Guidance Support Services

• Guidance Service Delivery Packages
• ACT/Discover System
  Provides all elements necessary for complete educational and career planning. A variety of self-awareness activities and up-to-date information on virtually every educational and career opportunity in the USA. Discover includes information on more than 425 occupations and 4,000 colleges and graduate schools.
• Guidance Information System
  This Windows-based package includes on-line and hard copy assessments of educational and career planning opportunities. It contains apprenticeship/internship programs in support of school-to-work initiatives. Study, work and student exchange abroad information also included
• Explorer Plus Application Network (ExPAN)
  ExPAN is a full-scale college inquiry system that helps students through every step of the college search process, from writing inquiry letters to estimating a family’s contribution to college costs. ExPAN is published by the College Board and is a Windows-base program.
• Thomson Learning (formerly Peterson's Directions Guidance Software)
  This internet based college search software features college selection search and information for two-year and four-year colleges. Includes financial aid information, private scholarships, occupation descriptions and interest, skills and preferences assessments.
• CollegeView Guidance Software
  An electronic resource that can help students prepare for higher education and future careers. It provides access to forms students need for college admission; information on more than 6,000 community, technical and vocational schools; and a module to help students transition from school to the work force.  This software offers a Internet based program as well.
• College Counsel Software
  An electronically-transmitted database of colleges and supplemental material to help students find programs that fit their individual needs.
• Choices Software
  Package enables students, faculty and community members to search out information on careers and educational opportunities as well as financial aid and scholarships.  This program has an Interent based, eChoices, addition that students can use at home with their parents.  Career Futures, a middle school version, offers career exploration and Paws in Jobland is an elementary career exploration application.
• Bridges.com
  The annual subscription access to on-line (Internet Based) career information services that provide grade 6-12 students with up-to-date career articles that are designed with young people in mind.  A comprehensive on-line Career Library provides thousands of articles on careers, labor market, recreation, education and skills-related information.  Other features of Bridges.com include career exploration, career planning, career transition and instructional support.