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Academic & Career Planning (ACP)

A student-driven, adult-supported process for post-secondary success.

Academic and Career Planning (ACP) is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students build informed visions for post-secondary success through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills.

Why Academic & Career Planning?

We want graduates ready to thrive—prepared for employment, post-secondary education, and life. As students grow, they learn how to adjust plans and goals to meet new opportunities and challenges.

Mission

Empower ALL students to travel the road to adulthood through education and training to careers.

Vision

Reimagining K-12 education so students have strong adult relationships and the adaptability to navigate opportunities and challenges on their personalized journeys to successful lives.

Our Academic & Career Plan

At the School District of Holmen, ACP centers on four major themes:

  • Know — Know yourself: interests, skills and abilities, and how you learn and work best.
  • Explore — Explore opportunities and revisit options often.
  • Plan — Create a plan to reach your goals and revise it as needed.
  • Go — Put plans into action and recalculate as needed.

Hallmarks include Individualized Planning, Family Involvement, Community Participation, Education for Employment, and Access for ALL students.

Xello

Xello is a web-based career exploration and planning tool used in middle and high school to explore careers and colleges and to develop a career plan. Students can access Xello from school or home—anywhere with internet.

Features

  • Interest & skills assessments to identify suitable career options
  • Career profiles with up-to-date occupation info and related college programs
  • Multimedia interviews with professionals
  • Comprehensive college & university information with search tools
  • Communication tools for teachers & counselors (links, documents, assignments)
  • Resume builder integrated with student portfolios

*Some features are used only in middle school, only in high school, or in both.

Xello is Wisconsin’s electronic portfolio platform for ACP. Students build on middle-school work throughout high school—exploring interests and options and planning coursework, pathways, and post-secondary goals.