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Alabama Career Planning System, powered by Kuder ® | www.al.kuder.com PROJECT OVERVIEW The State of Alabama Department of Education (ALSDE) selected Kuder in 2010 to develop a comprehensive statewide online career planning system for students in grades 6 through 12. ALSDE soon developed PLAN 2020 as its strategic plan. The goal? Preparing all students to be successful in college and/or career upon graduation from high school. ALSDE looks to Kuder as a PLAN 2020 support system that helps secondary students successfully prepare for the future. THE CHALLENGE The ALSDE sought an online system combining education planning, career exploration, and workforce readiness in a single platform to support its high school graduation requirements, including a multi-year course of study within a diploma or endorsement framework. Alabama’s Statewide System Ensures College & Career Readiness Students in a consumer science CTE program prepare food at an Alabama high school. THE RESULTS Course Plan Completion Kuder supports Alabama’s Plan 2020, reaching students early to ensure students enter the ninth grade prepared and with a course plan that addresses their individual academic and career interest needs. Plan 2020’s Impact on Alabama’s High School Graduation Rates Kuder: An Alabama Plan 2020 Support System Course plans completed by Alabama eighth grade students: (Source: ALSDE)

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Alabama Career Planning System, powered by Kuder® | www.al.kuder.com

PROJECT OVERVIEWThe State of Alabama Department of Education (ALSDE) selected Kuder in 2010 to develop a comprehensive statewide online career planning system for students in grades 6 through 12. ALSDE soon developed PLAN 2020 as its strategic plan. The goal? Preparing all students to be successful in college and/or career upon graduation from high school. ALSDE looks to Kuder as a PLAN 2020 support system that helps secondary students successfully prepare for the future.

THE CHALLENGEThe ALSDE sought an online system combining education planning, career exploration, and workforce readiness in a single platform to support its high school graduation requirements, including a multi-year course of study within a diploma or endorsement framework.

Alabama’s Statewide System Ensures College & Career Readiness

Students in a consumer science CTE program prepare food at an Alabama high school.

THE RESULTS

Course Plan Completion

Kuder supports Alabama’s Plan 2020, reaching students early to ensure students enter the ninth grade prepared and with a course plan that addresses their individual academic and career interest needs.

Plan 2020’s Impact on Alabama’s High School Graduation Rates

Kuder: An Alabama Plan 2020 Support System

Course plans completed by Alabama eighth grade students:

(Source: ALSDE)

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“Using the Kuder Administration Database Management System® in the ACPS, we found that 60 percent of our students were interested in some form of medicine, so we created a program that targets those students to give them an introduction into health care.”

Stacey TankersleyHealth Science Program Teacher

Cullman High School, Cullman, Alabama

0705 12/17

www.kuder.com | [email protected] | 877.773.8444 | +1 515.993.3005

CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH IN-DEMAND CAREERS

Teacher Amy Gleaton uses the ACPS in her career preparedness course.

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THE KUDER SOLUTION

Powered by Kuder since 2010.

710,000 active users.

Serves Alabama’s 6-12th grade students, parents, educators, and administrators.

350,000 unique course plans created.

82,000 resumes created.

1.8 million career assessments completed.

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