College & Career Planning Products Assessments & Inventories

College & Career Planning Products Assessments & Inventories

2006/2007 Catalogue

Choices is a registered trademark of Canada Employment Insurance Commission and is used under licence by Bridges Transitions Inc. Paws in Jobland is a trademark of Studie og Erhverv International ApS and is used under licence by Bridges Transitions Inc. Do What You Are is a registered trademark of Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger and is distributed by Bridges Transitions Inc. The Learning Style Inventory is an unregistered trademark of Price Systems Inc., and is distributed by Bridges Transitions Inc. Career Futures, Bridges and designs are trademarks of Bridges Transitions Inc.. testGEAR, Bridges and designs are trademarks of Bridges Transitions Inc. SAT is a registered trademark of The College Examination Board. ACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc. Web PD, Bridges and designs are trademarks of Bridges Transitions Inc.

Copyright © 2006 Bridges Transitions Inc. All rights reserved.

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Get to know the Bridges Difference

For over 23 years, Bridges Transitions has been serving thousands of educators with post-secondary education and career planning products and services. Bridges’ planning products, online test preparation courses and professional development training services are used by over 14,000 schools, universities and agencies across North America, to help individuals achieve academic and career success.

Comprehensive, innovative and reliable, our post-secondary education and career planning products allow students to explore more options and create powerful plans to achieve their goals. Our testGEAR online test prep courses provide students the opportunity to achieve in the U.S. college system, building the skills they need to excel on college entrance exams. Our professional development and training services empower professionals to raise graduation rates and motivate individuals for greater success.

Find out why more professionals trust Bridges for affordability, ease of use, quality, reliability and exemplary support.

Experience the Bridges difference. See what we can do for your school!

To learn more visit www.bridges.com or call us toll free at 1-800-281-1168.

Table of Contents Elementary School

Paws in Jobland

The Learning Style Inventory

Middle School

Choices Explorer

Career Futures


High School

College & Career Planning

Choices Planner

Choices Explorer

Choices CD Edition

Assessments & Inventories

Ability Profiler

Do What You Are


Post-Secondary & Beyond

Ability Profiler

Choices Planner

Choices CD Edition

Provinces & Districts

Choices Regional Reporter

Other Bridges Products & Services

Online Test Preparation

Professional Development Services

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Elementary SchoolIt’s never been easier or more

affordable to enhance career

awareness and self-discovery

in every elementary student.

Bridges helps you establish

the essential foundations for

a comprehensive K-12 career

development program.

Our engaging career and

self-awareness products for

elementary schools help

educators to start building

student motivation at a

young age, empowering

every child to learn more

about themselves and

discover a new world of

opportunity.

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Have Fun with the World of Work

Help students learn more about themselves and the people at work in their community

Ignite the first spark of career awareness. Engaging and animated, Bridges’ award-winning Paws in JoblandTM motivates young students and expands their horizons as they identify personal interests and explore over 100 different careers.

Improve academic performance by helping students successfully build crucial problem solving, critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with a variety of activities, puzzles, a job finder quiz, as well as audio and video tracks.

Paws in Jobland saves you time with online professional resources, including ready-made lesson plans and activities that can be effortlessly implemented into your K -5 classes. Online access extends your programs beyond the classroom and into the home, involving more parents in the career awareness process.

Paws in Jobland includes:

• 26-question interest survey • 20 work environments • 100 career profiles • Fun animation and graphics • Real jobsite pictures

and videos• Real work activities• Game-style quiz • 40 classroom lesson plans • Student worksheets • Parent activities

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Maximize the Potential of Every Elementary Student

Support achievement with valuable insight about each student’s unique learning style

Higher achievement is within reach. Bridges’ online Learning Style Inventory (LSI) helps to improve self-awareness, attitudes and behaviour in elementary students, boosting their self-esteem through more successful learning. Unlike standard paper-based assessments, the online LSI provides instant individual and class reports offering insight into 22 preferences and strategies that complement learning conditions. Practical advice helps educators enhance classroom instruction with a basis for teacher - student interaction. Learning style reports are accessible from home, helping to include more parents in the student achievement process.

