This presentation teaches participants how Minneapolis Public Schools utilized the Success Planner tool to implement their My Life Plan Graduation Requirement. This session is appropriate for any school staff or administrator looking to implement developmental guidance in a systematic college and career readiness program. Danielle Jastrow, District Coordinator, Achieve! Minneapolis and Minneapolis Public Schools (Minnesota)

1. Planning for Success using
Success Planner
Danielle Jastrow
District Coordinator: AchieveMpls & Minneapolis
My Life Plan & Naviance Public Schools
July 2012

2. Agenda
•Get a Life….. Plan
•Scope and Sequence
•Success Planner

3. Foundation of My Life Plan (MLP)
• Career & post-secondary exploration & planning
comprehensive guidance program
• Aligning with the vision(s)
− District vision:
• Every Child. College & Career Ready
− MPS Counseling Department Vision:
• Counselors help schools achieve their mission and students reach their
goals
• Informed decisions on possible career paths
• Find the best postsecondary options for those careers
• Create academic plans to reach postsecondary
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4. Foundation, cont’d
• Grades 6-8: MPS Academic Requirement
– Who am I?
– How do I fit into the community?
– Decision making; problem solving; planning
• Grades 9-12: MPS Graduation Requirement
– 9th and 10th grades:
• Who am I?
• What am I interested in?
• I don’t know what I don’t know.
– 11th and 12th grades:
• Forming a plan
– Which colleges? What requirements? What career? What lifestyle?
• Executing a plan
– Completing applications, following up with all pieces
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5. Let there be…MLP
• Created by Licensed School Counselors
– Developmental Guidance
– Aligns with ASCA model
– Systemic
– Systematic
• Rationale
– Career changes 5-7 times throughout lifetime
• A process a student will encounter again and again during their working
lifetime
– Aligns with Holland’s theory about work satisfaction
• Promote self-awareness; match self with work
– Computer skills, self-reflection and professional skills
• Collaborative
– AVID; CTE; community agencies
• Naviance as the platform
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6. Connecting the Dots…
Post-
•Graduation Requirements
•College Entrance Requirements
Secondary Plan •Career Interest Inventories
•Surveys - do the students actually
•Courses related to career interest have a plan
•Training, knowledge & skills needed
•Access and support for higher level for career •Real Life Experiences
courses – Honors: Advanced •College Knowledge - understanding •Job Shadowing
Placement; International systems; skills to persevere & succeed •Internships
Baccalaureate; College In the Schools; •Brown Bag Lunches
PSEO •College exploration - finding the right
school
•Majors available related to best school
for career interest
Career Goal (&
Academic Plan
Plan)
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7. My Life Plan--Timeline
• Post-secondary Planning Grad Requirement
– 2006:
• District formalized desire for all students to have a
post-secondary plan
• MLP developed
– 2007:
• Naviance adopted as platform
– Tracking grad requirement through check boxes
– 2010:
• First class to graduate with MLP requirement
– 2012
• Incorporate MLP on Success Planner 6

8. Scope and Sequence

9. MLP: Grade 6
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
Keys to Successful To assist the students transition to
Students will learn:
Transition middle school  Organizational skills
Naviance custom survey Study skills

