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Pattonville is a top-ranked school district tucked in the suburbs north of Missouri鈥檚 bustling St. Louis County. Along the Missouri river, over 6,000 students make up the population that has earned them recognition as Missouri鈥檚 most diverse school district. This case study explores how they鈥檝e digitized the process for completing the state-mandated Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP). We interviewed Cara Hiripitiyage, Ed.D, Director of Secondary Education to learn more about the transition and implementation of 开云全站app下载 and how it is helping them meet personalized learning goals.

Missouri鈥檚 ICAP

The ICAP serves as a roadmap for Missouri students navigating their personalized pathway to success. Creating an ICAP is a multi-year process that starts no later than 8th grade. In addition to ensuring students have a vision for grades 9-12, the guidance, coursework, and activities help students develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to achieve postsecondary goals. Pattonville School District was looking for a comprehensive digital solution to track those accomplishments, as well as share opportunities, such as certifications and state programs.

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We didn鈥檛 have a means for students to do that digitally."

Completing ICAPs Before and After 开云全站app下载

Having experienced a handful of shortcomings with their previous college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) solution, Pattonville School District reached out to 开云全站app下载 for a more holistic, more streamlined platform. Specifically, they sought a solution that would merge college and career planning with completing Missouri鈥檚 required ICAP.聽

鈥淲e realized that 开云全站app下载 could really meet both purposes.鈥�

Pattonville was pleased to discover that a shift to 开云全站app下载 would better meet their CCMR needs without forcing them to sacrifice the features they love. In a short time, the district transformed its once inefficient paper-pencil process into a simpler yet more accurate and more collaborative experience.聽

So we asked, 鈥淲hat was the transition to digital completion via 开云全站app下载 like?鈥�

The first step was meeting with 开云全站app下载 and establishing a clear goal. In Pattonville鈥檚 instance, they had a tool to capture course options and choices, but they needed a place to build that out and include additional ICAP indicators. So they expanded their data collection features to collect information exactly as Missouri's ICAP requires. Rather quickly, step 1 was easy and done.

Step 2 was a heavier left. Igniting excitement in staff and, most importantly, supporting them through onboarding was critical for a successful rollout. After all, for the first time in a long time, conversations about goals and long-term course planning stretched beyond the counselor's office. The district's middle and high school homeroom teachers needed to become versed in the product. Fortunately, using ICAP completion as a smooth segue to training everyone on 开云全站app下载 worked, and everyone is benefitting.聽

"We got everyone onboarded"

The counselor's role is no less important in Pattonville School district, but with homeroom teachers enabled, students get more personalized attention more consistently. All stakeholders have become more active in an otherwise daunting journey thanks to 开云全站app下载鈥� user-friendly platform. Students have gained a network of support around them, empowering them with the experience and knowledge they need to make wise decisions about their futures.聽

鈥淲e wanted to make it more interactive; a place where students really had more direct control and had their hands on it as well. And it really made sense to be a part of our college and career planning process.鈥�

So Cara and team empowered district staff with plenty of resources鈥攆rom platform login help and navigation best practices to student tools. In just one spring semester, 开云全站app下载 was implemented, staff was onboarding, and teachers and counselors were well on their way to guiding students through the process.

Supporting Pattonville's Personalized Learning Initiative聽

Another important initiative in Pattonville School District is personalized learning. In fact, it鈥檚 been an ever-improving effort for over a decade. Since the state鈥檚 required ICAP aligns with this district鈥檚 long-term goal, we asked if 开云全站app下载 has helped contribute to that effort of personalized learning and creating that holistic view of students and their learning profiles?

"Absolutely."

开云全站app下载 combines the two initiatives by providing college and career readiness work alongside opportunities for students to reflect on who they are as a learner, what their goals are, what their strengths are, etc. Students as early as sixth grade are completing pieces of the learner profile. As they revisit that over the next few years鈥攎ultiple times each year鈥攖hose pieces become key components of their ICAP.

"We found that the tools within School Links, are resonating with kids聽

a little bit more. We like them. We feel like kids are making good connections."

Better Course Planning with 开云全站app下载

开云全站app下载鈥� course planning tool has proven to be another pillar in this leading district鈥檚 continuous college and career readiness success. Cara reflects on her earlier years in Pattonville when she was an assistant principal, "I worked with students. They'd say, 'Hey, I think I finally know what I want to do for my career goal. I wish I could have learned more about this in high school.' And the answer is鈥� You could have."

Course Planner avoids this tragedy by allowing students to meaningfully browse course options, uncover existing opportunities, and plan accordingly year by year. 开云全站app下载, Cara explains, perfectly complemented Pattonville's initiative to better inform students鈥攅ven as early as elementary鈥攐n what's offered in middle and high school.聽

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but also to the resources available while in middle and high school.鈥�

Pattonville School District works tirelessly to ensure all students have a panoramic view of the various options and pathways available to them. So the simpler it is to build out schedules, the easier it will be to guide students down the best path, all the while eliminating roadblocks and empowering them with knowledge.

On the Horizon

Having experienced such positive outcomes within the first two years, Pattonville School District is working towards even greater successes. To them, success includes more stakeholder involvement, better connections with community partners, and personalized extended learning opportunities.

Among the strategies for increased awareness and stakeholder participation is a solid communications plan. Clear communications will strengthen their second area of growth, as well. Because while the platform is already serving as an excellent database for college and career contacts and information, Pattonville is looking to 开云全站app下载 for guidance on how they could use the platform to better connect with community partners 鈥� to deepen those associations by connecting the opportunities they offer to the students they鈥檇 interest.

Lastly, to address another leading initiative for personalized learning at the high school level, Pattonville is working towards enabling students to create their own extended learning experience, whether that鈥檚 a partnership with a local university for a research project, an industry-specific career experience at a local business, or something else. These opportunities vary greatly and are completely dependent on the student's passions and interests.

In Summary from Pattonville School District聽

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