Academic & Career Planning
In order to prepare your child for life after high school, the Green Bay Area Public School District is committed to ensure all students are engaged in academic and career planning. The Green Bay Area Public School District encourages all students to graduate with more than a high school diploma. It could be college credit, an industry certification, workplace experience, or any combination, to truly be college, career and community ready!
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.
How to Get Started....Begin with Xello
One of the best tools students have to start their career or college journey is Xello. Check out the Xello app.
Academic and Career Planning is an important part of every students school experience. By filling out their Xello profile, students will have access to content designed to help you identify thir strengths. This journey is about YOU. Once you know what your strengths are, Xello will offer college and career pathways that require your specific skillset.