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Alabama Ensures College and Career Readiness 

The Alabama State Department of Education partners with Kuder to deliver a comprehensive system that meets their unique academic requirements and college and career readiness standards. 

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Project Overview

The State of Alabama Department of Education (ALSDE) selected Kuder in 2010 to develop a comprehensive statewide online career planning system for students in grades 6 through 12. The Alabama Career Planning System, powered by Kuder® (ACPS) set the stage for the state's newly developed education strategy, Plan 2020, with the goal of preparing all students to be successful in college and/or career upon graduation from high school. Today, the ACPS serves as a PLAN 2020 support system that helps secondary students successfully prepare for the future.

Sean Stevens

“Kuder was able to meet our needs for our new diploma requirements, but also allow our students at the school level to pursue and explore certain courses that are only available to them locally. That’s made the ACPS very powerful.”

Sean Stevens

ALSDE Education Administrator

The Kuder Solution

Kuder Navigator

Kuder Navigator® 

Combines education planning, career exploration, and workforce readiness in a single platform. Alabama students in grades 6-12 can build education plans based on Alabama courses of study; identify their interests, skills confidence, and work values; plan for postsecondary education or training; explore career options; create electronic portfolios; and much more.

Kuder Customization

System Customization

Our multi-year course planning tool, tailored to the Alabama High School Diploma Program, allows students to select a path that both meets their individual needs and ensures they're career ready. Our Curriculum Manager tool enables Alabama school administrators to upload courses, facilitating curriculum planning and local and statewide career trend forecasting.

Direct Your Future

Direct Your Future™

Our curriculum enables Alabama educators and counselors to guide secondary students through the career planning process. Lesson plans, resource files, classroom activities, and homework assignments help teachers, career coaches, and school counselors support students' ability to connect classwork to the world of work.
 

A parent's perspective.

Rachel Turner, mom of two Alabama high school students, says the ACPS has made them "more excited about the possibilities for their future." Turner says the system is setting them up for success: "I don’t want my children to do what I did. I don’t want them to graduate high school and the next day wake up and say, 'Now what am I going to do?' and waste very important time and money."

The Results

Alabama Department of Education Kuder

Cullman High School Health Sciences Program

Fast Facts

Launched

in 2010.

Serves

710,000 acive users, including Alabama's 6-12th grade students, parents, educators, and administrators.

Website

www.al.kuder.com

Career Readiness Indicators

►350,000 unique course plans created.

►82,000 resumes built.

►1.8 million career assessments completed.