icp

What is an Individual Career Plan?

The Individual Career Plan (ICP) is a personalized plan to be developed by
every student before completion of the eighth grade. It will be based on
assessments of the student's interests and achievements and will be
updated each year throughout high school.

What is the purpose of the ICP?

The ICP will help students focus on information which will enable them to
establish appropriate goals. As students develop their ICP and receive
guidance from parents, teachers, and counselors they will be better
prepared to make informed educational and career decisions as they
approach the work world of tomorrow.

Is an eighth grade student too young to decide on a career?

The ICP will be a map which will help to guide students through their high
school years. The hope is to help students begin making decisions about
the world of work and their part in it before they get to high school, and then
continue to evaluate and process that plan throughout the next four years.

How will the ICP be developed?

Students will be involved in a variety of activities to help them identify their
interests and aptitudes. Some of the activities could include:

-On site visits to high school
career-technical programs-
-Job Shadowing Experiences-
-Career Fairs-
-Field Trips-
-Assessments-
-Resource Speakers-
-Ohio Career Information System-
-Resource Materials-

How will the ICP be used?

Currently, Lakewood High School is piloting the e-ICP. With this system, the e-ICP can
be updated as often as the student wishes with the use of a computer and the internet. This
will soon be adopted by other systems if they desire. The e-ICP folder, which documents
all career related experiences, will be maintained by each student. By the time the students
graduate from high school they will have produced a very valuable and unique document with
clearly defined goals and a plan for achieving them. This document is intended to be a continuing aid
as your child enters and advances in our rapidly changing world of work.