Career Readiness for All CCD Center

The Honorable Taryn Mackenzie Williams, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, shared federal efforts to support workforce transitions among individuals with disabilities. This recording was part of a Policy Forum series conducted by the Coalition for Career Development Center in collaboration with Wheelock College of Education and Human Development’s Center for Future Readiness.

ILP/PCAPs consist of three different domains which were designed to address specific areas of support a young person needs to prepare them for future success.

The ILP/PCAP exists as both a process and product that young people throughout their educational journey have a chance to experience in different spaces, ultimately leading to a young person that has explored themselves and their futures, and is prepared for multiple pathways after high school. The best ILP/PCAP experiences happen when all stakeholders of the young person's network understand their roles and collaborate. What do you need to know about who and how folks are involved in the ILP...

The ILP/PCAP exists as both a process and a product, meaning it is both something young people DO and can complete, as well as something that they will engage with over the course of their schooling with the support of the caring and encouraging adults in their lives.

Over the last decade, more and more emphasis has been placed on the importance of supporting young people in their development in different aspects of future readiness. Research has emerged about the benefits of the “individualized learning plan” or ILP, now referred to as the PCAP “personalized career and academic plan” and policymakers and educators across the world are working to implement the ILP/PCAP in schools. What do you need to know about ILP/PCAPs?

Stacy Whitehouse, Senior Associate, Communications and State Engagement with AdvanceCTE joins Spencer Murray to dive into the national conversations occurring about what learners need out of their education. Advance CTE has a history of setting the tone for the future of Career Technical Education with several visions for the field. Stacy talks about AdvanceCTE's latest vision for the future of CTE, "Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education", and what it sa...