Ten Year Plan

Wickliffe City School District

Student Ten-Year Plan
 Employed, Enrolled, Enlisted, Entrepreneur

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.

Overview

The Ten Year Plan is a career and workforce development program that all Wickliffe City Schools students participate in beginning in the 4^th 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 a 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 teamwork 
•         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.