About GPS LifePlan
Created by Century College (MN) in 2006, the GPS LifePlan is a holistic program designed to help students plan for their futures. The program focuses on five areas of development: Career, Education, Finance, Leadership and Personal. In each area, students are encouraged to assess their needs, set goals, and create plans to move them in the direction of achieving their goals. The GPS LifePlan provides a framework/structure to help student's approach goal setting and connects them to resources that can help them achieve those goals. The program contains three components: the GPS website, eFolio (a student owned virtual portfolio) and campus workshops/events. The GPS LifePlan was inspired by Valencia Community College (FL) College Life Map.
After seeing the success of GPS LifePlan at Century College, efforts started in 2008 to share the program with other colleges and universities in the Minnesota State College and University system (MnSCU). Partners from across the MnSCU system came together to review and revise the website. Starting in spring 2008, other schools began using GPS LifePlan on their campuses.
About GPS LifePlan at Distance Minnesota:
Distance Minnesota Advisors are utilizing the GPS LifePlan to assist prospective, new, and current students in setting career goals and designing an educational plan to earn a degree and get their dream job. Along with information provided in the GPS LifePlan, we have assembled resources for students to use throughout their education journey with Distance Minnesota. Online Advisors work closely with:.
- Prospective students to help solidify career choices, find financial resources to pay for college, create an educational map toward degree completion, and begin the transition to college life as an online student.
- New students in our Online Orientation Workshop. Our orientation course is an online simulation that offers an overview of Desire2Learn (the online classroom used by Distance Minnesota faculty), as well as an interactive experience using the GPS LifePlan and other valuable tools and resources developed to aid students in transitioning to an online college experience.
- Current students throughout their time at Distance Minnesota. The GPS LifePlan and the additional links we have provided in the right-hand "Resources" column are used by Online Student Advisors to help students be successful online learners.
If you have any questions about Distance Minnesota and our use of the GPS LifePlan, please contact an Online Advisor at distancemn@custhelp.com or 1.800.657.3930.
