Essential Questions

Consider these Essential Questions as you examine and refine your ICAP practice.  Find examples in PWR Practices.

Be mindful of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Individual Development

• How do you help students develop their self-awareness in your building?
• How can you capture this development?
• How do you develop students’ sense of direction?
• What role does relationship-building play in your building?
• How have you built in cultural responsiveness and equity?
• How do you get to know your students’ stories?
• What does this experience/progression look like throughout the grades?
• In what ways do you encourage students to recognize and appreciate that personal experiences shape their futures?

Guiding Questions - for students:  

• What do I like?  What am I good at?
• What do I value?  How is that different from my friends?
• In what ways am I confident, self-reliant. How do I interact with my peers? How do I know I am a critical thinker, an informed risk-taker, a self-advocate, resilient?
• Where do I see myself in 2 years, 5 years, 10 years?
• What are my options? How can I get exposure/experience?
• What are my areas of growth for the careers I am interested in?
• In what ways have personal experiences impacted or influenced my journey? 

Career Development

   Guiding Questions - for your school:

• How do our course offerings align with the CO Top Jobs List?
• Are staff working with students to draw real-world connections to course materials?
• Are staff working with students to ensure that skills are being developed and strengthened? How are students keeping track of their development and progress?
• How does your school highlight student success? How do you help students to reflect upon missteps to correct them in the future?
• How do our course offerings align with the CO Top Jobs List?
• Are staff working with students to draw real-world connections to course materials?
• Are staff working with students to ensure that skills are being developed and strengthened?
• How are students keeping track of their development and progress?
• How does your school highlight student success? How do you help students to reflect upon missteps to correct them in the future?

   Guiding Questions - for students:  

• What career path(es) have I decided to investigate?  Why? What are my sources, and why did I choose them?
• What kind of education or training do I need? What are the costs?
• How can I get exposure/experience?
• What are the challenges and opportunities of this path? What are the cultural expectations?
• In what ways do my strengths, interests, and preferences influence my career choice(s)? 
• Where do I see myself in 2 years, 5 years, 10 years?

Academic Development

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PWRful Demonstrations of Learning

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