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What if every student had a complete four-year education plan and could see it all at once?

That's what Navigator's Education Plans does.

Not a single-year snapshot. Not a form students fill out and forget about. A running record of their thinking across all four years, where every course selection builds purposefully toward their direction.

Counselors can see exactly who's drafted a plan, who's refining it, who's locked it in. Students see their progress. More importantly, they see where their choices are leading them. Early direction changes everything.

This is how you turn course selection from a checkbox into a career-building conversation.

Learn more about Navigator's Education Plan feature: https://hubs.la/Q04rZbL80

Your students take assessments. But the real opportunity starts after the results come back: turning those insights into guidance that shapes their direction.

Assessment data becomes powerful when you build it into your practice. Paige McDonough, Senior Director of Career Development at Kuder, gives five concrete strategies to make that happen: using assessment insights to guide student conversations, personalizing career exploration, informing pathway recommendations, supporting teacher integration, and tracking progress over time.

Each one changes how you think about assessment as a tool, not just a checkpoint.

Read the full article here: https://hubs.la/Q04rKNQh0

What a week at the Alabama Summer CTE Conference! 🎉

Beyond the great conversations about getting ready for back-to-school, this week was really about the connections: reconnecting with familiar faces, meeting new educators, and hearing firsthand how our partners are using our tools in their classrooms.

We also got to share an early look at new features shaped directly by that feedback, but honestly, the best part was just being in the room with the people who inspire them!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and talked with us!

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Today we're celebrating Cayden, whose story is exactly what our solutions are designed to empower. Cayden started as a school-to-work intern through our incredible partnership with Waukee Community School District and loved the experience so much that he came back as a college intern!

Cayden continues to bring fresh energy, sharp ideas, and an invaluable student perspective to our team. It's interns like Cayden who remind us why investing in the next generation matters.

Here's to Cayden, and to every intern out there making an impact! 🙌

Great instruction and great advising go hand in hand. That's why ICAD, the professional development division of Kuder, exists to sharpen the second half of that equation.

At St. Clair County Schools, ICAD's Certified Career Advisor Program gave career coaches practical strategies for guiding students through their results. Christina Puckett shares her experience in the graphic below.

Already a Kuder partner? ICAD training layers in alongside your existing implementation.

Learn more about ICAD here: https://hubs.la/Q04nnRX80

Read the full story here: https://hubs.la/Q04np5Z00

Every employee wants to know what's next. Most managers wish they had a better answer.

Inside Kuder Pathfinder, internal mobility isn't a mystery either side has to guess at. Employees get a clear action plan, a real, visible path forward with concrete next steps, not just a vague sense that "growth is possible here." Managers get a matching progress report, so they can see exactly where every direct report stands without having to ask.

It's the same framework, viewed from two sides. One employee sees their own path. One manager sees the whole team's.

Internal mobility works when both sides can see it. Pathfinder makes sure they can.

Curious what this looks like in practice? Learn more here: https://hubs.la/Q04np---0

The Kuder team will be attending the Alabama CTE Summer Conference next week!

We’re looking forward to connecting with school counselors, sharing insights, and showcasing how our solutions support students in planning for brighter futures through career exploration and readiness tools.

If you’ll be there, stop by our booth and say hello — we’d love to chat!

Every great school counselor and every great manager has one thing in common: someone helped them learn how to have real career conversations.

That's the gap ICAD exists to close.

The Institute for Career Advising & Development, a division of Kuder, builds the development path for the people guiding careers forward, whether that's inside a school building or inside an organization.

Different audiences, same core belief: advising careers well is a skill, and it can be taught.
ICAD offers the Certified Career Advisor Program, interactive workshops, consulting, and custom solutions for teams ready to build that skill set from the ground up.

Take a look below to see what fits where you are. Learn more here: https://hubs.la/Q04npWQ90

What does a career really require? Not just the title, but the years of training, the day-to-day demands, the long-term commitment.

In St. Landry Parish, Kuder Navigator gives students that full picture before they commit to a pathway, so ambition is paired with clarity instead of guesswork.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://hubs.la/Q04nnSK10

In Stillwater, Oklahoma, six elementary schools, the Chamber of Commerce, and Oklahoma CareerTech built a district-wide 5th grade career day around something simple: connect the interests Galaxy already helped students discover to real people doing that actual work.

Every business at the event was mapped to one of Galaxy's six career planets. Firefighters, bankers, construction trades, a cosmetology program, each paired with a hands-on demo and a VR simulation. Students started at their own top two planets, then explored the rest.

The result wasn't just a fun day. It was proof that career readiness works best when an entire community decides to show up for it.

We're spotlighting Stillwater as our latest CCR Champion. Read the full story here: https://hubs.la/Q04nq3yb0