Counseling + Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
All students need to gain knowledge about careers and postsecondary options and pathways so they are prepared to make an authentic choice about entering college or starting their career.
What makes a good ILP?
A meaningful ILP for all Rhode Island students:
Begins no later than entry into sixth grade and is maintained through 12th grade.
Is revisited at least twice each school year, and at key transition periods for students.
Helps students identify and meet their goals in three domains: academic, career and personal/ social.
Coordinates with other support plans as appropriate. For example, individualized education programs (IEPs), Section 504 plans, Personal Literacy Plans, etc.
What is an ILP?
The Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is a student-directed planning and monitoring tool that customizes learning opportunities throughout students' secondary school experience, broadens their perspectives, and supports attainment of goals. The ILP documents students’ interests, needs, supports, course selections (including access to college level programming), transition placements and other learning experiences both in and out of school.
The ILP is more than a repository of information about a student; it is a dynamic tool that maps academic plans, and reflects each student’s unique set of interests, needs, learning goals and graduation requirements. The ILP process engages all students in a way that advances goal setting, decision-making, and self-advocacy skills that support their lifelong learning.
ILP Data Dashboard
The following dashboard was created to make this data transparent, accessible, and easier to understand.
ilp professional learning group (PLG)
The ILP PLG is an effort to support districts in the implementation of new or revised ILP Programs. There are currently over 25 districts actively involved in the PLG.