1. Randy & Margaret’s Trip to Italy – March 2014

2. We went to Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Pompeii

3. How did we find our way around?
We needed some sort of direction
A compass…a GPS…

4. Tom Dubbels, M-State Counselor Maronda Robertson, M-State Counselor
Presented by:
Randy LaFoy, Century College and MnSCU GPS LifePlan Coordinator
Tom Dubbels, M-State Counselor
Maronda Robertson, M-State Counselor
Michele and Shelli

5. gpslifeplan.org/secondary
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/secondary

6. 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

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

8. Internet Usage
More than 21,000 people visited last semester -- around 5% of MNSCU students
123,397 page views
#2 user – GPS Secondary

9. MNSCU Campuses that use GPS

10. 310 First Year Experience Classes
Usage & Potential Usage – MNSCU Career & Life Classes – Fall/Spring 2014
49 Career Classes
1225 students
310 First Year Experience Classes
Keyword search in Systemwide for: career planning. Results say more than 150. Clearly, many of these classes are not Career and Life Planning classes, but most of them are.
7750 students

11. GPS Saves Students Money
Colleges use the GPS LifePlan in lieu of textbooks and save students money.
Lake Superior $67,000 – replacing textbook with GPS LifePlan
Century College $56,000 – using GPS LifePlan + 4 Chapters of OnCourse

12. College

13. Military

14. Workforce

15. Secondary

16. In one slide, What the GPS LifePlan Can Do
How many hits will one get if
you type in “resume” in Google

17. 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.
Translation

18. 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.

19. Minnesota Online Career Workshops Self-Directed & Interactive Sessions

21. Assessments
Interests
Personality
Skills
Values

26. Informational Interviews Gain Experience
Explore Careers
Research
Informational Interviews
Gain Experience

27. Explore Education

28. Find a Job
Resume
Cover Letters
Portfolios
Searching
Networking

29. Get the Job
Interviewing
Present Your Best Self
Hiring Process

30. Create a Plan
Learn Do
Forms

32. Not everyone goes to College

33. Study Skills – get those tips when school isn’t open

34. It needs another screen

36. Create a timeline

37. Online classes – for everyone?
Homework help 24/7
Computer basics
Math…procrastination…
goal setting

38. Accuplacer

46. School & Community Involvement
Athletics and Fine Arts Activities
Clubs and Organizations
Community Involvement
Civic Engagement - Voting and Elections

47. Where most of student’s lives are…

50. Relationships
Bullying, Grief and Loss

53. Goal setting workshops

54. Lesson Plans

55. Lesson Plan Repository – always looking for more plans.

59. Another resource for your classroom

61. GPS Workforce – Job Seeker Planner

63. Audio/Fred

65. Your interior and cover files for Kidiary, #4064856 meet our technical requirements for printing.

69. Use the GPS LifePlan to meet career requirements –from State Statutes

70. State Statute
…explore their college and career interests and aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary education or employment.

71. age-appropriate exploration and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally relevant career interests

72. …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.

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

74. 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

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

76. So, how do you capture this work?
Print off
Use eFolio – link on every page

77. Samples

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

80. So, why if this is so great, why is it free?

81. Thank you for your participation!
Want to learn more? Contact: Randy LaFoy
Tom Dubbels, M-State Maronda Robertson, M-State