Focus on Freshmen 2018 - Santa Barbara
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My10yearPlan.com®
Hands-on Exploration of a Comprehensive Planning Tool
May 15 & 16, 2018

Session Descriptions

Session 1
Overview of My10yearPlan.com® Interactive: What It Is and How it Works
We’ll kick off our exploration of My10yearPlan.com® Interactive, a digital decision-making tool that supports the Freshman Transition and School-wide Initiative model, with a scavenger hunt for the “products” My10yearPlan.com® helps students create.

Session 2
Getting Started: Strategies and Tips for Success
This session highlights the unique relationship between the Career Choices print materials and the online enhancements provided through My10yearPlan.com®. Learn more about this symbiotic relationship, the myriad ways students benefit from it, and then experience the process first-hand.

Session 3
Meet the C.A.S.T. (Creative, Analytical, Strategic Thinkers)
Let’s get to know the CAST of My10yearPlan.com®, electronic prompts (a.k.a. Review Stops) that support in-depth learning by coaching students to employ their creative, analytical, and strategic thinking skills.

Session 4
How to Use the Career Interest Survey and My Skills Inventory to Help Students Create Skills-based Education Plans
Learn everything you ever wanted to know—and maybe some stuff you didn’t—about two cornerstone features of My10yearPlan.com® that make development of informed and researched skills-based education plans a powerful and empowering process.

Session 5
Tools for Authentic Assessment
Learn how My10yearPlan.com® can facilitate the authentic assessment of the growth of your students and the impact of your program using tools to evaluate students’ pre- and post-surveys. We’ll also explore how to use the 10-year Plan & Portfolio report as a course midterm and final “exam.”

Session 6
Tips for Monitoring Student Progress, Online Discussions, and Grades
We’ll take a look at the resources available to the instructor through the My10yearPlan.com® system that can help you manage your Career Choices class.

Session 7
From an Instructor’s Perspective: Advice for Career Choices Teachers from Career Choices Teachers
Attendees from several Institutes will be treated to a very special panel discussion exploring freshman transition classrooms that work. This panel of Career Choices instructors will share some of the insights they've gained, techniques they've honed, and strategies they've implemented successfully in their own classrooms.