Backed by over 30 years of research with versions for Grades 3 - 5 and 6 - 12, Bridges’ LSI, developed by Dunn, Dunn and Price, is currently the leading learning style inventory used in the education community today.

The Learning Style Inventory analyses 22 different preferences in the areas of:

• Immediate environment - sound, heat, light and design

• Emotionality – motivation, responsibility, persistence and structure

• Sociological needs – self-oriented, peer-oriented, adult-oriented, or combined ways

• Physical needs – perceptual preference(s), time of day, food intake and mobility

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Middle SchoolExcite every middle school

student about their future

when you introduce them to

more education and career

opportunities than ever

before.

Bridges’ exploration

and planning products

effectively enhance self-

discovery and engage

more students by adding

relevance to the classroom

experience. Inspire every

student to achieve their full

potential as they identify

their best career paths and

build more rigorous high

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Motivate Students for Success

Excite students about their future with engaging education and career exploration tools

Create the motivational foundation for more meaningful planning.

Choices Explorer expands self-awareness and broadens career horizons by connecting students to more non-traditional and hard-to-find career options like no other exploration product available. Uniquely engaging features such as the Program Finder and regularly updated blogs initiate early post-secondary exploration and give students first-hand insight on post-secondary life and the working world.

Easily add relevance to the classroom experience with thousands of activities that tie academics to occupational pursuits and inspire your students to pursue more rigorous courses as they plan for the transition to high school and beyond. All work

is automatically saved in students’ customizable online portfolios, shared with Choices Planner.

Choices Explorer helps you increase program effectiveness and save time with ready-made lesson plans and activities, as well as tools for involving parents. The downloadable planning guide helps you easily engage students with special needs and includes valuable recommendations for IEP statements.

Professional Tools

• Lesson plans by subject• Parent guide

Portfolio

• All About You• Things You’ve Saved• Your Activities• Your Journal

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Work

• 940+ career profiles• 200+ career videos• Real-life expert interviews• Real-life activities• Career Finder quiz• Careers by school subject

Learn

• 330+ post-secondary programs• Planning for high school guide• Program Finder quiz• Programs by school subject

Life

• Volunteer articles• Recreation ideas• Volunteering advice• Recreation experts Q & A

Choices Regional Reporter Add-OnEffortlessly measure student progress and report program success across your province or district with Choices Regional Reporter.

Learn more on page 30.

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Make Smart High School Plans

Guide students to explore occupations and make informed high school plans

Start the exploration process from the inside out. Career Futures builds self-awareness to help middle school students understand how interests, education, earning and skills relate to jobs. Hands-on activities and assessments engage students as they learn about their likes and dislikes, living on a budget and how to write a resume.

Excite students about their future as they explore all their career options and make meaningful high school plans. School-to-career planning is made easy with suggested school courses for 9th to 12th grade. The electronic portfolio helps students put it all together.

High school planning becomes more effective with Career Futures’

customizable System Manager. Easily edit course plans, reporting features and local information.

• Electronic portfolio

• 995 NOC occupation profiles

• 300+ web-based career videos

• Career pathways exploration

• High school course planner

• 40+ worksheets

• Interest checklist

• Education and career match game

• Life skills activities

• Resume builder

Professional Tools• Customizable system manager

• Printable reports

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Maximize the Potential of Every Middle School Student


Higher achievement is within reach. Bridges’ online Learning Style InventoryTM (LSI) helps improve self-awareness, study habits, attitudes and behaviour in middle school students, increasing overall achievement in all areas of their education.

The most used learning style inventory in the education community today, Bridges’ online LSI, originally developed by Dunn, Dunn and Price, is backed by over 30 years of extensive research and provides grade specifi c versions for Grades 3 - 5 and Grades 6 – 12.

Easy to complete, this 30-minute online survey boosts self-esteem through more successful learning. Instant individual and class reports provide insight into 22 preferences and strategies that

complement learning conditions to signifi cantly increase test scores and aid underachieving students to get back on track. Practical advice helps educators enhance classroom instruction with a basis for teacher - student interaction. Available online, learning style reports also help encourage greater parental involvement in the student achievement process.