1  Navigation of the school building
 Use of a locker
 Other daily tasks necessary to function
in middle school
Naviance Introduction To registerNaviance custom survey
and acquaints students Students will be able to log in and
with the Naviance tool and understand the basic navigation within
2
Naviance and will indicate areas in which
they need support
Naviance Built-in
Career Explorations To explore careers of interest and Students will become more aware of
Inventory
3 obtain details about different careers and post-secondary requirements
professions for different professions
Academic Course Plan To create a flexible and appropriate Students will have an academic plan to
4 2 year course plan Course Planner
Naviance assist them in meeting their education &
career goals
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10. MLP: Grade 7
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
Needs Assessment To determine the personal, social, Students will be able to indicate areas in
1 and academic needscustom survey which they need support
Naviance of students
Learning Styles To teach students about different Students will identify their learning style
2 Inventory learning styles
Naviance Built-in and associated strategies to assist with
Inventory their academic performance
Collaborating with To teach students how to collaborate Students will learn:
family, school, and and the importance of collaboration  Benefits of cooperation
3
community Naviance custom survey  Importance of connection to others
and community
 Skills to successfully collaborate
Budgeting/ To teach Naviance custom survey Students will learn the connection
students the basics of
4 Wants Sheet budgeting between income and expenses and how
it relates to careers
Academic Course Plan To create a flexible and appropriate 1 Students will have an academic plan to
5 year course plan Course Planner assist them in meeting their educational
Naviance
& career goals
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11. MLP: Grade 8
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
Needs Assessment To determine the personal, social, Students will be able to indicate areas in
1
and academic needs ofsurvey
Naviance custom students which they need support
HS Choice To teach students decision Students will learn decision making skills
making skills that they can utilize and how they apply to the HS choice
2
as they go through thesurvey
Naviance custom HS Choice process
process
Exploring My Options To explain students’ EXPLORE Test Students will have an understanding of
results as they relate to HS and EXPLORE results, associated college
post-HS education opportunities readiness benchmarks, skill proficiencies,
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and career interests loaded
EXPLORE scores college planning, career interests and
exploration, and the importance of rigorous
HS course work
Academic Course Plan To empower students for Students will review their 3 year course
academic success by facilitating plan and the MPS Academic Plan and
their academic planning and create a 4 year HS course plan and student
4 transition to HS transition plan
Naviance Course Planner
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12. MLP: Grade 9
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
High School To assist with students’ transition Students will learn the skills needed to be
1 Transition to high school successful in HS, the requirements for graduation
Naviance custom and the requirements for college access
High School To introducesurvey to key
students Students will be aware of the importance of the
2 Orientation terminology and school personnel 9th grade year and the support systems available
to them
Needs To determine the personal, social, Students will be able to indicate areas in which
3 Assessment and academic needs of students they need support
Naviance Reflection
Career To expose students toSurvey
Option/Custom the vast Students will learn about career categories and
4 Experience array of career options increase their awareness of potential career
options
Naviance Resume
Resume To teach students to market their Students will recognize their personal strengths
Tool
5 skills via a résumé and the need to be able to communicate their
skills to others
4 year course To create a flexible and appropriate Students will have an academic plan to assist
6 plan/credit 4Naviance Course Planner
year academic plan them in meeting their high school grad
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13. MLP: Grade 10
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
Needs To determine the personal, social, and academic Students will be able to indicate areas in
1 Naviance Custom Survey
Assessment needs of students which they need support
PLAN Test To explain students’ PLAN Test results as they Students will have an understanding of
Interpretation relate toLoadededucation opportunities and
post-HS PLAN score PLAN results, associated college readiness
2 career interests benchmarks, skill proficiencies, college
planning, and career interests and
exploration
My Personality To formally introduce the concepts of personality Understanding of personality as it relates
Naviance Built-in Inventory
3 Type types and their relationships to work satisfaction to career, college options
and education & career options
Career To expose students to the vast array of career Students will increase their awareness of
Experience Naviance Reflection
options and their relationship to post-secondary potential career options and understand
4
Option/Custom Survey
training/education the training/education related to the
various careers
4 year course To create a flexible, appropriate 4 year academic Students will have an academic plan to
5 plan/credit plan Naviance Course Planner assist in meeting their high school grad
status requirements and education/ career goals
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14. MLP: Grade 11
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
Needs Assessment To determine the personal, social, Students will be able to indicate areas in
1 Naviance academic Survey students
and
Custom needs of which they need support
Preliminary Plan for Post- Students create initial plan for their Students will have knowledge of post-HS
2 High School Naviance Custom Survey
path after HS options and pros/cons of each
Career Interest Inventory Using knowledge acquired from Students will further their knowledge
previous activities, students will about career interests and their relation
3
Naviance Built-in Inventory relating to
deepen their knowledge to college/post-HS training
interests, careers, and world of work
College Research To instruct students in the variety of Students will have a reasonable list of
post-HS education options and to possible post-HS education options
4 Naviancewith the use of various college
assist Custom Survey
search engines
4 year course plan/credit To create a flexible and appropriate 4 Students will have an academic plan to
status year academic plan assist them in meeting their high school
5 Naviance Course Planner grad requirements and education and
career goals
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15. MLP: Grade 12
Milestone Objective Student Outcomes
College Experience To expose students to college as an Students will create a list of possible post-HS
option and envision themselves as a
Naviance Custom Survey education options based upon education needs,
1
college student career goals, personal interests
Application To ensure students understand Students know how to correctly complete
“Colleges I’m Applying To”
2 military, job, college application application
process
Graduation Review To confirm students’ completion of Graduation and/or plan for appropriate
3 Counselor tracked
& Approval grad requirements interventions to meet graduation requirements
Senior Exit Survey To gather data and information on Students will reflect upon college and career
4 Naviance Custom Survey
students’ experiences to inform planning (My Life Plan) experiences and provide
stakeholders and improve services feedback to counseling team
Capstone To be able to put meaning to college To create a culminating project that is reflective of
5 and career planning activitiesSurvey
Naviance Custom their personal path to a future plan and to be able
to communicate experiences and plan to others
6 FAFSA Under development
Financial Package Under development
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16. District Implementation
• Naviance in MPS
– Available in every school with a licensed
school counselor
– 27 schools in total
– Servicing 13245 students
– 81% of total students grade 6 – 12
– ½ Naviance accounts funded by MN Office of
Higher Education through the Naviance
Initiative for Secondary Schools
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17. Logistics of Implementation
• Counselor-led
– “Green Zone” or “Tier 1” intervention
– Team approach – collaborate with teachers,
college access agencies
• Electronic portfolio that travels with
student
– District sync
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18. Success Planner: Saving your
clicker finger, one task at a time!

