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Alabama Students: How to Create an Education Plan

An education plan is used to bridge assessment results with pathways and CTE courses to meet state requirements.

What is an Education Plan?

The Alabama Career Planning System Ed Plan tool can digitally create a student's four-year plan for high school courses. Alabama requires students to complete a form for an individual graduation plan (IGP) and this tool makes it easy for students to complete.


How to Create a New Ed Plan

  1. Click the Education Plan tab on the left-hand menu

  2. Click + New Plan

  3. Complete all the fields and click Create Plan

    1. Plan Name (Ex: John's 9th Grade Plan)

    2. Current School Year

    3. The high school the student will be attending

  4. Click the + Add Course to add courses for that grade year and subject area

    1. Courses available for this subject and grade will appear; if no courses appear there are no courses for the given grade for that subject

    2. Select Course Name

    3. Click Add to Plan

  5. Repeat until all courses are added, noting that multiple courses can be added per subject, per grade

    1. When selecting courses for the education plan, make sure to follow district requirements for each subject and meet the prerequisites for advanced courses

  6. Click Submit for approval when your ed plan is complete and ready for review

Note: The Ed Plan has now been sent to your administrator and parent or guardian for approval. The plan cannot be edited by the student once it has been submitted, only copied.


How to Add Courses to an Ed Plan

  1. Click the + next to the grade to expand or collapse grade sections

  2. Click the + next to the Subject under the Course Name column to add courses for that grade year and subject area

    1. Courses available for this subject and grade will appear, if no courses appear there are no courses for this grade for this subject

    2. Select Course Name to find the course you would like to add

    3. Click Add to plan

  3. Repeat until all courses are added noting that multiple courses can be added per subject, per grade

    1. Follow district requirements of each subject and prerequisites needed for advanced courses when selecting for the ed plan

  4. Click Submit for Approval when ed plan is complete and ready for review

In subsequent school years, use the copy feature to add to an existing ed plan.

Note: The Ed Plan has now been sent to your administrator and parent or guardian for approval. The plan cannot be edited by the student once it has been submitted, only copied.


How to Edit an Existing Ed Plan

Important Note: An education plan should be submitted the same school year that it has been started in to maintain data integrity.

  1. Click the My Ed Plans tab on the left-hand menu

  2. Click Edit on any plans in Started status

  3. Click the + Add course to add courses for that grade year and subject area

    1. Courses available for this subject and grade will appear, if no courses appear there are no courses for this grade for this subject

    2. Select Course Name to find the course you would like to add

    3. Click Add to plan

  4. Repeat until all courses are added noting that multiple courses can be added per subject, per grade

    1. When selecting courses for the education plan, make sure to follow district requirements for each subject and meet the prerequisites for advanced courses

  5. Click Submit for approval when ed plan is complete and ready for review

Note: The Ed Plan has now been sent to your administrator and parent or guardian for approval. The plan cannot be edited by the student once it has been submitted, only copied.


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