School Counselors

The student services symposium is designed to give guidance counselors (grades 6-12) an opportunity to network, gain valuable information from local educational partners, and to provide counselors with professional development opportunities.  CPDU's will be given to participants who meet Symposium guidelines.  There is a $15 fee to attend, which includes lunch.  Payment must be made in advance of the session and checks are to be made payable to EIEFES.  Contact our office with questions and to register!

Use this handout to help students when looking at career options.  Click here.

Please see the state's website for development of Transitional Math Programs at your school, www.iltransitionalmath.org .  Bambi Jones is our partner in the Lake Land College Math Department who can help your schools.  She can be reached at 217-234-5423 or bjones@lakelandcollege.edu

Website:  https://www.lakelandcollege.edu/dual-credit/ 

Director of Dual  Credit is Tessa Wiles.  217-234-5044 or dcp@lakelandcollege.edu

Each year, our office is required to make sure that all of our schools (public and private) share information about Career and Tech Ed classes with all 8th grade students and their parents prior to registering for high school classes.  We have developed a CTE Fact sheet and CTE letter that may be edited and copied as needed by each district.  After the information has been shared with students, the schools must notify our office on when and how it was distributed.

These sites provide valuable information on the top jobs, skills needed, emerging technology and colleges available to help reach your career goals.  Our office currently provides access to Career Cruising for all of our member districts for students grades 6-12.  Contact our office for more information.

Career Cruising-    www.careercrusing.com

 IL Career Information Network-  https://www2.illinois.gov/ides/lmi/Pages/Career_Information.aspx 

Mapping out a career path, finding job openings, then landing a quality job can be an overwhelming process. From our experience of putting nearly 550,000 people to work each year, Express has crafted Job Genius, an educational program designed to teach young adults how to successfully enter the workforce.  

Statistics in Schools (SIS) brings school subjects to life using real-world Census Bureau statistics to create materials for use year after year for K-12 students.  Explore this site for engaging resources and activities in social studies, math, English, geography, sociology and more. 

Career OneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor amd provides information on career titles, descriptions, skills, salaries and videos. 

Use the IL Postsecondary Profiles Program to:

• Examine college opportunities using the latest data publicly available.

• Explore the data by occupation/major interest area

• Investigate the experiences of different groups of people in pursuit of their dreams! (Coming Soon!)

https://illinoispostsecondaryprofiles.com/Home/Index

ASCA www.schoolcounselor.org - They are sharing information/resources a PDF is attached to this message with a somewhat simplified list.  ASCA also has a library of lessons and tools for sharing.  

ISCA www.ilschoolcounselor.org - ISCA Webinar Roundtable Support Slides -  https://bit.ly/2WXn2wF

ISBE has updated the link for the new Graduation Requirements Crosswalk - you can find it HERE.