Whether your state requires or recommends an individualized learning plan (ILP), your students can identify career interests and make post-graduation plans when you keep activities short and relevant - even in the midst of COVID-induced upheaval.

Ideally created with the help of a school counselor and shared with a parent or guardian, ILPs cover a student’s:

• Graduation requirements, high school courses

• Career interests, self-assessment of career interests

• Dual enrollment, CTE

• Post-graduation plans

In light of COVID-related learning loss and understaffing, students may not complete their ILPs or pay little attention to the career interest, dual enrollment, CTE and post-graduation planning portions. But that doesn’t need to happen.

To meet state ILP guidelines for 8th to 12th grade, schools can use the short, relevant high-quality activity Career Key Discovery with minimal staffing and technology resources.

In 10-20 minutes on a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, students identify

• Strongest career interests and personality types

• Careers of interest where they will thrive

• Majors and training programs of interest where they will thrive

• Top career clusters based on their saved careers and majors

• Median pay for local jobs in a career path

• Local and out of state colleges that offer a postsecondary program that interests them

Simultaneously, students learn and demonstrate many American School Counselor Association Mindsets and Behaviors as detailed in this ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors Map to Career Key (PDF).

Don’t underestimate the power of short, practical career guidance interventions - our special superpower. To learn more about Career Key, explore our middle and high school resources and request information.