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Kuder Career and College Planning
In order
to assist students in their college and long term career planning, the state of
Tennessee has provided all school systems across the state access to the Kuder
Career Planning system through the corporate sponsorship of EdAmerica.
Students, please make the most use of the following site to guide you on your
journey of career and college planning. There is NO COST to use this site or
any of the tools within the site. This is a FREE service sponsored by EdAmerica.
Click on
www.planningyourdreams.org
to begin the process of discovering your career interests, skill areas, and
values toward work. This site is full of useful tools for students and parents.
Click here to download printable directions
along with the batch codes necessary to complete the assessments.
Registration
Step 1: Go to
www.planningyourdreams.org.
Step 2: Click on New Users.
Step 3: Create a unique user name and password. Be sure to write down your
user name and password
in the space provided for future reference.
User Name:
Password:
School Access Code: 4355
School Zip Code: 37064
Step 4: Click Register.
Step 5: If you did not move forward to the Kuder Career Portfolio, omitted
items will appear at the
bottom of the page.
Features of the Kuder Career Portfolio
The Kuder Career Portfolio is the gateway to the Internet-based Kuder system.
The lifelong portfolio offers the most comprehensive and innovative college and
career planning resources available.
Home
From the
Portfolio Home Page review Top Favorites, finish To Do List items, read
Announcements, access recommended links, and begin the college and career
planning process. Also, watch for special announcements, give-a-ways, and
promotions on the Portfolio Home Page.
My
Profile
Favorites List – Click the gold stars as you explore to save interests,
skills, work values, Person Matches, occupations, majors, colleges, and
scholarships to your personal list of favorites.
Account Information – Address and other contact information is entered here
will also be used to create printable views of your resumé(s) and pre-populate
the online FAFSA. This section may be updated as needed.
Take an
Assessment
Research-based interest, skills, and work values assessments provide individuals
(and their parents, counselors, and teachers) with value-added guidance for
college and career exploration. Students use an assigned batch code to begin
each assessment. See your counselor for the batch code for each assessment.
Suggested grades levels to take each assessment are listed.
Kuder Career Search with Person Match (interest inventory)--9,10,11,12
Kuder Skills Assessment--11,12
Super's Work Values Inventory--11,12
Assessment Results
Kuder
Assessment Results – Kuder Career Search with Person Match (interest
inventory), Kuder Skills Assessment, and Super’s Work Values Inventory results,
including the interest/skills composite report, are automatically saved to this
area.
Additional Assessment Results – Individuals can save results from additional
completed tests and assessments such as the state mandated tests, PSAT, SAT, and
ACT.
Plan for
the Future
Education Planner – The education planning system aids planning future
coursework and tracking progress toward specific application and entry
requirements for education and career goals. The planner helps lay out
coursework in a four-, six-, or eight-year individual plan, fulfilling any
school, district, or state requirement.
Planning Timeline – Track important career planning events! The planning
timeline includes suggested sequences of education and career planning events to
guide students, parents, counselors, teachers, and mentors.
Note
Taker – The unique note taker feature provides an area to record career
goals, career experiences, journal entries, and copy and paste word documents.
Resumé Builder – Build multiple professional resumés! The resumé building
tool guides individuals through the process of collecting, organizing, and
presenting data for a resumé. Individuals may choose between two organizational
formats and several styles as well as review information and suggestions on how
to write and organize a resumé.
Planning for the Job Interview – Provides the student/client with tips on
how to prepare for a job interview.
Explore
Careers
Career Clusters – Choose a career cluster to review extensive occupational
information. The largest and most comprehensive occupation database available
includes state-specific and national career information from O*NET™
classifications, Occupational Outlook Handbook data, and other resources.
Occupation Search – Enter a key word, job title, or Holland Code to explore
occupations.
Career Comparison – Compare careers to evaluate future options! Career
comparison provides side-by-side view of up to three occupations. View job
description, education background, wages, and job outlook for each occupation
simultaneously.
Choose a
Major
Select a
college major that relates to your interest results and immediately view a
description of the major as well as postsecondary options within your state. By
choosing a specific program within the major you can also review related
occupations.
Select a
College
Search Colleges – Research thousands of postsecondary options. The college
database features nearly 7,000 postsecondary colleges, universities, education
training centers, and other institutions.
College Comparison – The college comparison function allows side-by-side
comparison of up to three postsecondary institutions. Compare type of college,
student body, admissions, and tuition and fees.
Find
Financial Aid
Learn
how to pay for college! Review general information regarding financial aid and
the application process which includes calculators and functions that assist
evaluating student options.
Scholarship Search – Search over 10,000 scholarships! The comprehensive
scholarship database is searchable by any of several criteria. Individuals can
search for available scholarships from across the nation.
FAFSA
Application – FAFSA completed in less time! Students’ secure profile
information is pre-populated into corresponding fields on the FAFSA.
Get A Job
Allows students/clients to search jobs, update their resumé(s), and review job
interview skills.
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