• Immediate environment (sound, heat, light and design)

• Emotionality (motivation, responsibility, persistence and structure)

• Sociological needs (self-oriented, peer-oriented, adult-oriented or combined ways)

• Physical needs (perceptual preference(s), time of day, food intake and mobility)

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HighSchoolHigh school is a time of exciting transition as students take the first steps towards creating the lifestyle they desire. Bridges empowers every high school student with the tools they

need to create meaningful plans for post-secondary and beyond.

Our post-secondary and career planning products give students comprehensive information about careers, programs and schools, enabling them to make well-informed

decisions about their future.

Online assessments and inventories build self-awareness, providing students with valuable insight about their abilities, learning styles and personality types, helping them to better identify their best career options.

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College & Career PlanningExcite your students about their future and help them create powerful plans to realize their goals. Bridges’ highly effective post-secondary and career planning programs help you motivate more students towards success.

Personalize planning for more meaningful results. Choices Planner is an advanced online career information delivery system that helps students to build powerful plans as they compare, connect and choose from a vast network of work and education options.

Expand student awareness and enthusiasm for career and education possibilities. An engaging online education and career exploration system, Choices Explorer provides extensive libraries of education, career and recreation articles in an interactive magazine-style format.

Empower students with the resources they need for more informed planning. Choices CD education and career planning software is designed to help students build meaningful plans using validated assessments and comprehensive databases of occupational, post-secondary school and program information.

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Achievement Starts with a Plan

Compare, connect and choose education and career options for more powerful plans

Ensure every student is prepared for higher education and the world of work. Choices Planner enables more meaningful planning by connecting students to a comprehensive network of school, program and career profiles and multiple research-based valid assessments. Students can easily identify how their interests, values and skills relate to their best options for more meaningful plans.

Self-directed and easy to use, Choices Planner’s Guideways make personalized planning more effective than ever before, saving time with next steps based on what students have started or completed. Individual plans are easily created using the innovative Career Plan Builder, and automatically saved in each student’s online portfolio. Choices

Planner’s personal portfolio provides students a common platform with Choices Explorer, facilitating a smooth transition from exploration to planning.

Provide a structured approach to better transition planning for students with special needs. The downloadable planning guide includes recommendations for IEP statements. Accountability statistics and reporting tools help you easily make effective data-driven decisions as you measure student plans and report your success.

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• 995 NOC occupation profiles• Career Finder• Compare Careers• Work Values Sorter• Transferable Skills Checklist• Interest Profiler• Workplace Skills Checklist• 250+ career videos• Resume Builder• Job Interview Practice• Cover Letter Creator• Thank-You Letter Builder

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HIGH SCHOOLLearn

• 1000+ colleges and universities• 1000+ college and job bank links• School Finder• High School Planning• Post-Secondary Education • Related Careers • Related Programs

Professional Tools

• Accountability reporting tools• Portfolio Finder• Send reminders• Site customization• Lesson plans and activities• Organize portfolios

Your Portfolio

• All About You• Career Plan Builder• Things You’ve Saved• Your Journal• Your Activities• Your Plans



Ability Profiler Add-OnHelp every student realize their full potential for education and career options with this online aptitude assessment.


Also available in French!

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Motivate Students for Success

Excite students about their future with engaging education and career exploration tools

Students focus on the future when they can see themselves in the big picture. Choices Explorer adds relevance to the classroom experience with thousands of activities that tie academics to occupational pursuits, inspiring students to pursue more rigorous courses and achieve academic success.

Open the door to a new world of opportunity with hundreds of profiles on non-traditional and hard-to-find careers – many based on student requests. Uniquely engaging, Choices Explorer’s Program Finder and regularly updated blogs initiate post-secondary exploration and give students first-hand insight on post-secondary life and the working world.

All work is automatically saved in each individual’s online portfolio enabling a smooth transition from exploration to planning for sites with access to both Choices Explorer and Choices Planner.

Easily increase program effectiveness and save time with online professional resources, including ready-made lesson plans and activities, the transition planning guide for students with special needs, as well as tools for involving parents.

