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(Approved July 11, 2024)
What is PI-26?
The purpose of education for employment programs is to prepare all students for employment, to promote cooperation between business and industry and public schools, and to establish a role for public schools in the economic development of Wisconsin.
Academic and Career Planning & PI-26
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." The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (http://dpi.wi.gov/acp) in the PI-26 legislation requires public school districts to provide academic and career planning services to students in grades 6 through 12 beginning in the 2017-18 school year. These new academic and career planning requirements connect school districts’ education for employment plans and programs to the new academic and career planning requirements.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/register/1996/483b/insert/pi26.pdf
ACP at River Valley High School
ACP's are Academic Career Plans that all students, grades 6-12, will have throughout the state of Wisconsin! The MISSION of ACP's is to empower all students to travel the road to adulthood through education and training to careers. Through self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning & management activities, students will learn:
1. KNOW - Who Am I?
2. EXPLORE - What Do I Want to Do?
3. PLAN - How Do I Get There?
4.GO - Do It!
Monthly ACP Blackhawk Periods will take place to give students the opportunity to engage in this exploratory and planning process. Each ACP homeroom activity is listed in detail on this site, as well as a brief overview of activities throughout the entire school year. Students will be using an online program called Xello, to assist in this process!
Academic and Career Planning Portfolios - Linking School Experiences to Career Goals
Students will work on creating a Senior Exit Portfolio which will be shared during an exit interview their senior year. See the links below to get more information on River Valleys ACP's and the Senior Portfolio requirement.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AXuPlS9KWotCqQgF3vIAkaGrJBIBgCzxMiAr6yiHCkk/edit
https://sites.google.com/rvschools.org/river-valley-high-school-acp
Career development is a lengthy process of addressing the questions: Who am I? Where am I going? How do I get there? It is a proactive process of developing workplace values, skills, personal qualities, and knowledge of one’s chosen career. By the senior year, students will have had ample opportunity to develop the portfolio before they showcase it.
The Academic and Career Planning Portfolio offers benefits for students, parents, teachers & employers. Creating the portfolio helps students make the connection between educational experiences and career goals. Students will analyze their personal accomplishments or lack of in relation to their readiness for employment.
For parents, the portfolio becomes a visual tool to see the progress/direction their son/daughter is making in preparation for the world of work. Parents share in the responsibility of helping their children prepare for gainful employment. They need to stress to their children there is a correlation between attitude toward work, academic achievement, workplace skills, co-curricular involvement, and being a self-sufficient contributing member of a community.
For teachers, the portfolio becomes a vehicle to articulate between school and career. The teacher’s role is to serve as a facilitator as he/she works closely with students in the development process.
For employers, the portfolio is a showcase of student’s best works and what they have accomplished related to their chosen career. It will allow employers to assess how prepared a student may be to enter the workforce or postsecondary institution. As a partner in the educational process, it behooves employers and college admissions representatives to become as knowledgeable as they can about prospective employees. A student’s Career Portfolio will assist in selecting applicants for a position or admission.
In grade 9, students will begin their knowledge of academic and career planning by focusing on:
- Personality Inventory
- Learning Styles Assessment
- Work Values Assessment
- Interest Inventory
- Skills Assessment
- Data Analysis of state and district test results
- Understanding of CTE Courses, AP Courses, and Transcripted or Dual Credit classes offered at RVHS
- Student Parent Counselor Meetings
In grade 10, students explore academic and career planning through:
- Major/Occupation Explorations
- Career Expos & Industry Tours
- Employer Panels
- Curriculum links to Occupations
- Student Parent Counselor Meetings
In grade 11, students continue planning by:
- Job Shadows
- Campus Tours
- Student Parent Counselor Meetings
- Career Expos & Industry Tours
- Mock College Applications
- Reality Workshop
In grade 12, students complete the academic and career planning process through:
- Letters of Recommendation
- Personal Statements
- Scholarship Search and Completion
- FAFSA
- Reality Workshop
- Job Search
- Resumes and Cover Letters
- Mock Interviews
The current job market’s impact on student preparation
Labor market information suggests that careers in Health Care, Manufacturing, Education, and Hospitality are the fastest growing career fields in our area. For this reason the River Valley School District provides students with the opportunity to participate in Youth Apprenticeships, School to Work and Dual Credit options in these fields.
Students are provided with information and guidance to make informed decisions regarding their educational and career path whether their career goals are leading to an in-demand career area or a unique, narrow occupational area. Through the utilization of Xello career exploration events, self assessment and dual credit course-work the River Valley School District prepares students for life beyond high school in a variety of ways.
Communication with parents regarding Academic and Career Planning
The River Valley School District Counseling staff meets with students in 8th and 11th grade and their parents. The School Counseling and ACP web-sites are another form of communication with parents and the community regarding ACP and Counseling programming.
Students are exposed and aware of career exploration at the elementary level in life skills class.
6th graders fill out an ACP journal in guidance class and continue working on career exploration in 7th grade business skills class. During 8th grade, every student meets with the middle school counselor to discuss their ACP.
Engaging community stakeholders in Academic and Career Planning
The River Valley School District partners with many of our local businesses across our District. Current partnerships include:
- “Like A Hawk” campaign, stressing the importance of achievement, behavior, and growth of students at school and off-campus.
- Youth Apprenticeship and Work Study Employers. During the 2022-2023 school year employers included:
- Pine Valley Community Village
- Prem Meats & Catering
- Lonesome Stone Milling LLC
- J & J Total Lawn Care
- A.L. Ltd. Landscaping
- Sime Farms/Mickelson Farms
- Neuheisel Farms
- Rush Creek Sportsman Club
- Nels-Vale Farms
- Garage Door Express LLC
- FRS Design Group
- The Peoples Community Bank
- Bob's BBQ
- The House on the Rock Resort
- Meadows Assisted Living and Memory Care
- Kraemer Brothers LLC
- Laack Farms
- M & W Fabrication & Repair
- ASAP Heating & Cooling LLC
- River Valley Administration sitting on Chamber of Commerce Board in Village of Spring Green.
- Local attorney assists with Mock Trial competition team.
- Exploring figurative language, poetry, drama, and other areas of English Language Arts in partnership with American Players Theater.
- Development of a District Goal to increase community connections.
Students with disabilities participation in the ACP process and the transition planning process
ACP is for all students in the River Valley School District. All students participate in student and counselor transition meetings in grades 8 and 11 and the ACP portfolio.
Individual students (grades 11-12) may enroll in employability skills class beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
Course offerings and dual credit options
The River Valley School District offers a wide-range of Advanced Placement, Transcripted/Dual Credit Classes, and Advanced Standing Credits at River Valley High School. These classes include:
- Advanced Placement Courses
- Biology
- Calculus
- Chemistry
- Environmental Science
- Language & Composition
- Literature & Composition
- Music Theory
- Physics
- Statistics
- Studio Art: 2D Design
- United States History
- Transcripted/Dual Credit Courses
- Madison College
- Accounting II
- Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Basic Gas Shielded Welding
- Computer Business Applications
- Intro. To Biotechnology
- Southwest Tech
- Animal Health & Nutrition
- Crop & Soil Science
- Horticulture Science
- Public Speaking
- UW Oshkosh (CAPP)
- AP Environmental Science (ES 260)
- AP Biology (BIO 105)
- Advanced Standing Courses
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