College and Career Online Platform

The Vendor is required to provide for a comprehensive, integrated college and career online platform designed to support student career awareness, exploration, placement, and leadership development
- Student career interest surveys
1. Survey design and administration
•    Assess student aptitudes, interests, and preferences.
•    Align student responses with nationally recognized career clusters and programs of study.
•    Allow periodic reassessment and longitudinal tracking.
2. Results and reporting
•    Provide students with easy-to-understand results summaries.
•    Match students to recommended career clusters and programs of study.
•    Offer administrators aggregate reporting by school, grade level, demographic group, and cohort.
•    Track changes in student interests over time.
- Student career exploration
1. Career information access
•    Career descriptions and industry overviews
•    Required education and credential pathways
•    Salary ranges and labor market outlook data
•    Skills and competency requirements
•    Related programs of study within the institution
2. Personalized exploration experience
•    Use survey results to recommend relevant careers and programs.
•    Allow students to bookmark, compare, and track careers of interest.
•    Provide multimedia content such as videos, testimonials, and employer spotlights.
•    Support development of a personalized academic and career plan.
3. Educator and administrator tools
•    Allow educators to monitor student exploration activity.
•    Provide lesson integration options.
•    Offer reporting on student engagement and career pathway interest trends.
- Student career placement
1. Employer partnership integration
•    Employer registration and profile management.
•    Posting of internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, and employment opportunities.
•    Employer review and approval workflows.
2. Student matching and application
•    Match students to employer opportunities based on career interest survey results, skills, and program enrollment.
•    Allow students to apply directly through the platform.
•    Track application status and placement outcomes.
•    Facilitate communication between students, educators, and employers.
3. Placement reporting
•    Track placement rates and outcomes by program and career cluster.
•    Provide real-time dashboards for administrators.
•    Generate reports suitable for institutional accountability and grant reporting.
- Student college exploration
1. College search and comparison
•    Allows students to search and filter colleges by location, size, program offerings, admissions criteria, cost, and modality (in-person, online, hybrid).
•    Includes two-year, four-year, technical, trade, and apprenticeship institutions.
•    Provides side-by-side comparison tools.
2. College profile information
•    Institutional overviews and mission statements.
•    Available majors, degree pathways, and certifications.
•    Admissions requirements and application deadlines.
•    Tuition, fees, and estimated total cost of attendance.
•    Financial aid and scholarship information.
3. Application planning tools
•    Allow students to create and manage a personalized college list.
•    Track application deadlines and submission status.
•    Provide task checklists for applications, essays, recommendation letters, and financial aid submissions.
•    Support FAFSA tracking and financial planning tools.
4. Integration with career and program planning
•    Align recommended colleges with student career interest survey results and selected career clusters.
•    Connect institutional program offerings to identified programs of study.
•    Allow students to view aligned college pathways based on career interests.
- Leadership development content delivery and tracking
1. Content delivery
•    Hosts leadership development curriculum content.
•    Supports multimedia formats (video, text, interactive activities, assessments).
•    Allows assignment of modules by grade level, program, or cohort.
•    Provides structured learning pathways.
2. Progress monitoring and assessment
•    Track student participation, completion status, and assessment results.
•    Provide automated grading where applicable.
•    Allow issuance of completion certificates or digital badges.
•    Provide educator dashboards for monitoring progress.
3. Implementation and support
•    Provide a detailed implementation timeline.
•    Offer professional development training for staff.
•    Provide user guides and technical documentation.
•    Provide help desk support during standard business hours, with defined response times.