19. Success Planner
• District
– Consistency & efficiency across schools
• Schools cannot modify district tasks
– Reporting
• Schools
– No recreating of wheel, just assign district
level
– Customization based on needs
• Assign on own schedule
• Add site-specific tasks
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20. Success Planner:
(ML)Planning made easy!
• Success Planning Tools for Students
– Set goals
– Complete tasks assigned to them
– Connect action list with goals
– Add comments on goals and tasks
• New home for My Life Plan
– Created at district level
– More efficient
• Accountability 19

21. One size fits…most
• Pros • Challenges
– Built-in tracking – Diverse counseling
– Established at district departments
level – To fully streamline,
– Flexibiity need to make
– Student & counselor concessions
monitoring – Consensus takes time
– Built-in tracking
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22. Success Planner in Action
• Success Planning Tools for Staff
– Assign tasks and groups of tasks
– Monitor goals and tasks
– Comment on goals and tasks
– Assign tasks to themselves
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23. Success Planning Features
• Tasks = Milestones
– Assigned by staff
• Programs = MLP by grade
– Groups of tasks
• Goals = Bonus
– Managed by students
• To-do’s
– For both students and staff
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24. Hierarchy of Terms
Program:
MLP 9
Task: Task: Task: Task: Task: Task:
MLP 9.1 MLP 9.2 MLP 9.3 MLP 9.4 MLP 9.5 MLP 9.6
Goal
To-Do To-Do
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25. Hierarchy of MLP
Goal:
Meet Grad Requirements
To-Do: To-Do: To-Do:
To-Do:
MLP 9 Program MLP 10 Program MLP 12 Program
MLP 11 Program
Task: Task:
Task: Task: MLP 12.1 MLP 12.2
Task: Task:
Task: Task: MLP 11.1 MLP 11.2
MLP 10.1 MLP 10.2
MLP 9.1 MLP 9.2
Task: Task:
Task: Task: Task: MLP 12.3 MLP 12.4
Task:
Task: Task: MLP 10.3 MLP 10.4 MLP 11.3 MLP 11.4
MLP 9.3 MLP 9.4
Task:
Task: Task: MLP 12.5
MLP 10.5 MLP 11.5
Task: Task:
MLP 9.5 MLP 9.6
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26. Creating Task & Programs

27. Tasks
• Tasks are actions that students are asked to take
• Created by school staff or pre-set by Naviance
• Assigned to one student or a group of students
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28. Creating a task
• Planner > Tasks
• Add Another Task
• Follow the prompts to set up your task > save
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29. Programs
• Programs are groups of tasks to be assigned to
students
• Programs may be assigned to groups or individual
students
• Programs allow reporting on multiple task
completion
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30. Creating a Program
• Planner > programs
• Add another program
• Follow prompts to add a program
• Add tasks to the program
• Save
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31. Assigning Tasks & Programs

32. Assign Tasks and Programs
• Assigning tasks to students will be a common
activity
• You can assign tasks in more than one way
• There must be tasks in your library to assign
them to students
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33. Assigning to Group of Students
• planner > search and assign.
• Select the criteria you wish to search by
• Click continue
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34. Assigning to Group, cont’d
• Review students that you have selected and uncheck any that
you would like to exclude
• At the bottom of the screen, choose either the task or program
that you would like to assign.
• Choose continue
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35. Assign to a Single Student
• From the student profile, go to success plan
• choose the task from the dropdown menu
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36. Success Planning in
Family Connection

37. Family Connection
• Students view tasks in my planner tab of Family
Connection
• Tasks viewed in Tasks Assigned to Me
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38. Family Connection
• To complete the task, students will follow instructions
included
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39. Family Connection
• Students can comment or ask a question to coaches
by adding a comment on a task or by using the “raise
hand” feature
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40. Success Planner Reporting

41. Reporting
• Planner reports are accessed in reports > planner
reports
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42. Accountability
• Scheduled reports
– Not finger-shaking
– Monthly
– Team review
– District meetings
• October meetings
– Set goals
– Create implementation plans
– Support & troubleshooting
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43. Task Completion Summary
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44. Questions?
Danielle Jastrow
Career & College Center Coordinator, Southwest High School
District Coordinator, My Life Plan & Naviance
AchieveMpls & Minneapolis Public Schools
danielle.jastrow@mpls.k12.mn.us
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