Missouri Connections

Missouri Connections helps students explore, plan, and find college and career success.

 

	Missouri Connections Overview
	Watch and listen to overview by Bragg Stanley, Director, Guidance and Placement Services, DESE (17 minutes)
	General Information Flyer
	Letter to School Administrators

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What Is Missouri Connections?

Missouri Connections is an online resource sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that takes career planning to a higher level.  Designed to guide students through the career planning process, the system opens the door for career awareness, eases students into college and career exploration, and directs preparation for transition into postsecondary education and the world of work. Students (grades 6-14), parents, guidance counselors, and educators can now use the online system at no charge at:  www.missouriconnections.org

 

Missouri Connections, launched February 15, 2007, is an expansion of the highly successful Missouri College and Career Planning System, powered by Kuder (MCCPS).  It is an Internet-based one-stop shop for:

• Career assessment and awareness

• Educational and occupational exploration

• Postsecondary planning

• Career preparation and management

• Job placement

What Is New?
Missouri Connections provides:

• Interactive career exploration features

• Awareness of career paths and career clusters

• Tools for creating a plan of study based on Missouri courses and requirements

• Expanded information on educational options and degree choices after high school

• Information on postsecondary education and career options

• Administrative options for schools to upload course lists and custom career plans of study

• Parents section to answer questions on career planning, preview the system's features, learn about career exploration, and more.

Who Can Take Part?
With the efforts of collaborating agencies and organizations, Missouri Connections will be available to all residents within Missouri, including:

Students and Parents Students Parents

Educators Guidance Counselors Teachers School administrators

Adults (to be determined) Military Personnel Adult career-changers Retirees Unemployed

For more information about Missouri Connections, contact Missouri Connections' customer service office, National Career Assessment Services, Inc./Kuder, at 800-314-8972 or e-mail Missouri Field Trainer Renee Bales at balesr@kuder.com.

Related Links:

  MCE News Bulletin - December 2007

  MCE News Bulletin - September 2007

  MCE News Bulletin - March 2007

Expanding Our Visions - September 2006
JoAnn Harrison Bowlsby, Ed.D., Visions, Inc.