Get up to speed quickly with this self-paced guide designed for teachers using the award-winning Career Choices or Career Choices and Changes. Perfect for new or returning instructors, this Quick Start Study Guide streamlines course planning and implementation for maximum impact.

Whether you're blending independent study students into a traditional class or teaching a full cohort of independent study students, this guide is your go-to resource. In just three to five hours, you’ll gain practical strategies, tools, and insights through a series of video tutorials—helping you deliver a smoother, more rewarding experience for both you and your students.

This guide offers a simplified path for implementing the 10th–12th grade follow-up modules that build on students’ original 10-year Plans. With ready-to-use strategies for integrating three 16-lesson, Common Core-aligned modules into your coursework, you’ll help students refine goals, explore careers, and create a Skills-Based Education Plan—so they graduate with a focused career path, chosen major, and post-secondary plan.

This flexible guide is designed to help you prepare quickly and confidently to teach Building a Bridge to Your Future. A smart investment of your prep time, this guide offers practical strategies and insights that will enhance your teaching all year long—making your instruction more effective and your students’ experience more meaningful.

Research confirms that guidance is key to student success. That’s why it’s essential for all school personnel—not just counselors—help students stay on track for secondary and post-secondary completion.

With the online 10-year Plan, every instructor can serve as an academic advisor through simple, effective coaching strategies. Using each student’s 10-Year Plan Summary Page, teachers can initiate CAREing Conversations—quick, impactful check-ins that foster connection and accountability. Developed by Dr. Rebecca Dedmond of The George Washington University’s Freshman Transition Initiative, these strategies—at the heart of the Get Focused...Stay Focused!® approach—can be easily adopted into your school’s culture to create a more supportive environment for all students.

Quick Start Study Guide for
ADMINISTRATORS, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, AND FUNDERS:
WHAT IS THE GFSF PROGRAM?

The perfect entry point for anyone looking to explore the impact and potential of the Get Focused...Stay Focused!® program, this guide is ideal for sharing with campus staff, district administrators, school board members, funders, parents, and community partners. Users can progress through the modules in sequence for a full overview, or—after completing the foundational content in Modules 1 and 2—jump ahead to the topics that interest them most. This flexible guide makes it easy to understand how the program supports long-term student success.