1. +
IPP Portfolio
Preparing for
Success
Exit Plan Blueprint
Steps to Successful Transition in Life

2. Transition Planning is Fundamental to Implementing a Career
+ Development Culture in Schools
 Individual Pathway Plan (IPP): For school students the IPP is a
plan for how an individual will navigate the curriculum to demonstrate
career competencies and achieve career development outcomes. The IPP
is a valuable tool for managing transitions.
 Transition Portfolio: is a student-owned product used to record and
inform the student’s Transition Planning processes. The opportunity for
students to develop a portfolio provides early intervention support that will
give every student the opportunity to develop a skills portfolio document to
record the development of skills and competencies; and enable all
education providers to develop the school-community (including business
and industry) partnerships required to underpin successful early
intervention and transition strategies.
 Exit Plan: Young people will develop an exit transition plan assisted by
schools and families, which will outline the strategies for transition to post-
school destinations including further education, training and employment.
Source: WA Guidelines for Career Development and Transition Support Services
http://careyp.customer.netspace.net.au/guidelines.html Next

3. COMPETENCIES PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV
AREA A: PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
+
1 BUILD AND MAINTAIN A
POSITIVE SELF CONCEPT
1.1 Build a positive self concept
while discovering its influence on
yourself and others
1.2 Build a positive self concept
and understand its influence on life
and work
1.3 Develop abilities to maintain a
positive self concept
1.4 Improve abilities to maintain a
positive self concept
2 INTERACT POSITIVELY AND 2.1 Develop abilities for building 2.2 Develop additional abilities for 2.3 Develop abilities for building 2.4 Improve abilities for building
EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS positive relationships in life building positive relationships in positive relationships in life and positive relationships in life and
life work work
3 CHANGE AND GROW 3.1 Discover that change and 3.2 Learn to respond to change and 3.3 Learn to respond to change 3.4 Develop strategies for
THROUGHOUT LIFE growth are part of life growth that affects your well-being responding positively to life and
work changes
AREA B: LEARNING AND WORK EXPLORATION
4 PARTICIPATE IN LIFELONG 4.1 Discover lifelong learning and 4.2 Link life-long learning to 4.3 Link lifelong learning to the 4.4 Participate in continuous
LEARNING SUPPORTIVE OF its contribution to life and work personal career aspirations career building process learning supportive of career goals
CAREER GOALS
5 LOCATE AND EFFECTIVELY 5.1 Understand the nature of career 5.2 Locate and use career 5.3 Locate and evaluate a range of 5.4 Use career information
USE CAREER INFORMATION information information career information sources effectively in the management of
your career
6 UNDERSTAND THE 6.1 Discover how work contributes 6.2 Understand how work 6.3 Understand how societal needs 6.4 Incorporate your understanding
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN to individuals' lives contributes to the community and economic conditions influence of changing economic, social and
WORK, SOCIETY AND THE the nature and structure of work employment conditions into your
ECONOMY career planning
AREA C: CAREER BUILDING
7 SECURE / CREATE AND 7.1 Explore effective ways of 7.2 Develop qualities to seek and 7.3 Develop abilities to seek, 7.4 Improve on abilities to seek,
MAINTAIN WORK working obtain/create work obtain/create and maintain work obtain/create and maintain work
8 MAKE CAREER ENHANCING 8.1 Explore and improve decision- 8.2 Link decision-making to career 8.3 Engage in career decision- 8.4 Incorporate realism into your
DECISIONS making building making career decision-making
9 MAINTAIN BALANCED LIFE 9.1 Explore and understand the 9.2 Explore and understand the 9.3 Link lifestyles and life stages 9.4 Incorporate life/work balance
AND WORK ROLES interrelationship of life roles interrelationship between life and to career building into the career building process
work roles
10 UNDERSTAND THE 10.1 Discover the nature of 10.2 Explore non-traditional life 10.3 Understand and learn to 10.4 Seek to eliminate gender bias
CHANGING NATURE OF LIFE gendered life and work roles and work options overcome stereotypes in your and stereotypes in your career
AND WORK ROLES career building building
11 UNDERSTAND, ENGAGE IN 11.1 Explore the underlying 11.2 Understand and experience 11.3 Take charge of your career 11.4 Manage your career building
AND MANAGE THE CAREER concepts of the career building the career building process building process process
BUILDING PROCESS process
The Blueprint aiding student transition planning K- 12 …Source: http://www.blueprint.edu.au

4. + Transition Planning in the Early Years
YEARS 5 -6
Assessment and Reporting: Work Sample Portfolio and Initial IPP
Emphasis on identification of strengths and weaknesses
YEARS K - 4
Assessment and Reporting: Work Sample Portfolio
Emphasis on building a positive self concept, self image, self esteem and
relationships with others- discovering the nature of life and work roles- simple
identification of strengths and weaknesses

5. +Transition Planning in the Secondary Years
YEARS 10 - 12
Personal Transition Portfolio
Emphasis on post school options
IPP that emphasises transitions to post school options
Exit plans that showcase attainment of blueprint and employability skills
YEARS 7 - 9
Personal Transition portfolio
Emphasis on career development and career exploration including development
of resumes and interview technique training
Development/monitoring of IPP that emphasises school and training options