Professional Tools

• Lesson plans by subject• Parent guide

Portfolio

• All About You• Things You’ve Saved• Your Activities• Your Journal

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HIGH SCHOOLWork

• 940+ career profiles• 200+ career videos• Real-life expert interviews• Real-life activities• Career Finder quiz• Career by school subject

Learn

• 330+ post-secondary programs• Planning for high school guide• Program Finder quiz• Programs by school subject

Life

• Volunteer articles• Recreation ideas• Volunteering advice• Recreation experts Q & A



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One Stop for Education and Career Planning

Easily connect interests and skills with occupations, post-secondary programs and school information

Support powerful student planning. Choices prepares every student with the tools they need to make meaningful plans for the future. Self-directed and easy to use, Choices’ Guideways suggest next steps based on what students have started or completed. Students easily work on their own, saving you time. Assessments and surveys build self-awareness and connect students to relevant occupations. Students focus on the transition to higher education and employment using the interactive Planning Tools, together with a powerful electronic portfolio, that helps them develop their best education and career plans.

Gain valuable insight on assessment results and progress with Choices’ OnTrack accountability system. Effectively engage more students when you relate and respond to their interests by reviewing their focus lists of occupation and education options.

Assessments

• Work Preference Checklist• Work Importance Locator• Interest Profiler• Career Area Checklist

Planning Tools

• Resume Builder• Letter Writer• Job search activities • 40+ printable reports• Copy-ready worksheets

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• 1000+ colleges and universities• 1000+ college website links• 995 NOC occupations• 200+ career videos• Parent Loan Advisor

Professional Tools

• Customizable system manager• Parent connection• Education and planning assistant

for IEPs

Support and Resource Materials• Lessons and activities• Transition Planning Guide “I have been a guidance counsellor for 33 years and find Choices to be the most thorough resource I have ever used. Students are better prepared for leaving high school when they use Choices.

- Nicolas J. PallottoNorth Clarion County Schools, PA

Ability Profiler Add-OnHelp every student realize their full potential for education and career options with this aptitude assessment.

Learn more on page 21.Also available in French!

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Assessments & InventoriesEmpower your students with greater knowledge about their personal aptitudes, personality types and unique learning styles. Bridges’ assessments and inventories give students an accurate picture of themselves, enhancing the quality of their post-secondary and career plans.

Help every student realize their true potential for specifi c education and career options. The Ability Profi lerTM online aptitude assessment integrates with Choices Planner and Choices CD Edition to measure students’ strengths and provide occupational leads.

Enable students to make more informed decisions about their future. Based on the proven science of personality type, Do What You Are® is an online self-discovery assessment that improves students’ self-awareness about their unique personality for more effective planning.

Boost student achievement in your school. Bridges’ Learning Style InventoryTM identifi es each student’s preferred learning environments, helping them build self-awareness and improve study habits, attitudes and behaviour, increasing performance in all areas of their education.

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Help Them Discover Their Potential

Discover new insights about aptitude strengths and related occupations

Empower students with new insights about themselves with the Ability ProfilerTM, a computer-administered assessment adapted from the latest paper-based O*NET® Ability Profiler. Available only as an add-on assessment for Choices Planner and Choices CD, the Ability Profiler defines the relevance between aptitude scores and the world of work based on information about job aptitude requirements.

On-screen directions and test taking hints make the program easy to use, allowing students to work independently with minimal assistance. Raw scores from the mark-making and dexterity board exercises can be manually entered to provide a more comprehensive view of a student’s abilities. You get a printed profile of test results immediately.

Easy-to-understand results quickly identify a student’s potential for specific career and education options by highlighting their strengths, occupations that match their strengths, and areas in which they may want to expand their training.

Multi-Aptitude Ability Assessment• Arithmetic Reasoning• Vocabulary• Three-Dimensional Space• Computation• Name Comparison• Object Matching

Professional Tools • Administration Guide• Technical Guide

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Put Personality to Work

Quickly improve every student’s education and career plans with the proven science of personality type

Proven effective, the Do What You Are® self-discovery assessment is based on the science of personality type. Engaging and insightful, Do What You Are presents students with hypothetical scenarios and asks them to identify which description best represents their personality.

