1. Introduction to Career Cruising www.careercruising.com

2. Presentation Overview
Tour of Career Cruising
Students’ features
Educators’ tools
Administrators’ tools
State-wide systems and curriculum alignment
Course Planner
Career Cruising Network

3. Tour of Career Cruising

4. Tour of Career Cruising
Career Cruising is a comprehensive computer-based career guidance system that makes it fun and easy for students to explore their career options and plan their future.

43. Tour of Career Cruising Career Advisor Management System (CAMS)

44. Tour of Career Cruising Career Advisor Management System (CAMS)
The Career Advisor Management System includes a powerful set of administrative tools that allow educators to track student progress, view detailed usage reports, and tailor the program to meet their school’s needs.

52. Tour of Career Cruising Regional Reporting System (RRS)

53. Tour of Career Cruising Regional Reporting System (RRS)
The Regional Reporting System (RRS) allows administrators at the regional and state level to monitor usage at all schools, assess student progress, and generate insightful aggregate reports.

58. State Portfolio Systems

59. State Portfolio Systems
Career Cruising can be configured and customized to perfectly align with states’ career development learning expectations and curriculum.

60. Attributes of a State System
Integration with state SIS to ensure data accuracy for student portfolios and course planning
Custom features required to match state’s vision for career exploration and portfolio development
Terminology and branding to match what is being used in the state
Implementation of standard learning expectations state-wide
State-wide reporting and usage tracking
Highly accessible for students, educators, and administrators
Facilitates communication between students, educators, and administrators

61. Career Cruising Network

62. Career Cruising Network
Career Cruising Network brings students and local employers together to help students achieve their career goals and help communities develop their future workforce.

63. Key Network Features Career Coach message boards
Company profiles linked to occupations
Community connection message center
Career development opportunities search
Network Homepage with local content and features (company search, Career Coach search, industry profiles, articles, upcoming events, local labor market information)
Portfolio integration of Network features
Sponsorship options
Full suite of administrative tools

66. Course Planner

67. Course Planner
Course Planner is a new module which allows student to complete their annual course plans within their portfolio. Course plans can then be exported in the proper format directly into schools’ course scheduling systems.

68. Course Planner
The two key objectives of the Course Planner module are:
Make the course selection process an ongoing part of students’ career planning
Reduce the administrative work required for course selection and class scheduling

69. Course Planner Features
Integration with student management system – move current course and student data into the system and export course selections to scheduling system
Prerequisite and successor courses are mapped to ensure students are making valid selections
Tracking course selections against diploma and certification requirements
Courses can be associated with career clusters and plans of study
Advisor and parental signoff
Easy access to academic history

72. Introduction to Career Cruising www.careercruising.com