Educational Development Plan

What is an Educational Development Plan (EDP)?

An EDP is a plan of action in which a student documents his/her career goals,
educational goals, and course choices.  Students can also explores careers and post secondary schooling options.

Students first develop an EDP in middle school and update it annually. Troy
Schools uses Career Cruising Software. Parents and students can access the
EDP electronically from home.

Using Career Cruising students can:
--take an interest assessment
--explore occupations in terms of earnings, education required, job description, hiring outlook, working
conditions and hear interviews from working professionals   Visiting the web sites of  the professional
associations related to the career offers valuable information.

--research 4 year colleges, community colleges, trade schools and graduate schools in terms of costs,
admission requirements and determining if the college offers Division I or Division II sport opportunities
--complete scholarship searches and learn about financial aid
--create a resume

Career Cruising Software  Tutorial www.careercruising.com  (Click to open software)

Students have to log into 2 screens to access their accounts
  screen 1:               password: troy
                                         username: colts           ***see note below
 

   screen 2:                   EDP username:  Student ID number
                                         EDP password : Usually last name or ID #

 If you are having trouble logging in, contact lheinze2@troy.k12.mi.us  Lisa Heinze

***For incoming 9th graders you will not longer use your middle school log in,