6. + What is an Individual Pathway Plan
(IPP)?
An IPP is a summary of ones skills,
knowledge and attributes together
with short and long term goals and
associated action plans to assist a
person manage their life, learning
and work throughout the many
transition points in their life

7. + Recommendations for an IPP
An IPP should be developed by a
young person with support from
parents, teachers and mentors and be
flexible enough to change as life
experiences, access to information
and decisions change in the course of
a young person’s schooling.
Source: Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce 2001
 DEST (call them a Learning Transition Plan; VIC Managed Individual Plan (MIP); NSW Senior
Education and Training Plans (SET) plans; TAS Pathway Plans; WA Career Action Plans or
Individual Pathway Plan( IPP). Examples located at:
http://www.ceo.wa.edu.au/home/carey.peter/career_management.html

8. +ransition Planning, Support & Coordination
T
 Preparation:
• Context: connection to other programs- e.g. The Blueprint
• Structure: case management approach- it can not be adhoc
• Resources: course selection, career exploration, site visits, guest speakers,
work placement, the Real Game.
• Time: Year 10 version can take up to 7 hours to complete properly, Year 7- 9, 3
hours, preferably over a day or 2
• Staffing: Choice of staff is important – their level of interest / connection with
the students
 Opportunity for Self Exploration:
• Students need to know that they are going to have to look within
• They need to understand that its safe to dream
 Opportunity for Self exploration
• Set the scene: start where the student is at
• Emphasis it is about future planning
• Set the tone: students need to be willing, it is about them
 Emphasise Flexibility
• Putting pen to paper does not mean that plans cannot change- student
directions and aspirations may and usually do change

9. +
IPP– Primary School Years
 About me
• My leisure time, key people in my life
• What I’m good at, what I’m proud of
• What I’d like to do better
• How I learn best
 My future
• Dreams/goals
• Why, how
• Choices for next year
 My Self Concept
• Building a positive self concept, self image, self esteem
• Relationships with others
 My support network
• Family, friends, teachers, community
• Discovering the nature of life and work roles in the community
 Opportunities to review
Kids Health: Self Esteem Building Programs. Source: http://kidshealth.org / or
http://www.dvirc.org.au/whenlove/selfesteem.htm Career Development in the Early Years:
http://careyp.customer.netspace.net.au/primary.html

10. +
IPP– Primary School Years
They can
take many
forms, this
is just one
example!
Source: Department of Education: IPPs http://www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/secondary/detcms/navigation/wace-resources

11. +
IPP – Secondary School Years
 About me
• My learning style, values, interests, skills and abilities
 Where I am heading
• Jobs/occupations I am considering
• School performance and targets
 My career goals
• Lifestyle, learning and work
• Career competencies
 My career plan
• What do I need to do to get there
• How will I know I’m there
 My support network
• Family, friends, community
 Opportunities to review

12. +
IPP – Secondary School Years
They can
take many
forms, this
is just one
example!
Source: Department of Education: IPPs http://www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/secondary/detcms/navigation/wace-resources

13. +
IPP– The Review
 How am I going?
• Successes, concerns/challenges
 Where I am heading?
• Jobs/occupations I am considering
 My reviewed action plan
• What do I need to do to get there
• How will I know I’m there
 Opportunities to review

14. +
IPP– The Review
They can
take many
forms, this
is just one
example!
Source: Department of Education: IPPs http://www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/secondary/detcms/navigation/wace-resources

15. +
Exit Plan
 My Achievements
• School based achievements: subjects, awards,
responsibilities
• VET achievements
• Community based achievements
• Extra curricula Activities
 Long Term Goals
• Where to from here?
 Short term actions
• What do I need to do to get there?
• How will I know I’m there?
 My support network
• Family, friends, teachers, community

16. +
Exit Plan
They can
take many
forms, this
is just one
example!
Source: Department of Education: IPPs http://www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/secondary/detcms/navigation/wace-resources

17. A K-12 PORTFOLIO PROGRESSION
+ POST SCHOOL
Employment Portfolio
YEARS 10 – 12
Personal Transition Portfolio
Emphasis on post school options IPPs that emphasises transitions to post school options
Exit plans that showcase attainment of blueprint competencies and employability skills
YEARS 8 - 9
Transition Portfolio and IPPs
emphasis on career development and career exploration
YEARS 6 – 7
Assessment and Reporting: Work Sample Portfolio and Initial IPP
Emphasis on identification of strengths and weaknesses
YEARS K – 5
Assessment and Reporting: Work Sample Portfolio
Emphasis on building a positive self concept, self image and self esteem and relationships with
others- discovering the nature of life and work roles- simple identification of strengths and
weaknesses

18. WA Guidelines Audit and Planning Tool
+
Source located at: http://careyp.customer.netspace.net.au/guidelines.html

19. Reporting Blueprint Competencies demonstrated
+
Reporting