Access their plans

Students access the Plans feature by clicking Plans in the top navigation or they can find it on their dashboard in My goals and plans.

Choose between a career or education path

When students start making a plan, they can choose to begin with a Career or pick a path they want to take after high school by clicking on Education. In either case, as they build their plan, they'll later be encouraged to add a career to an education plan or a pathway to a career plan. Additionally, students can make as many plans as they want, so they can always try a new starting point later.

If students choose to start with a career, they'll pick one of their saved ones. If they haven't saved any careers, or they want to build a plan for a new one, they can search to find it. After they chosen a career and clicked Done, their plan is in the works!

If they choose to start with education, the next page will be a list of pathways they can choose from after they've finished high school. The options include university, apprenticeship, military, gap year, and more.

A helpful Learn more about pathways link at the bottom of the list will open brief explanations of each pathway, plus a chance to read a full profile. They'll be able to watch a short video, view sample careers typical to that pathway, and view any finances or education required.

Depending on the pathway they choose, they'll be prompted to add more information. For example, if they choose university, they'll need to choose a credential or training, such as bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degree (PhD), or professional degree. Then they'll need to select a school (one of their saved ones if they offer the credential or they can search for a new one). Once they've completed any prompts and clicked Done, their pathway plan is ready for finessing!

Build out their plan

Now they can add more steps to their plan. If they chose education as a starting point, here's where they'll be able to add a career. Alternatively, they can add a pathway to a career plan.

Each plan comes populated with a To-do list to remind students that even a big plan for what to do after high school can start with small steps today. These can include reminders to make sure they meet the requirements to apply, encouragement to talk to someone in their career choice, prompts to research skills and interests their career or pathway might include. Every To-do list, regardless of whether the student chose career or education as the starting point, comes with a list of additional suggested tasks specific to their choice. Students can click Need suggestions? to check these out.

To help personalize their plan, students can click the pencil icon in any section to change their answers, including the title of the plan itself. There's also a section for them to keep notes and add links as they work towards completing their plan.

Rank their plans

Encourage students to return to their plans or build new ones as they learn more about themselves, explore careers and schools, and complete the tasks on their list. As they create more plans, they'll be prompted to rank them. This helps them to prioritize the plans they most want to achieve, promotes intentional decisions, and helps show educators what their students are most interested in.

To rank their plans, students can either drag the plan and move it to where they'd it in the list. Or they can click the three-dot menu and select whether they'd like to move it up or down on the list.

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