Aurora Public Schools

Educators, please use ONLY the lesson plans for your grade level.

Planning & Possibilities Lesson Plans

College & Career Developed Lessons

Digital Badge Crosswalk

1ST GRADE CCS Created ICAP Lesson Plan Wonders Aligned ICAP Text Titles Help Sheet for Teachers on how to mark in Infinite Campus	2ND GRADE CCS Created ICAP Lesson Plan Wonders Aligned ICAP Text Titles Help Sheet for Teachers on how to mark in Infinite Campus	3RD GRADE CCS Created ICAP Lesson Plan Wonders Aligned ICAP Text Titles
4TH GRADE CCS Created ICAP Lesson Plan Wonders Aligned ICAP Text Titles	5TH GRADE CCS Created ICAP Lesson Plan Wonders Aligned ICAP Text Titles	DEADLINE Please complete 2023-24 ICAP Lessons and 2023-24 P&P Google Survey by Winter Break

Elementary Planning and Possibility ICAP lessons should be planned and completed by Winter Break.

Completion of the Goal Setting in the Google Form is the metric used to meet Goal 1 (Plans) of the APS Strategic Plan.

Career & College Exploration Resources

Under development - coming soon!

RESOURCES

Access and Exposure

Creating a College and Career Going Culture within Your School

• Oregon GearUp College and Career Going Culture Toolkit

Explore Career Options, watch career videos and learn more about what a day in the life of a professional looks like!

• Kids Gov

Videos on Career Clusters, Career Videos in English and Spanish, Skills and Ability, and Work Options

• CareerOneStop

Match Careers with Degrees

• Big Futures by College Board

Learn about Careers by looking at Student Interest, Strengths, Skills and Career Cluster

• Education Planner.org 

Colorado Department of Education

• ICAP Implementation

3rd Grade College Hangout

• Lesson Shared with 3rd Grade Students

• Video Response to Student Questions

Game for Students to Explore careers in their Community

• CareerTown

Monster University allows students to explore college and campus life

• Monster University

Goal Setting Resources

Wish Outcome Opstacle Plan (Woop) Goal Setting

• Woop Template

Locke's Model has five components and examples of individual and team goals which is a great support model for Student and Class Goal Setting.

• Locke's Goal Setting Model

DAPPS Goal Setting Model is similar to SMART Goals but this model has a self-management component to it that gets kids thinking about how behaviors influence their outcomes.

• DAPPS Goal Setting Prezzi

GROW Model is an enhancement model to SMART Goals. GROW a four step process used in coaching and mentoring relationships that adds social/emotional components to goal setting and helps examine different ways of thinking

• GROW Model Information

Essential Skill development

CDE 21st Century Skills

• Brochure

Framework for 21st Century Learning

• P21 Partners for 21st Century Learning

Name and Notice Essential Century Skills

• APS Digital Badging Website

Transitions

Guiding Your Student Through Transitions

• Parent Toolkit

Moving Up to Middle School

• PBIS Kids

S'More Archive

• Summer Learning Loss- How to Support Your Students in Beating the Summer Slide

• Ways to Celebrate College and Career Awareness Month

• Transitions- Supporting 5th Graders Moving to Middle School

• 21st Century Learning

• Encouraging PoWeRful Conversations at Home

• Encouraging Dreams and Goal Setting

• Creating a Career and College Going Culture

• Ideas for Increasing Parent Engagement

• Everything You Need to Know About Digital Badging 

Have questions - Ask your graduation coach!

Central Community & Northwest Community

Fayette Augillard, Email: [email protected]

Northeast Community

Juan Morales, Email: [email protected]

A. Carter, Email: [email protected]

South Community

Junho Doo, Email: [email protected]

Action Zone Community

Jecelin Espinal, Email: [email protected]

Blueprint & Magnet Community

Alisha Perry, Email: [email protected]

DU Interns

Info coming soon!

Other district contacts

Dave West - Director, College & Career Success- Email: [email protected]

Alisha Perry - Coordinator, Graduation Coach - Email: [email protected]

Brie Tonk - Coordinator, Counseling Services - Email: [email protected]

Tonia Wilcox - Application Specialist / ICAP IT Help - Email: [email protected]