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The 2006-2007 school year was the first school year in which middle and high school students in Kentucky schools had a new online education planning tool at their fingertips. The new web-enabled Individual Learning Plan (ILP) helps secondary students (grades 6-12) better focus their coursework on individual goals as they prepare for postsecondary studies and careers. An overview of the ILP can be seen through this PowerPoint.
Schools in the past have had the paper-based Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) for students 8th gr.- 12th gr. The ILP, which contains the same information that students gathered with the IGP, will eventually replace the paper document. KDE strongly recommends use of the web-enabled ILP as it offers more opportunities for schools, teachers, advisors, students and parents to help the students make their secondary educational experience the best it can be. The decision of how to implement the ILP process is a school and/or district choice and is governed by 704 KAR 3:305.
Research shows that teachers can become better connected with student interests and can provide more individual attention or advice to students when it's needed when there is a process in place to give students individual attention. The ILP is invaluable to high schools, middle schools and districts as they plan course offerings and staffing to meet the academic and career interests of students.
The ILP plays a key role in the advising component of the students' education. Students engage in advising and guidance specific to their educational goals based around the ILP. The new tool allows students to upload documents they feel are representative of their educational experience and level that could be viewed by anyone they wish.
Teachers use this tool to better know their students. Teachers as advisors have the opportunity to record advising topics, notes and reflection that enable more precise advising activities. Teachers quickly access information that will better inform them about the students' interests and where they need some more attention or advice.
The ILP helps parents and teachers provide every graduate with an informed plan for transitioning to the next level of learning and ready to perform at a high level in a chosen career field. The ILP gives new relevance to what students learn in the classroom and provide more connectedness to the world that awaits them.