Administrators

Career Navigators

Team Teaching

Collection of Best Practices from Experienced Illinois Programs

Please also see ICAPS Toolkit on this ICAPS Website.

Bridge/ICAPS Submission Forms

Click here for the Bridge Jotform.

Click here for the ICAPS Jotform.

Planning Resources

Please also see the ICAPS Toolkit on this ICAPS Website.

ICAPS Manual FY2025

IET-Toolkit –This is an excellent tool from the American Institutes for research through the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education. It includes Fundamentals of IET Programs, IET Programs in Practice, Guiding Principles of Quality IET Program Design, and IET Readiness Assessment.

IET Syllabus Resources-Use this as a guide to ensure you have the recommended components of an ICAPS syllabus and program. See the Samples section below for example syllabi.

ICAPS Standard Operating Procedures for Planning-Adapt this tool for use in your program. It will guide you through steps in all your ICAPS planning with a focus on the collaborative/team teaching component.

IET-Quality-Indicators- Use this resource to evaluate your ICAPS program against the quality indicators put out by IET Advance Design Camp.

DAISI Cheat Sheet: Guidance on Entering Bridge and ICAPS Students Correctly

Administrator Toolkit on iLearn-check out the Bridges and ICAPS tile and more!

ICAPS Office Hours FAQs-This is a frequently updated document that records questions and answers from ICAPS Office hours. See the Transitions Academy page for more information about ICAPS Office hours.

Evaluation Toolkit-workNet’s guide to evaluate programs, policies and procedures.

Illinois Essential Employability Skills Framework and Self-Assessment

Local Labor Market Information Overview

Illinois workNet- Showing Regional Plans

WIOA

Go to the WIOA and Service Integration tile on the Administrator Toolkit in iLearn.
Click here for a brief, interactive training that gives you the specifics about WIOA. Visit https://ilwioapd.org/
- Click sign up in the top right-hand corner. Complete the form and get started! We recommend starting with the WIOA Introduction courses.
- Tell your teachers and staff all about this! We all need to know about this important legislation that guides us.

Carl D. Perkins Postsecondary Career & Technical Education Grant Manual

**Please go to the Transitions Academy page on this ICAPS website to learn more about learning communities, conferences, marketing materials, PD, and more, all about Bridges and ICAPS!

SNAP & TANF Education and Training for Educators

IELCE

Please see the IELCE Resources page on the Excellence in Adult Education Website.

Also see the IELCE tile in the Administrator Toolkit on iLearn.

Serving Internationally Trained Professionals in IELCE Activities

The Role of Navigators in IELCE/IET Career Pathways

Enhancing Access: Using Bridge Strategies to Connect IELCE Activities to IET Programs

Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans

Ability to Benefit

Click here to view a presentation on the Ability to Benefit State Plan.

Click here to access a series of videos that ICCB created on Ability to Benefit.

Apprenticeships