Academic and Career Planning, or ACP, is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post secondary success, obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills.
What ACP Means for GBAPS:
Academic and Career Planning is a student’s journey to develop
awareness of self through exploration and
collaboration with parents, educators, and mentors, opening the doors to endless
possibilities.
Why ACP?
Wisconsin public school districts are required to provide Academic and Career Planning services to all students in grades 6-12 beginning in the 2017-18 school year. It is a District priority to ensure each student has a personalized academic and career plan to prepare them for a post-secondary world.
Academic and career planning provides a platform for all students to develop an
awareness of self as it relates to their interests, skills, and strengths. This awareness of self sets the foundation for ongoing exploration of in-demand career pathways and relevant educational opportunities.
Through ongoing and
collaborative conversations with parents, educators, and community members, students will be empowered to develop an academic and career plan that documents and guides their journey through grades 6-12 and beyond.
As each student navigates through this process, they will be exposed to many different
possibilities along with information and skills necessary to explore these possibilities.
District educators are trained to support students down whatever pathways they explore. The ACP process supports our state and District mission of equipping all students with the knowledge, skills, and habits to be college, career and community ready, inspired to succeed in our diverse world.
Implemented in 2017-18, this vision will be fully realized by the time the current sixth grade class graduates in 2022-23. Learn more about the
long-range goals for 2022-23.
Four Stages of a Student’s Academic and Career Planning 
The Department of Public Instruction has defined the four stages of Academic and Career Planning. GBAPS is ensuring that all students have the opportunity to explore each of the stages as it relates to their individual journey. Follow each of the links to discover what we are doing to support a student's career development in grades K-12.
- Know
- Explore
- Plan
- Go!