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The Kuder Career Planning System is appropriate for use with individuals in all stages of their education and career planning, from middle school students through adults. The Kuder system can help you:

  • Guide students and parents through a successful 8th grade transition and prepare students for a successful post-high school transition
  • Increase completion and graduation rates
  • Enhance articulation and create seamless transitions through collaborative relationships
  • Provide comprehensive, research-based education and career planning guidance
  • Encourage and support parental involvement
  • Improve student satisfaction and success
  • Guide assessment and implementation of program and curriculum development
  • Highlight the opportunities available to students with a customized system
  • Support funding and grant applications

And for postsecondary institutions who provide the Kuder Career Planning System to secondary students in their districts, the Kuder system can also:

  • Better prepare students for postsecondary education
  • Feature the sponsoring institution and local opportunities available with a customized system
  • Improve access to higher education
  • Highlight specific programs to students based on interests and skills
  • Improve student retention rates
  • Guide assessment and implementation of program and curriculum development

With implementation of the Kuder Career Planning System, sites also gain access to the customizable Administrative Database Management System. The Administrative Database Management System contains individual demographic information and provides the ability to review assessment results or run queries with the click of your mouse. The Administrative Database Management System features fast, flexible reporting with a streamlined, intuitive design. You are able to access the most popular reports at the click of the mouse or create advanced reports based on multiple user-selected criteria such as type of assessment, career clusters, ethnicity, gender, education level, and more. Additionally, the database will assist in the quick retrieval of data for reports or grant writing. Finding individual students and fostering communication with students and parents through e-mail and message posting has never been easier. You are also able to customize portfolio home pages by posting recommended links and education plan templates.

Also available…

Develop Your Future®

Develop Your Future I



Develop Your Future II

Develop Your Future is a comprehensive, research-based curriculum series which guides secondary students through the career planning process. Authors JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, Ed.D, and Nancy S. Perry, MSEd., have designed the curriculum to complement the online resources within the Kuder Career Planning System. Students explore their interests, skills, and work values and discover how these characteristics relate to their education and career planning in the 21st century world of work.

Available in two developmentally-appropriate curricula:

  • Develop Your Future I – a nine-module course for middle school and junior high school students.
  • Develop Your Future II – a twelve-module course for high school students.
  • Both are available aligned to either the Kuder Six Career Clusters or to the Federal 16 Career Clusters.

Allows comprehensive lesson planning with limited prep time for each module with:

  • Mini-lectures and discussion questions.
  • Handouts and classroom activities.
  • PowerPoint® slides to complement each module.
  • Suggested homework assignments.

Follows research-based theory and educational guidelines:

  • Utilizes the best of career development theory, including that of John L. Holland, Donald E. Super, and others.
  • Addresses the standards and competencies developed by NOICC, ASCA, and the Department of Labor.

Take Hold of Your Future, 5th Edition

Take Hold of Your Future

Take Hold of Your Future by renowned career development expert JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, Ed.D., is a practical career planning guide featuring the Kuder Career Planning System for postsecondary students and adults in career transition.

With its accompanying CD and supporting web site, the guide helps readers know how to make satisfying career choices through knowledge of the 21st century workforce, self-assessment, and implementation of a planful decision-making process.

Take Hold of Your Future is ideally suited for either a one-semester course or for self-guided study.



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