Section IV: Curriculum
Career Planning
A career plan is an important mechanism to add relevance and meaning to learning experiences across all subject areas for all students, including those with disabilities. Making connections between academics and career interests can increase a student’s likelihood of staying in school and obtaining the necessary knowledge and skills to become a successful adult. Students learn how and why the academics relate to their career choices.
The New York State Career Plan is a record of a student’s knowledge and skill attainment. It documents a history of achievement that students build from elementary school to high school. The career development model used to create the career plan aligns with the CDOS learning standards. Career planning is an integral component of transition planning and services for students with disabilities.
Whether the student is concentrating on CTE or Advanced Placement courses, tying academic performance to short- and long-term career goals can help students relate their schooling to their career interests, skills, and abilities. In order to create a connection between academics and the work world, career planning is a vital process for students, educators, school counselors, parents/guardians, mentors and current or potential employers. Throughout the career planning process, students are learning about themselves and career options, with the overall goal of tying these two ideas together.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students with disabilities receive supports and services to prepare them for post-school living, learning, and working. In New York, transition planning and services for these post-school roles must be documented in the IEP beginning with the school year in which the student turns age 15.
New York State Department of Labor’s CareerZone system guides students and educators through the elements of career planning from assessing interests, work values and skills and connecting these student results to relevant occupations to explore. Career Zone has career videos, job postings and resume prep tools. CareerZone can be integrated into classroom activities and used to incorporate career planning into students' postsecondary goals.
The Career Plan can be found on the NYSED website http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan and on the Portfolio Module of the NYS Department of Labor’s CareerZone www.careerzone.ny.gov.
A career plan is an important mechanism to add relevance and meaning to learning experiences across all subject areas for all students, including those with disabilities. Making connections between academics and career interests can increase a student’s likelihood of staying in school and obtaining the necessary knowledge and skills to become a successful adult. Students learn how and why the academics relate to their career choices.
The New York State Career Plan is a record of a student’s knowledge and skill attainment. It documents a history of achievement that students build from elementary school to high school. The career development model used to create the career plan aligns with the CDOS learning standards. Career planning is an integral component of transition planning and services for students with disabilities.
Whether the student is concentrating on CTE or Advanced Placement courses, tying academic performance to short- and long-term career goals can help students relate their schooling to their career interests, skills, and abilities. In order to create a connection between academics and the work world, career planning is a vital process for students, educators, school counselors, parents/guardians, mentors and current or potential employers. Throughout the career planning process, students are learning about themselves and career options, with the overall goal of tying these two ideas together.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students with disabilities receive supports and services to prepare them for post-school living, learning, and working. In New York, transition planning and services for these post-school roles must be documented in the IEP beginning with the school year in which the student turns age 15.
New York State Department of Labor’s CareerZone system guides students and educators through the elements of career planning from assessing interests, work values and skills and connecting these student results to relevant occupations to explore. Career Zone has career videos, job postings and resume prep tools. CareerZone can be integrated into classroom activities and used to incorporate career planning into students' postsecondary goals.
The Career Plan can be found on the NYSED website http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan and on the Portfolio Module of the NYS Department of Labor’s CareerZone www.careerzone.ny.gov.