What is PI-26?
Administrative Code
Education for Employment (PI26) Administrative Rule Publication
PI 26 Planning Guidance (from the DPI)
CHAPTER PI 26 EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT PLANS AND PROGRAM PI 26.01 Applicability and purpose.
(1) Under s. 121.02 (1) (m), Stats., every school board shall provide access to an education for employment program approved by the state superintendent. Under s. 115.28 (59), Stats., the state superintendent shall ensure that every school board is providing academic and career planning services to pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 in the school district beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
(2) This chapter establishes the requirements for education for employment programs. The purpose of education for employment programs is to do all of the following: (a) Prepare elementary and secondary pupils for future employment. (b) Ensure technological literacy; to promote lifelong learning. (c) Promote good citizenship. (d) Promote cooperation among business, industry, labor, postsecondary schools, and public schools. (e) Establish a role for public schools in the economic development of Wisconsin.
(3) The purpose of academic and career planning services is to assist pupils with planning and preparing for opportunities after graduating from high school. These opportunities may include postsecondary education and training that leads to careers. This chapter describes school districts’ academic and career planning responsibilities while allowing school districts to determine how they meet those responsibilities.
Business Engagement
A local stakeholder group made of up local businesses, CESA 5, workforce development organizations and Madison College has been developed to bring awareness of local career opportunities for students and to more actively engage the school and businesses in each other's work. Some of the business partners include:
Some ACP connections with businesses include:
* Job Shadows
* Youth Apprenticeships & School to Work Release
* Bi-Annual Career Fair
* Presentations during Flex and Personal Interviews
* Classroom Presentations
* Field Trips
* Annual College Fair
Transition Services
If a pupil is a child with a disability, the pupil's academic and career plan shall be made available to the pupil's individual education program team. The pupil's individualized education program team may, if appropriate, take the pupil's academic and career plan into account when developing the pupil's transition services under s. 115.787 (2) (g), Stats. ACP is for all students at Westfield School District, the IEP team will work to align the Postsecondary Transition Plan with the student's ACP goals.
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