Annual Department Action Plan (DAP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNIT: Career Development Services
STEWARD: Dr. Cheryl Robinson
TITLE OF PLAN: My Career Planner transition to Choices
DATE: May 29, 2008
CRITERIA
PLANNING PHASE
EVALUATION PHASE
Initial Information and Projections
Modifications, Outputs, Outcomes
Revise My Career Planner tool to direct students to
1. GoalChoices
Successful migration from current MCP assessments to
2. Outcome Measures Successfully migrated MCP to Choices in
Choices
December
3. Collaboration with
 Meet with Web development/OIT staff to support
 OIT/Web Development team fully supported our
Stakeholders-individuals and groups
transition
work on this transition
involved in the planning and
 SLS Director and faculty training on new tool
 Notified SLS faculty, Deans of Students, and
implementation
Student Services staff of MCP changes and asked
 Work with all Student Services staff to notify
for their feedback
them of the change and demonstrate the new
product
 Career Program Advisors were notified of the
MCP changes and asked for their feedback
 Work with Career Program Advisors for input and
feedback
4. Evaluation-process employed to
 Flashlight survey in MCP tool to gather student
 Flashlight survey in MCP tool had no
evaluate effectiveness
feedback
respondents
 SLS faculty survey to get their input – both their
 SLS faculty were sent an e-mail asking for their
thoughts and what they have heard from their
input on the changes; one response indicating
students
students reported some trouble with the log in
process and one response that is was fabulous
 Check links and log in to Choices to make sure
and everything worked well
tool is working appropriately
 Checked the links in MCP and Choices and
found no trouble with the log ins; tool was
working appropriately
 EAP faculty also gave input as they use the tool
in their classes as well
5. Use of Results-how plan will/has
My Career Planner tool will be revised based on student
 Based on EAP faculty input, added the
impacted learning environment of VCC
and CPA feedback to provide relevant and reliable career
Occupational Outlook Handbook link back into
and improvement of the educational
exploration for students
the MCP tool
programs and/or processes
 Another free Web site with career resources was
found and will be added to the MCP home page
for additional career exploration options