Wickliffe City School District
Student
Ten-Year Plan
Employed,
Enrolled, Enlisted, Entrepreneur
Purpose
To provide academic and career planning for
students to enable them to be best prepare for college or career when they
graduate from high school.
Overview
The Ten Year Plan is a career and
workforce development program which all Wickliffe City Schools students
participate in beginning in the 4th grade. The students engage in
college and career planning as an intentional process of setting and achieving
goals as part of a larger K-12 college and career readiness curriculum. The
purpose is to provide academic and career planning for students to enable them
to be best prepared for college or career when they graduate from high school.
Students participate in a wide range of programming including: regular
individual meetings with his/her school counselor to build and/or modify
his/her plan, site visits, interactions with professionals in a wide variety of
careers, job shadowing experiences and internships.
Action Steps and Timeline
|
Grade
|
Step to be Completed
|
Person Responsible
|
Month
|
|
4-12
|
Professional
Speakers
|
Administration
|
Quarterly
|
|
7
|
Students complete
ten-year plan
|
Guidance
|
September
|
|
7
|
Students
explore potential careers (Naviance)
|
Guidance
|
November
|
|
7
|
Students
have embedded career exposure through the school year – Site Visits
|
Teacher
|
October-
February
|
|
7
|
Students
build career backpack
|
Guidance
|
August - May
|
|
8
|
Students
Review Ten-Year Plan
|
Guidance
|
September
|
|
8
|
Students
are exposed to college application process and requirements
|
Guidance
|
August - May
|
|
8
|
Students
have embedded career exposure through the school year – Site visits
|
Teacher
|
October-February
|
|
8
|
Students
build career backpack
|
Guidance
|
August – May
|
|
9-12
|
Students
participate in Early College Early Career
|
Guidance,
Teacher, MAGNET
|
August -
May
|
|
9-12
|
Think Manufacturing
|
Building
Administration/
Teachers
|
October
|
|
9-12
|
Student
Government Day
|
Building
Administration/
Teachers
|
|
|
9
|
Students
introductory level of coding
|
Teacher,
University of Cincinnati
|
August –
May
|
|
9
|
Students
complete ten-year plan
|
Guidance
|
September
|
|
9
|
Students
explore potential careers (Ohio means jobs)
|
Guidance
|
November
|
|
9
|
Students
have embedded career exposure through the school year – Site visits
|
Building
Administration/
Teachers
|
October -
February
|
|
9
|
Students
review college and career planning track
|
Guidance
|
November
|
|
9
|
Students
develop a plan for their high school courses based on their ten year plan
|
Guidance
|
December
|
|
9
|
Students
meet with guidance to review their ten year plan
|
Guidance
|
March -
April
|
|
10-12
|
Students
create accounts in NextWork
|
Guidance
|
August -
May
|
|
10-12
|
University
of Cincinnati Information Technology Program; Student Cohort leading to a
degree and/or credentials in Information Technology
o
Earn
College Credit- Enter college as a second year student
o
Participate
in paid IT internships
|
Building
Administration/
Teachers
|
August - May
|
|
10
|
Students
spend two days in field (2 career days, 2 college visit days, or 1
career/1college visit)
|
Guidance
|
By May
|
|
11
|
Students
spend two days in field (2 career days, 2 college visit days, or 1
career/1college visit)
|
Guidance
|
By May
|
|
10 -12
|
Students
meet to review their ten-year plan
|
Guidance
|
September
– October
|
|
10 - 12
|
Students
build backpacks in Naviance
|
Guidance
|
September –
May
|
|
10 - 12
|
Students
plan assessments and courses based on their ten year plan
|
Guidance
|
January- May
|
|
12
|
2 ½ week senior project
|
Administration
|
May
|
NextWork
NextWork’s mission
is to provide quality job opportunities to its students by providing exposure,
training and life skills required to be successful in a manufacturing
environment, while helping to sustain and expand manufacturing in Lake &
Geauga Counties.
The responsibilities of the
central clearinghouse
- Organize and
coordinate all programming
- Create a
database of companies and the level of their participation.
- Work with
school districts in coordinating student and staff programs.
- Develop
programs for students, staff, and parents
- Market the
programs
- Work with
other regions to expand programming
The Think Manufacturing Expo will
continue as a high profile event.
- This event
rotates to different high schools in the area.
Site Visits (Students, K-12
Staff)
- Broad
experience
- Focus on
awareness
- Determine
expectations and work with the company to ensure expectations are met
- Each school
district and company needs to have a point person to lead all communication
- Agendas will
be created to organize and structure the visits.
Professional Speakers Series
(Students, K-12 Staff)
- Create
database of speakers
- Student
programs may include:
- Individual speakers for large and small groups
- Virtual programming
- Panel discussions
- Staff
programs may include:
- Panel discussions
- Virtual programming
- Individual Speakers
- Expectations
for speakers will be shared.
Job Shadowing (Students)
- To begin in
grade 10
- Multiple
exposures
- Participants will see many elements of the work of the company
Internships (Students)
- Experiences
of varying lengths (several weeks in length)
- Project
based experiences- Independent and team work
- Summer
employment opportunities
- MAGNET Early
College/Early Career program
Special Programs for
Parents/Adults
- Create an
informational program for parents/adults at the Manufacturing Expo to share
employment information
- Open
businesses for visits for parents and adults
- The school districts will promote and market
events for parents/adults.