Empower students to make more informed decisions about their future with detailed information about their unique strengths and blind spots, recommended career paths and post-secondary programs, as well as tips for conducting an effective career search.

Confi dential reports provide useful insight on how to best work with each student. Students’ completed personality profi les

identify their preferences in communication, learning styles, social situations, and relationship strategies. Results are securely delivered to counsellors and students via e-mail. Students can choose to share their results with parents, so they may also benefi t from a better understanding of their child’s personality type.

Professional Tools• Personality Type Handbook• Psychometric properties report

Easy to Access, Easy to UseComplete Personality Profi le:

• Realistic scenarios• Recommended career paths and

post-secondary programs• Career search tips• Career satisfi ers • Strengths and blind spots• Interpersonal negotiating styles

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Maximize the Potential of Every High School Student


Higher achievement is within reach. Bridges’ online Learning Style InventoryTM (LSI) helps improve student self-awareness, study habits, attitudes and behaviour, increasing overall achievement in all areas of their education and boosting self-esteem through more successful learning.

Originally developed by Dunn, Dunn and Price and backed by over 30 years of extensive research, Bridges’ online LSI is the most used learning style inventory in the education community to signifi cantly increase standardized test scores and aid underachieving students to get back on track.

Unlike standard paper-based assessments, the online LSI provides instant individual and class reports offering insight into 22 preferences and strategies. Learning style reports are accessible online anytime, anywhere, helping to include more parents in the student achievement process.


• Immediate environment (sound, heat, light and design)

• Emotionality (motivation, responsibility, persistence and structure)

• Sociological needs (self-oriented, peer-oriented, adult-oriented or combined ways)

• Physical needs (perceptual preference(s), time of day, food intake and mobility)

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Post-Secondary & BeyondContrary to popular belief, the planning process does not end in high school. Instead it should be an ongoing process as every individual effectively

prepares for a lifetime of career transitions. Students pursuing post-secondary education or the world of work must continue to evaluate their skills, assess their options, and enhance their plans accordingly as new opportunities present themselves.

Bridges’ products are valuable tools for individuals at post-secondary institutions, libraries and career centres who are in search of education and career planning resources to help them make successful transitions.

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Help Them Discover Their Potential

Discover new insights about aptitude strengths and related occupations

Empower users with new insights about themselves with the Ability ProfilerTM, a computer-administered assessment adapted from the latest paper-based O*NET® Ability Profiler. Available only as an add-on assessment for Choices Planner and Choices CD, the Ability Profiler defines the relevance between aptitude scores and the world of work based on information about job aptitude requirements.

On-screen directions and test taking hints make the program easy to use, allowing test takers to work independently with minimal assistance. Raw scores from the mark-making and dexterity board exercises can be manually entered to provide a more comprehensive view of the user’s abilities. You get a printed profile of test results immediately.

Easy-to-understand results quickly identify an individual’s potential for specific career and education options by highlighting their strengths, occupations that match their strengths, and areas in which they may want to expand their training.

Multi-Aptitude Ability Assessment• Arithmetic Reasoning• Vocabulary• Three-Dimensional Space• Computation• Name Comparison• Object Matching

Professional Tools • Administration Guide• Technical Guide

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Achievement Starts with a Plan

Compare, connect and choose learning options for building powerful career transition plans

Ensure your post-secondary students are prepared for new transitions into the world of work. Increase self-awareness with insightful assessments and surveys that identify how interests, values and skills connect to careers. Comprehensive school, program and career profiles can be directly compared to a student’s unique needs for more meaningful plans.

Self-directed and easy to use, Choices Planner for Career Transitions makes personalized planning more effective than ever before. Guideways save time with next steps based on what students have started or completed, while individual plans are easily created using the innovative Career Plan Builder. All work is saved in each student’s online portfolio.

Easily make effective data-driven decisions with accountability statistics and reporting tools that measure plans and report your success.

