1. Virtual Webinar Series
Individual Plans of Study (IPS)
CSAS| Kansas State Department of Education | Landon State Office Building
900 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 653, Topeka, KS | |

2. The State Board of Education goal for 2018-2019 school year
is for every student in grades 7-12 to have an IPS.
For those districts who have adopted a curriculum with a
Career Advising role for classroom teachers to assist counselors
with this ambitious goal…. Help is on the way with a
Career Advising Roadshow provided through regional service centers.
For $25 per participant this impactful professional development will
help you move the needle on student achievement.

3. Building Hope through the IPS
Date
Location
Registration Link
10/1/18
Smoky Hill - Salina
Click HERE to register
10/2/18
Southwest Plains- Sublette
10/3/18
Greenbush South -Girard
Click HERE to Register
10/4/18
Greenbush North - Lawrence
10/10/18
Sternberg Museum-Hays/Smoky Hill
10/11/18
ESSDACK - Hutchinson
Click here to Register
11/12/18
Orion - Clearwater
11/15/18
Northwest - Oakley
to register

4. Thinking about the IPS from the student perspective…
Thinking about the IPS from the student perspective…. There are different categories of attitudes and behaviors that overlap to create our unique aptitudes and skills. Often we talk with students about their current interests and don’t think about the activities that they have yet to experience as new and exciting learning adventures. This particular diagram is important to consider as we discuss with students a balance between their unique potential and how it can be an advantage to them in identifying opportunities.

5. This career advising wheel serves as a valuable organization tool for schools as they identify the various processes that can be developed for the student body and staff to facilitate the IPS tools, curriculum, and activities. It would be incredibly difficult and less than effective if the only conversations taking place with students were conducted by the school counselors. With the large case loads and unique needs of each student there simply is not enough time for frequent feedback and interaction. A Career Advising model has proven to be the most successful in providing rich conversations and experiences for students and families in determining courses, activities, and post secondary goals for each students Individual Plans of study. With a little structure and support the most capable of our families and students can full fill these activities with relative ease. It is important to not over support in these instances. Additionally our students

6. What are you doing with IPS?

7. With an individual plan of study for each student, Kansas students will be more successful post-high school
To learn more….
IPS webpage
CTE webpage
@KSDEcte

8. Need Assistance?
STACY SMITH Kathleen Mercer KENT REED

9. John Girodat, Education Program Consultant
Kansas State Department of Education
900 SW Jackson St.
Suite 653
The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:  KSDE General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, KSDE, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 102, Topeka, KS 66612, (785)