engage in career exploration activities, and you can save a variety of planning information to your account. • In addition to required High School & Beyond Plan components, Career Cruising gives you access to other online tools to help you prepare for your future. • Career Cruising can be accessed from school, home, or anywhere you have Internet access.

MY PLAN IN CAREER CRUISING IS A PERSONAL PORTFOLIO

DIRECTION S FOR TODAY You will log into Career Cruising to begin your High School & Beyond Plan. The two 8 th grade components are: • Career Matchmaker Assessment • Learning Styles Assessment

CAREER MATCHMAKER • answer a series of questions about your interests • review careers that best match your interests • save two careers of interest to your profile

LEARNING STYLES • answer questions about your preferences in various learning settings • review your learning style results to discover strategies that best fit your strengths • reflect on how your learning style relates to your career interests and academic opportunities

LOGGING ONTO CAREER CRUISING 1. Go to www. careercruising. com 2. Log in: a) Username: ISSA-Username (ex. ISSA-Smit. Joh 23, ISSALee. Mar 23) b) Password: 7 -digit ASB Number (on ASB Card) 3. Click on “Assessments” on the top bar.

• Update contact information: UPDATING INFORMATION • Click onto My Account at the top of the page. • Select Profile: Add Home Address and a Student Email that you check regularly.

SHARE YOUR PLAN WITH YOUR PARENTS: • Click on My Plan. Click on • Click on Share My Plan at the top of the page. Click on Click