CIS Junior

CIS Junior is a suite of academic planning and career exploration tools for middle school students in fifth - eighth grades. While using CIS Junior students can expand their career awareness, plan for high school, create personalized learning plans, and store personal reflections and favorite occupations in a transferable online portfolio.

In addition to promoting self-awareness and career exploration, CIS Junior advances general educational goals of reading, writing, decision-making and critical thinking. CIS Junior includes:

For students:

Examples of system components include:

• The interactive Reality Check module
• Sixth-grade reading level 
• An interest inventory that uses experiences common to middle-school students* 
• A resume template* 
• A six-year course planner to outline high school courses Personalized portfolios where students can save the results of their exploration, reflect on their career plans with personal annotations, and upload files* 

*Available to sites ordering Optional Modules 

For teachers and counselors:

• Developmentally appropriate career and life-planning activities and lesson plans 
• Assessments in both English and Spanish 

eCIS

eCIS is the next step in career development following CIS Junior . The system is an essential, proactive and participatory resource for the engaging in life and career planning. Comparable and related information is linked in meaningful ways, encouraging students to consider a full range of options in setting goals and developing plans for life after high school. eCIS is the only source for both current and comprehensive Idaho and national information providing a solid framework for using career information to plan high school courses, prepare for postsecondary education and to make informed career decisions.

For students:

Examples of system components include

• Over 540 occupation descriptions
• Extensive list of program of study options nationwide
• Detailed information on all two-and-four year universities in the nation
• All proprietary schools in Idaho
• Over $155 million worth of scholarship awards listed
• Information files on how to pay for school, write resumes and perform well in an interview
• Several exploration tools including interest, skill and work values assessments*
• Portfolios that include planning tools such as course planners, resume writers and assessment result reports*

For teachers, counselors and career professionals:

• Developmentally appropriate career and life-planning activities and lesson plans
• Assessments in both English and Spanish
• Ability to track and manage student progress and graduation goals*

*Available to sites ordering Optional Modules 

Take your career exploration to the next level by adding optional modules to your eCIS or CIS Junior system subscriptions. The addition of portfolios and exploration tools allow for a personalized storage of assessment results, research, and resumes that can be accessed from anywhere and each assessment focuses on a specific area such as identifying transferable skills and interests and practicing for common placement exams like GED and SAT. Setting the Stage for Using Formal Career Assessment Instruments (PDF)

Optional modules available for use with CIS Junior and eCIS systems:

• Portfolio, Administration and Exploration Tools
• Dependable Strengths
• Peterson’s Test Prep
• IDEAS

Optional modules are not available in the basic or Guest versions of CIS products.