In 2017, Oklahoma House Bill 2511 provided a statewide career and academic planning program to guide students as they prepare for life beyond high school. The multi-year process, known as the Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP), guides students as they explore career, academic and post-secondary opportunities. Families, students and educators collaborate to develop the ICAP, which equips students with the awareness, knowledge and skills to create their own meaningful exploration of college and career opportunities. The ICAP is an evolving document that reflects students’ changing passions, aptitudes, interests and growth.

As outlined in the law, all 9th-grade students in Oklahoma are required to create an ICAP beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. In addition, ICAP is a graduation requirement that will be noted on high school transcripts beginning in 2023. We realize that, in order for our 9th graders to create a meaningful ICAP, we must expose students to the process of creating an ICAP prior to high school. Therefore, our students will begin the process in middle school with introductory elements at both 6th and 7th grades. In grades 8-12, students will have the opportunity to collect information for their ICAP in an online ePortfolio using SchooLinks.

What does an ICAP include?

The ICAP is an individualized plan that is developed by students and their parents/guardians in collaboration with school counselors and educators. The ICAP must include the following:

• Career and college interest surveys,
• Written post-secondary and workforce goals,
• An intentional sequence of courses that reflect progress toward a post-secondary goal,
• Academic progress, courses taken, assessment scores, any remediation or credit recovery, any AP, concurrent or dual enrollment credits earned, career certificate, certification or endorsements,
• Experience-based learning, in-service learning, and/or work environment activities.

How will NPS implement the ICAP?

All NPS students in grades 8-12 will develop and maintain an ePortfolio using SchooLinks. SchooLinks is a college and career readiness platform that will help students make academic decisions for high school that, hopefully, will benefit them beyond graduation. SchooLinks allows students to discover their interests and strengths, explore colleges and careers, and create an individualized career and academic plan that best reflects their post-secondary goals. SchooLinks will be accessible by students, parents, counselors, and staff.

• Norman Public Schools has created SchooLinks accounts for all students in grades 8-12 at the following link: app.schoolinks.com/login
• SchooLinks Guide: Onboarding for Guardians (Login and Claim Student).pdf
• SchooLinks Guide: Creating Claim Code for Guardians (Student and Counselor).pdf