Individual Career & Academic Planning (ICAP)
individual career & academic planning (icap)
What is ICAP and how does District 49 help students plan for their future?
ICAP is an ongoing advising process that guides students and families with career exploration, course planning, work-based experiences and training, and free college options. To provide adequate guidance to our students. Our Choice & Success Advisors engage in ICAP conversations, collaborating with students to discern a personalized career and academic pathway. This tailored approach ensures that students receive comprehensive support in their individualized journey towards success. From elementary school through high school, D49 helps students discover who they are, what makes each student unique, and how they can find their pathway into the future!
ICAP is the foundation for Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR) and ensures students are prepared to develop and practice PWR Essential Skills:
- Entrepreneurial: Critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, inquiry and analysis, risk-taking
- Personal: Initiative and self-direction, personal responsibility and self management, adaptability and flexibility, personal awareness, learn independently, perseverance
- Civic/Interpersonal: Core academic foundation, collaboration and teamwork, communication, global and cultural awareness, ethics and integrity
- Professional: Time management, career literacy, grit and resilience, work ethic; dependable and reliable,self-advocacy
Who completes the icap?
The Choice & Success Advisor is the staff member that conducts the ICAP meetings at Skyview Middle School. If you have any questions or concerns, please click the link below for email and phone information.
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YOU, AND THE MANY POSSIBILITIES AHEAD...
Learning about Yourself and Career Matches
YouScience is an online interest survey for D49 middle school and high school students that helps them understand their natural abilities and introduces them to potential career pathways. Students can ask their campus advisors about setting up an account on YouScience.
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Career-Connected Learning
D49 partners with the Pikes Peak Business & Education Alliance (PPBEA) to help students explore careers through classroom presentations, site field trips, job shadows, informational interviews, and hands-on internships for high school credit. Students can set up their own "Marketplace" account to explore opportunities available on the PPBEA website. (PPBEA Marketplace)
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Showcase You!
Students can use PPBEA Marketplace to build a unique digital profile (resume) and store information about completed courses, accomplishments, projects, and work-based experiences. The PPBEA enables student connections to prospective colleges, programs, businesses, internships and job opportunities.