N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:8-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:8-3.2 - Career education and counseling

(a) The Department shall conduct a pilot project and evaluation of Personalized Student Learning Plans beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.

(b) In fulfillment of the NJSLS, district boards of education shall develop and implement a comprehensive and developmental system for the delivery of guidance and academic counseling for all students to facilitate career awareness, exploration, and preparation. The system shall:

1. Be linked to the NJSLS;

2. Take into consideration the American School Counselor Association's National Standards for School Counseling Programs;

3. Be infused throughout the K-12 curriculum as appropriate for all students;

4. Be supported by professional development programs;

5. Provide developmental career guidance and academic counseling, linked to the NJSLS, designed to:

i. Assist students in making and implementing informed educational and career choices, including opportunities to change career focus;

ii. Support students' academic attainment, career development, and personal/social development;

iii. Develop students' understanding of the relationships among academic attainment, career development, and personal/social development; and

iv. Encourage students to create and maintain portfolios consisting of student accomplishments including academic and career-oriented work samples that reflect achievement of the NJSLS; and

6. Allow district boards of education to select the delivery format, which may include:

i. An integrated curriculum that is based on NJSLS 9.1 through 9.4 and provides students the opportunity to acquire information about their career interests and/or take advanced courses linked to their career interests; and/or

ii. Specialized programs that reflect the needs of students and the community.

(c) For students with disabilities beginning at age 14, or younger if determined appropriate by the IEP team, district boards of education shall ensure that career guidance and academic counseling are coordinated with transition services provided in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:14-3.7.

(d) District boards of education, in fulfillment of the NJSLS, shall develop and implement curriculum and instructional methods that:

1. Include the integration of technological literacy, consistent with the NJSLS;

2. Provide all students with an understanding of the career applications of knowledge and skills learned in the classroom; and

3. Provide all students with opportunities to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to real or simulated career challenges.

(e) District boards of education, in fulfillment of the NJSLS, shall develop and implement for all students a system of career development activities that:

1. Offers all students the opportunity to more fully explore career interests within one or more of the Career Clusters identified in the Career and Technical Education Programs and Standards rules at N.J.A.C. 6A:19, that are linked to NJSLS and measured by the Statewide assessment system according to N.J.A.C. 6A:8-4;

2. Allows district boards of education to select the appropriate format for offering career-development activities based on district resources, community needs, and student interest;

3. Allows district boards of education to select the delivery format that may include:

i. An integrated curriculum, based on the NJSLS, that provides students the opportunity to acquire information about their career interests and/or take advanced courses linked to their career interests; or

ii. Specialized programs that reflect the needs of students and the community; and

4. Instills the concept of the need for continuous learning throughout one's life.

(f) District boards of education shall offer all high school students opportunities to more actively explore career interests by participating in structured learning experiences linked to the NJSLS.

1. Structured learning experiences should give students opportunities to demonstrate and apply a high level of academic attainment and to develop career and personal/social goals.

2. Interested students may voluntarily select structured learning experiences that are:

i. Co-curricular or extra-curricular activities; and

ii. Taking place within the school district, at a work site, or in the community in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:19-6.4.

3. District boards of education shall ensure students participating in school-sponsored, paid, or unpaid external structured learning experiences:

i. Are supervised by school personnel in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-11.19 through 11.22; and

ii. Conform to Federal and State law.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:8-3.2

Amended by R.2005 d.213, effective 7/5/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 833(a), 37 N.J.R. 2487(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2009 d.234, effective 7/20/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 1302(a), 41 N.J.R. 2779(c).
Added new (a); and recodified former (a) through (d) as (b) through (e).
Amended by R.2013 d.144, effective 12/16/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1323(a), 45 N.J.R. 2545(a).
Rewrote the section.
Administrative change.
See: 46 N.J.R. 1743(a).
Administrative change.
See: 48 N.J.R. 1802(a).