By 2014, 21 percent of all jobs will require a
four-year degree, 55 percent will require a two-year degree or advanced training, and 24 percent will require a high-school diploma.
When it comes to planning for your future, the time to start is today. Your principals, teachers and high school counselors are eager to help you begin mapping out your plan.
By the end of the eighth grade, you should start developing your Individual Graduation Plan (IGP). This plan will help you explore the educational and career possibilities that are available. It is important to start working on this plan now, because it will help you make the best choices for your future, based on your talents and interest. Individual Graduation Plans can help you chart your course to success from 8th grade through graduation.
Click on the links below to open the Individual Graduation Plans that your counselors will help you and your parents fill out. These plans also contain information that you will find helpful, including:
Each school year, you should review your Individual Graduation Plan with your parent/guardian and school counselor. The Individual Graduation Plan will help you make strong decisions as part of your overall career plan.
Links to Individual Graduation Plans:
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond
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Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond (template)
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen Prior to 2008-09
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma (template)
Career Diploma Participation Form
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After you have attended high school for a minimum of two years, you and your parent, guardian, or custodian may request that you be exempt from completing the Louisiana Core Four Curriculum and be placed in the Louisiana Basic Core Curriculum.
The Louisiana Core Four Curriculum prepares students for entrance to a four-year Louisiana state university or for a career. The Basic Core Curriculum prepares students for a Louisiana state community college or technical school.
Links to Louisiana Core Four Exemption Form |
By the end of the eighth grade, students will start developing their Individual Graduation Plans (IGP). The Individual Graduation Plan helps students explore the educational and career possibilities that are available. These plans can serve as a guide for students to map out their paths to success from 8th grade through graduation.
The purpose of the Individual Graduation Plan is to help students:
Your school counselor will help you and your child fill out his/her plan. These plans also contain information that you will find helpful, including:
Students will have to make a choice about whether to pursue a College and Career Diploma or a Career Diploma. There are Individual Graduation Plans for each of these choices. A College and Career Diploma will put a student on track to enter a college a four-year Louisiana state university or for a career. The Career Diploma will prepare a student for a Louisiana state community college or technical school.
Each school year, you will need to review the Individual Graduation Plan with your child and his/her school counselor.
The Individual Graduation Plan is the result of Act 257 enacted by the 2009 Louisiana Legislature. The measure aims to provide a comprehensive approach to improve graduation rates and ensure college and career readiness for high school students.
Links to Individual Graduation Plans:
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond
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Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond (template)
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen Prior to 2008-09
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma (template)
Career Diploma Participation Form
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After a student has attended high school for a minimum of two years, the student and his/her parent, guardian, or custodian may request that the student be exempt from completing the Louisiana Core Four Curriculum and be placed in the Louisiana Basic Core Curriculum.
The Louisiana Core Four Curriculum prepares students for entrance to a four-year Louisiana state university or for a career. The Basic Core Curriculum prepares students for a Louisiana state community college or technical school.
Links to Louisiana Core Four Exemption Form |
The Individual Graduation Plan is the result of Act 257 enacted by the 2009 Louisiana Legislature. The measure aims to provide a comprehensive approach to improve graduation rates and ensure college and career readiness for high school students.
By the end of the eighth grade, each student shall develop, with the input of his/her family, an Individual Graduation Plan (IGP). The purposes of the IGP document and related activities are as follows:
Links to Individual Graduation Plans:
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond
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Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen 2008-09 and Beyond (template)
Individual Graduation Plan – College and Career Diploma for Freshmen Prior to 2008-09
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma
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Individual Graduation Plan – Career Diploma (template)
Career Diploma Participation Form
|
After a student has attended high school for a minimum of two years, the student and his/her parent, guardian, or custodian may request that the student be exempt from completing the Louisiana Core Four Curriculum and be placed in the Louisiana Basic Core Curriculum.
The Louisiana Core Four Curriculum prepares students for entrance to a four-year Louisiana state university or for a career. The Basic Core Curriculum prepares students for a Louisiana state community college or technical school.
Links to Louisiana Core Four Exemption Form |
Requirements for Incoming Freshmen Prior to 2008-2009
