Individual Career Academic Plan Information
The Individual Student Planning (ISP) is a program component of the Missouri Comprehensive School Counseling Program (McSCP) that assists all students with educational/career planning, educational transitioning and self-appraisal for decision making. ISP is vital to every student's college and career readiness development in grades K-12.
The Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP), is a plan of study to guide students through the coursework and activities for achieving personal career goals, post-secondary planning and providing individual pathway options. An ICAP is a multi-year process, beginning no later than the eighth grade, that intentionally guides students and families in the exploration of career, academic and multiple post-secondary opportunities to include
The Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP), is a plan of study to guide students through the coursework and activities for achieving personal career goals, post-secondary planning and providing individual pathway options. An ICAP is a multi-year process, beginning no later than the eighth grade, that intentionally guides students and families in the exploration of career, academic and multiple post-secondary opportunities to include
- direct access to the workforce
- military
- tech school/area career center
- vocational training (apprenticeship)
- year college and
- 4 year college.
An ICAP is a “roadmap” to help students develop the awareness, knowledge, attitudes and skills to create their own meaningful pathways to be success-ready graduates.
The table below represents the percentage of graduates who had an ICAP, the percentage of high school students who have an ICAP and the percentage of 8th-grade students who have an ICAP.
| Percentage of students graduating with an ICAP that guided their academic planning | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class of 2024 | Class of 2025 | Class of 2026 |
| 96% | 96.4% | TBD |
| Percentage of students with an ICAP that guided their academic planning | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Group | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Students in grades 8-12 | 97.6% | 97.4% | TBD |
| Students in grade 8 | 97.6% | 99.6% | TBD |
| Students in grades 9-12 | NA | 95.2% | TBD |
| Graduates | 96% | 96.4% | TBD |