Individual

Career and

Academic Plans

(ICAP)

Information

The Colorado State Board

of Education and the

Colorado Department of

Education require that all

students have an ICAP. The

legislation is CCR-301-81.

The LPSD Board of

Education policy to meet

the ICAP legislation is BOE

policy IHC and can be

accessed through the

school district website at

www.lewispalmer.org.

Why does LPSD

require an ICAP?

LPSD

In Pursuit of Excellence

LPSD DEPARTMENT OF LEARNING SERVICES

College and Career plan-

ning begins well before

high school. Let’s get

started!

An ICAP is an individualized

plan developed by the

student and student’s

parent or legal guardian in

collaboration with their

school counselor,

administrators, teachers,

school personnel, and

possibly postsecondary

service providers. It is used

to establish personalized

academic and career goals,

explore postsecondary

career and educational

opportunities, align

coursework and curriculum,

apply to postsecondary

institutions, secure financial

aid, and ultimately enter the

workforce.

What is ICAP?

What does the ICAP

look like?

The ICAP is a combination of

electronic and paper records kept

either in the student’s cumulative

file or through Naviance, a

computerized database that helps

students with college and career

planning. LPSD registers all 8th

grade students in the Naviance

system during the course

registration process in the spring of

their 8th grade year. We

recommend that students check

out the Naviance program with

their parents to begin planning for

college and/or the world of work.

Naviance

LPSD has selected Naviance’s

Family Connection to assist our

students in managing their college

and career planning process. Family

Connection offers a number of in-

novative, easy-to-use, web

applications for high school

students to assist them with a

variety of tasks; including building a

resume, completing online surveys,

assistance in managing timelines

and deadlines for making decisions

about colleges and careers,

researching colleges – comparing

GPA, standardized test scores, and

other statistics to actual historical

data from our schools, registering

for college representative visits,

and financial aid research to include

local and national scholarship

database.