Work

• 995 NOC occupation profiles• Career Finder• Compare Careers• Work Values Sorter• Transferable Skills Checklist• Interest Profiler• Workplace Skills Checklist• 250+ career videos• Resume Builder• Job Interview Practice• Cover Letter Creator• Thank-You Letter Builder

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POST-SECONDARY & BEYONDLearn

• 1000+ colleges and universities• 1000+ college and job bank links• School Finder• High School Planning• Post-secondary education• Related Careers • Related Programs

Professional Tools

• Accountability reporting tools• Portfolio Finder• Send reminders• Site customization• Lesson plans and activities• Organize portfolios

Your Portfolio

• All About You• Career Plan Builder• Things You’ve Saved• Your Journal• Your Activities• Your Plans

Choices Regional Reporter Add-OnEffortlessly measure progress and report program success across your province or district with Choices Regional Reporter.


Ability Profiler Add-OnHelp every individual realize their full potential for education and career options with this online aptitude assessment.

Learn more on page 25.Also available in French!

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One Stop for Career Transition Planning

Empower post-secondary students to explore new options, identify transferable skills, build a portfolio and plan a job search

Choices CD for Career Transitions prepares every post-secondary student with the tools they need to make meaningful plans for the future.

Self-directed and easy to use, Guideways suggest next steps based on what a student has started or completed. The interactive Planning Tools, together with a powerful electronic portfolio, help students develop meaningful career transition plans by suggesting suitable occupations based on their transferable skills, work values and interests. Career plans are easily put into action with connections to job banks and tools for resume writing, interviewing practice and planning a job search.

Gain valuable insight on assessment results and progress with Choices’ OnTrack accountability system. Effectively engage more students when you relate and respond to their interests by reviewing their focus lists of occupation and education options.

Assessments

• Work Preference Checklist• Work Importance Locator• Interest Profiler• Career Area Checklist

Planning Tools

• Resume builder• Letter writer• Job search activities• 40+ printable reports• Copy-ready worksheets• Job bank web link• Work history modules

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POST-SECONDARY & BEYONDDatabases

• 1000+ colleges and universities• 1000+ college website links• 995 NOC occupations• 200+ career videos

Professional Tools

• OnTrack accountability reports• Customizable System Manager• Support and resource materials

User Assistance

• Guideways

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It’s all in one... it’s self-contained - it gives you an interest inventory, work values, aptitudes, skills and work history, then a person can search on those things and come up with matches to possible occupations... It’s a good place to start and a good place to narrow things down.

- Wayne Harvey,Senior Rehabilitation Counsellor

Ability Profiler Add-OnHelp every individual realize their full potential for education and career options with this aptitude assessment.


Also available in French!

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Get the Big Picture for Province- and District-Wide Success

Effortlessly measure progress and report program achievement across your province or district with Choices Regional Reporter

An essential add-on for province- and district-wide Choices product subscribers, this comprehensive set of outcome- and usage-based reporting tools provides an aggregated overview for all sites within a region. Up-to-date statistics help province- and district-level customers get the best use out of their Choices Explorer and Choices Planner subscriptions.

Crucial insight into all areas of program outcomes and usage empowers professionals to easily provide more targeted, data-driven instruction to achieve the most effective program results.

Outcome-Based Reports

Career Plans Outcome Report lists careers, schools and programs that users have shown an interest in by using Choices Planner’s Career Plan Builder tool.

Interests Outcome Report provides current month and year-to-date statistics regarding the usage of the Interest Profiler assessment and the areas in which users in your region are most interested.

Saved Pathways Outcome Report offers a breakdown of the career paths users in your region have selected in their career planning process.

Top 40 Saved Schools Outcome Report lists schools, ranked in order of popularity, in which users in your region have selected in their career planning process.

Work Values Outcome Report provides current month and year-to-date statistics regarding the usage of the Work Values Sorter assessment and the work values that are most important to individuals in your region.

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PROVINCES & DISTRICTSTop 100 Saved Careers Outcome Report lists careers, ranked in order of popularity, which users in your region have selected in their career planning process.

Usage-Based Reports

Activity by Grad Year Usage Report identifies the number of students from each graduating class who have signed in to their portfolios each month.

