1. Randy LaFoy, Century College and MnSCU GPS LifePlan Coordinator
Presented by:
Randy LaFoy, Century College and MnSCU GPS LifePlan Coordinator
Michele and Shelli

2. GPS LifePlan helps learners look at several aspects of their lives (career, education, finance, leadership, and personal) to create an action plan and help them achieve their goals.
Michele
gpslifeplan.org
11/11/2019

3. Michele: This is the structure of the higher education GPS LifePlan.

4. Brief History College Version Military Version WorkForce & Secondary
Developed at Century College in 2006 – used by over 20 institutions in MN State Colleges and Universities beginning 2007
Military Version
Developed in Partnership with MnSCU, the MN National Guard and the MN Department of Veterans Affairs in 2009
WorkForce & Secondary
Developed in Partnership with Century College, the MnSCU system, MN Dept. of Education, Dept. of Employment and Economic Development, MN WorkForce Centers, Adult Basic Education, various high schools, Girls Scouts, and Junior Achievement, launched in 2011.
Michele

5. Michele

6. Faculty and staff online database of lesson plans
Program Components
Website Resources
eFolio
Faculty and staff online database of lesson plans
Additional resources for parents and family members
Online Tutorials and Workshops
Games
eFolio Login
Horizontal tabs get you in to each of the 5 main content areas of the GPS LifePlan.
Michele– Emphasize the way that we have worked to parallel the college version and then talk about some of the difference (which are listed here and demonstrated in the following slides).
Additional resources for educators, parents, and family members.

7. Learn About Yourself - Interests - Skills - Work Values - Personality
Career Topic Areas
Learn About Yourself - Interests - Skills - Work Values - Personality
Explore Careers
Links to Education
SMART Goal Setting
Find a Job - Resumes Cover Letters
Get a Job - Job Postings - Interviewing
Michele - The content areas This follows the career development model and each area is designed as modules for each stage of the career and life-planning process. This is a great place to also show the additional navigation:
Left-hand menu: to dig deeper into each on the topics – like chapter headings.
Center Area: The core content – like the pages in a chapter
Right-hand top: Online tutorials and workshops – they stay visible while the user is in each subplan.
Right-hand bottom: Fun interactive – they stay visible while the user is in each subplan.
eFolio Resources: Includes information about the importance of using an eFolio and samples (Learn More), another link to the login page (Log into My eFolio), and online video tutorials for setting up an eFolio account, adding content and developing one’s eFolio further (GPS eFolio FAQs).
The arrow will then transition into the next slide to show a little deeper dig into the content.

8. College

9. Military

10. Workforce

11. Secondary

12. CareerPlan

13. College Version & Universals

14. Assess Yourself

15. Interests
Personality
Skills
Values

18. Explore Careers

19. Explore Education

20. In a Thumbnail, What the GPS LifePlan Can Do

21. Market Yourself

22. Job Loss

23. Create a Plan

29. MN Job Centers

30. GPS Workforce – Job Seeker Planner

31. video

34. Disclaimers

35. Audio/Fred

36. Designed for EVERYONE

46. Military

54. Secondary

58. State Statute
20B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; INVOLUNTARY CAREER TRACKING PROHIBITED. (a) Consistent with sections 120B.128, 120B.13, 120B.131, 120B.132, 120B.14, B.15 , 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 125A.08, and other related sections, school districts, beginning in the school year, must assist all students by no later than grade 9 to explore their college and career interests and aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary education or employment. All students' plans must be designed to: (1) provide a comprehensive academic plan for completing a college and career- ready curriculum premised on meeting state and local academic standards and developing 21st century skills such as team work, collaboration, and good work habits;

59. For students enrolled in grade 8 in the school year and later, students' state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation, include the following: (3) consistent with this paragraph and section 120B.125, age- appropriate exploration and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally relevant career interests

60. …an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student in grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to participate in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students.

61. 12. The series of assessments must include a college placement diagnostic exam and contain career exploration elements.

62. Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use the career exploration elements in these assessments to help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families and plan for postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and aspirations. Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue, review, and revise an

63. This process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways [ explore-careers] as a sequence of academic and career courses [ ploration/CareerExploreGenGPS100412_print.html] that lead to an industry-recognized credential, an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree

64. GPS LifePlan Awards
Innovations in Student Development Award for the GPS LifePlan.

65. Thank you for your participation!
Want to learn more? Contact: Randy LaFoy