6 Drafting your Educational Plan
Cascadia College COLL101 Team
Welcome!
This guide walks you through creating a draft of your Educational Plan. The Educational Plan is a quarterly map of classes you will take to work toward your educational goals at Cascadia. That may be admission requirements at your transfer school or training program, Associate degree requirements, and/or High School graduation requirements if you are in Running Start.
After completing this module, you will:
- Utilize tools and resources to meet your educational goals
- Draft an Educational Plan to move toward completion of your educational goals.
Looking for Help?
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- You can message your assigned Academic Advisor through Navigate360. To find your advisor, go to Navigate360, click on Resources, then People, click on your Advisor’s name, and finally Mail.
Step 1: Opening Resource Tools
- Start by finding your Pathway Map
- Go to our Guided Pathways page to view your Pathway Map
- You can use the filter to search by Area of Interest, or just scroll through
- Click the blue box for your Pathway
- This page shows which Associate may be your best match
- Expand the “Courses” section to see a sample schedule
- Click on the class title to see a description and any prerequisite classes
- Open the Annual Course Planning Guide
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- This shows what we expect to offer each upcoming quarter
- Classes are subject to change
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- Open the Education Plan Template
- You will use this document to draft your Education Plan: TEP student drafted
- We suggest you open the document in Word, you may need to select an option to Edit.
Step 2: Drafting your Education Plan
Cascadia has created a sample plan for all Pathways. Using this, along with the Annual Planning Guide, will help you draft a plan of all requirements for your Associate.
- Start filling in each quarter with classes you should take to complete your educational goals at Cascadia College.
- Once you have finalized your draft, upload it into your STAQ submission for your Advisor to review.
Business
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- For students in the Business Pathways (including Accounting, Finance, Economics), Academic Advisors recommend that you first plan your math classes, and then Accounting and Economics classes, based on math prerequisites and what quarter each class is offered.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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- For students in the STEM Pathways (including Pre-Medical pathways), Academic Advisors recommend that you first plan your math classes, and then science classes based on their math prerequisites, and the quarter the classes are offered.
- Most STEM students are paired with one of the following Associate degrees at Cascadia: General Biology, Science Track 1, Science Track 2. Plan the Associate listed on the Pathways webpage, in your Advising meeting you will discuss if another Associate may be a better match.
Communication, Creative Arts & Design
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- The Associate in Integrated Studies is the general recommendation for the Area of Interest for Communication, Creative Arts & Design
Social Sciences, Human Services, & Education
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- The Associate in Integrated Studies is the general recommendation for the Area of Interest for Social Sciences, Human Services, & Education
- You can draft your Educational Plan based on the sample schedule on our website
Earth Sciences, Sustainability & Environmental Studies
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- The Associate in Integrated Studies is the general recommendation for the Area of Interest for Sustainability & Environmental Studies
- If you’re interested in Earth Sciences, your Associate degree goal is based on your specific Pathway. Use the Programs page on our website to identify a specific Pathway.
- You can draft your Educational Plan based on the sample schedule on our website
Important Reminders
- If you’re a Running Start student make sure to plan out your high school classes and save at least 1 high school graduation requirement (not an elective) for Fall or Winter Quarter of your High School senior year at Cascadia.
- If you would like to participate in a Study Abroad program, keep that quarter empty for now, your Advisor will help you plan. View upcoming programs on our website at this link.
- Be sure to upload your draft into your STAQ submission.
- Remember, this is a draft; map it out to the best of your ability. It’s okay if it’s not perfect! Make a list of questions you want to ask your advisor during your appointment.
Reminder: If you placed below College level in Math or English, search for it within the catalog and add it manually. The Math Placement Chart can help you identify the order of math classes that you need to take. Contact your advisor if you have any questions about this process!
Step 3: Making an Appointment with your Advisor
The instructions below show you how to make an appointment with your advisor using Navigate360:
- Log into Navigate360 with your student network email (@student.cascadia.edu).
- Click on Appointments from the left column of the Navigate360 homepage. This is the third option.
- In the center appointment screen, click on My Team, and click on your Academic Advisor from the list of Success Team members.
- In the New Appointment screen, select Coll101/STAQ Advising from the Service Drop down.
- Pick a Date
- Click on the blue Find Available Time button.
- Fill in the following 3 sections:
- Meeting modality (in Kodiak Corner or via Zoom), some Advisors only work remotely, so Zoom will be the only option.
- Pick a time that works for you. You can meet either in the Kodiak Corner in CC1 or on Zoom.
- Day and time (days with dots show availability).
- Review your appointment details and confirm!
- You can add comments or specific questions you want to discuss.
- Opt-in for a text/email reminder 🙂
Congratulations! You’ve uploaded your Educational Plan draft into your STAQ and made your Advising Appointment. You’re all done with the STAQ and Educational Plan.
