Postsecondary Workforce Readiness (PWR): ICAP is the vehicle by which Colorado students explore the world beyond high school, reflect on their understanding, and plan for their next steps. ICAP is also a tool that reflects how a student’s PWR is achieved, accomplished, and understood.

Process: ICAP is a multi‐year process that begins in 6th grade. Each year students will revisit their ICAP with counselors, teachers, and parents/guardians to ensure students’ goals and plans are aligned with their visions for the future.

School Culture: When parents/guardians, students, school leaders, industry professionals, and local leaders are ensuring that students gain knowledge, soft skills, and explore careers and related academic pathways, a successful ICAP occurs giving our students the opportunity to flourish in and out of school. Students will want to be present every day.

• Students begin creating their ICAP in 6th grade by completing interest surveys to determine what careers might align with what they want to be when they grow up.
• ICAP quality indicators define eight areas that students should explore, experience, and use to apply their knowledge, skills, aptitudes, abilities, and awareness to be career and college ready.
• Each year during middle school, students revisit and adjust their ICAP according to changes in interests,
  talents, and passions.
• The ICAP follows the student throughout middle school; and, by the end of 8th grade, students will be able to articulate their goals. This becomes important when students transition into high school coursework.

The ICAP is the vehicle used to determine which Career Avenue students will travel to earn a Pueblo School District 60 high school diploma.

• Three Career Avenues ‐ Career Plus, Career Options, Career Now ‐ are designed to guide students through the coursework necessary in reaching postsecondary goals. Teachers, counselors, parents/guardians must be aware of their students’ ICAPs in order to help students determine the best and most appropriate coursework to complete in order to earn a high school diploma and be college or career ready.
• ICAP helps students, parents/guardians, counselors, and teachers keep track of student progress toward reaching postsecondary goals and earning a high school diploma.

How parents/guardians can help:

• Track your student’s progress. All middle schools and high schools will use MajorClarity to create, revise, and maintain their ICAP. Have your student invite you to access their ICAP through MajorClarity. 
• Talk with your student often about postsecondary plans and career options.
• Communicate with your student’s teachers and counselor about what your student’s goals are and to monitor your student’s progress toward reaching those goals.
• Understand how your student earns a Pueblo School District 60 high school diploma.