This information from the Idaho Division of Career Technical Education provides a framework for helping students plan a program of study and realize their career goals.
Resource Library
Next Steps Idaho is here to help get every student in the state ready for life beyond high school. Find tools and information to help you prepare for college and career, apply to school, pay for school and explore careers and professional training opportunities.
Summer 2020 Activities
The changes to the school year have no-doubt surfaced many emotions and questions about how to plan for life after high school. Perhaps you can use the extra time you likely have these days to think about who you are, what you value, and what brings out your best self, and then how you can equip yourself to build a life—and a living—around your answers to these questions.
Counselor Ambassadors
Ambassadors from each region are cultivating peer-to-peer support, resource pipelines, and professional development opportunities for Idaho counselors and advisors!
Next Steps Spanish Resources
Some of the most-loved Next Steps Idaho resources are now translated! Use these grade-level checklists and conversation guides to help plan for the future.
Next Steps Archive
Discover meeting minutes, higher-ed admissions presentations, and recent editions of the Next Steps newsletter or newsflash.
Next Steps Scholarship Tracker
Use this tracker to manage application deadlines for scholarships. You can include deadlines applications and important contact information in case you need to follow up with the scholarship offeror. Update this tracker each time you submit an application.
FAFSA Web Completion Portal
Counselors: use this online resource to track your students’ FAFSA progress. You’ll be able to see when students start an application, submit the form, and complete the process.
There’s Still Time to Apply to College
Idaho’s colleges and universities are still accepting applications for students hoping to attend this fall.
Think 30: On time, on track.
To graduate from college on-time, you need to complete 30 credits per year. Whether you’re taking 15 credits each semester, or utilizing winter and summer breaks, getting to a total of 30 per year will help you complete an associates degree in two years or a bachelor’s degree in four […]