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Backpack to Briefcase: Using WNI to Help 7th and 8th Grade Students Transition to
High School
Presenter •Marcia Ellis
January 28, 2011
Step 1: Have students log in using “cps12345678”
(cps+student i.d.)
Simple Plan
The home page is where you can access some of the following items:
Sign-In Announcements Warning
Matches the students’ interest to careers
Step 2: Have students take the “Career Key” inventory.
Matches the Students’ personal qualities and
interests to career clusters
Step 3: Have students take the “Career Cluster Survey”
Students can use their results to choose CPS high schools to investigate programs that match their interests and career cluster!
Students can view information on the school
Students can visit the schools’ website by clicking the link inside of the WNI program
Students can make plans to visit the high school.
Step 4: Have students “Explore High Schools”
High School Planning tab is where the following items can be found:
• Your Plan of Study
(Create a course plan)
• High School Planning Timeline
(Steps to keep student on track 7th-12th grade )
• Guideways
Help them to begin thinking about their high school career
Helping students to determine how their gifts and talents can turn into a career
Helping them select a “match” high school” to further hone their gifts and talents
Help students prepare for a high school visit, such as HIGH SCHOOL INVESTIGATION DAY!
Uses
Thus, turning their Backpack into a Briefcaseby preparing them for the future!
Using WNI to teach students how to plan, document and research
Counselors will be shown simple steps for assisting students for planning, researching and documenting the high school matriculation and college and career planning processes using What’s Next Illinois.
Get Your Plan On: Postsecondary Options- Marcia Boyd
Questions???
Trainers information
Marcia Ellis, GCDF InstructorEmail address:mlellis2 @cps.k12.il.us
Marcia Boyd, MAEmail address: mlboyd1@cps.k12.il.us
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