Page Views Usage Report reviews product usage information, such as how many users have taken advantage of your Choices products on a monthly basis.

Portfolios Usage Report identifies how many users have created personal portfolios and continue to use them on a monthly basis.

Active Portfolios by Site provides the number of portfolios accessed at least once in a given month at each site.

Portfolio Activity by Site is determined by the number of times a user signed in to their portfolios divided by the number of active portfolios for a given month.

Portfolios Created by Site provides the number of portfolios created each month by users at every site.

Portfolio Logons by School determines the number of individuals that have used their portfolio each month, broken down by site.

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Online Test PreparationGive your students the chance to succeed in the U.S. college system. Our online test prep courses are proven effective in raising student test scores on college entrance exams.

Bridges’ online test prep provides students with 24/7 access to customized curriculum, guiding them through an instructional program that strengthens content skills, introduces test-taking strategies and builds confidence, so they can walk into their exams feeling well prepared.

Our dynamic reporting system assists teachers to identify specific areas that require more targeted instruction.

testGEAR online test prep:

• Raises students’ scores with an individualized learning system• Broadens access to every student in a cost-effective way• Supports teachers with ongoing training, educational resources and

activity materials• Helps schools track and evaluate student performance• Encourages parental involvement with reports that can be shared

with families

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OTHER BRIDGES PRODUCTS & SERVICEStestGEAR for the ACT™, SAT® and PSAT

Give students the practice they need to reach their full potential on U.S. college entrance exams like the ACT™, SAT® and PSAT. This online learning system adapts to each student’s needs by targeting their weaknesses and helping them to build necessary skills.

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The testGEAR program provided…ways to minimize challenges, encourage students, individualize learning, and help them achieve success.

- Carolyn Darwish, Seattle Public Schools, WA

(testGEAR) identified with our need to reach out in a systematic way, utilizing technology without being tied to particular platforms or hardware specifications. We are now able to reach out to more students. The online access is great.

- Bill LutzAIM Institute, NE

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Professional Development Services Bridges prides itself on having a team of professionals with a long history of providing quality training and support. We offer a variety of services that meet your unique professional development requirements.

Product WorkshopsReach more students by using your product more effectively. Our on-site product workshops provide hands-on training with implementation strategies customized to your school’s unique needs.

Product WebinarsQuick, easy and convenient – our daily one-hour web-based seminars (webinars)

provide a basic product orientation and introduce the latest updates. Two webinars are included with every subscription.

Professional WorkshopsDevelop your program to reach more students and improve their skills. Learn how to use activity-based lesson plans that deliver key student skills for educational and career planning.

CurriculumProvide your students with the motivational foundation for quality exploration and meaningful career/life planning with Snapshots paper-based curriculum and STEPS (System for Teaching Exploration and Planning Skills) self-managed workbooks.

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OTHER BRIDGES PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Program DevelopmentExpand your program reach and effectiveness with Bridges’ Graduation Rate Improvement Program (GRIP!). Bridges’ consulting services help you learn, review, plan and initiate a comprehensive GRIP in your school or district.

Discover how to effectively implement a school-initiated graduation rate improvement program by strategically increasing the number of academic, social, and self-managed connections of students to school. Download a free digital copy of Bridges’ powerful white paper: Connected Students – The Key to School-Initiated Graduation Rate Improvement. www.bridges.com/connected

Web PD SystemTake your professional development program into the 21st century. Bridges’ Web PD system is the most convenient and affordable method for delivering high quality professional development. Empower the professional capacity of your educators as they learn, network and share best practices with other educators across the country -- without ever leaving their desks.

Professional WebinarsInvite nationally recognized specialists into the comfort of your office. Bridges’ Professional Webinar program provides online training and resources to help you more effectively develop your school counselling, career development, and student achievement program.

Find out more about Bridges Professional Development and Training services at www.bridges.com/training

Suite 200 - 1628 Dickson Ave. Kelowna, BC V1Y 9X1

Toll-free: 1-800-281-1168 • Fax: 1-888-349-3437 • www.bridges.com

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