Academic & Career Planning (ACP)

Welcome to Kaukauna High School's Academic and Career Planning Site.  Here you will find useful information, along with links to other sites that you can use to help you navigate your high school and post-secondary options.

The term ACP refers to both a student-driven, adult-supported process that helps students engage in academic and career development activities and a product that is created and maintained for the students academic, career, and personal advancement.  These student owned planning and monitoring tools help students create personalized programs of study that are aligned with high school graduation requirements, personal interests, and individually defined career goals.

Mission
To equip all students with the knowledge and skills they need to find success in their post-secondary endeavors. 

Vision
The Kaukauna Area School District shares the state of Wisconsin’s vision of re-imagining K-12 education to equip all students with meaningful and supportive adult relationships and the ability to adapt to opportunities and challenges on their personalized journeys to successful lives.

The ACP Model

KNOW- Who am I?

• Self-awareness activities
• Exploration activities
• Individual goal-setting

EXPLORE- What do I want to do?

• Career awareness assessment
• Career research

PLAN- How do I get there?

• Connecting middle and high school instructional activities with preparation to enter a particular field of interest.
• Work-based learning opportunities
• Extra-curricular and community-based learning experiences
• Postsecondary training options
• Financial plan to cover cost of postsecondary training

GO- Do IT!

• Review /Update at least Quarterly
• Adapt/Modify Intentional Sequence of Courses
• Adapt/Modify Personal Goals
• Adapt/Modify Career Goals
• ACP Conferencing

Professional Development

Professional development opportunities are provided to staff members throughout the school year in order to support the delivery of ACP services to students.  The district ACP leadership team attends the annual Department of Public Instruction ACP conference and brings information back to staff via building ACP team meetings.  Building ACP teams provide building level leadership for staff in providing consistent supports to students and communicates changes regarding the scope and sequence of ACP related activities in the classroom.  In addition, school counselors receive continual training on the new software used to support the ACP process and product: Career Cruising.