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District to expand career-pathway endorsements, dual-credit courses and adopt School Links platform
Summary
Dr. Sasson outlined plans to expand ISBE career-pathway endorsements, add dual-credit offerings (including a new dual-credit business principles course with College of Lake County) and migrate student planning data to the School Links platform provided by the Lake County regional office.
Dr. Patrick Sasson described the district's focus on career pathway endorsements and authentic dual-credit partnerships to broaden students' postsecondary and workforce options. He said the district added three ISBE career-pathway endorsements this past year and proposed accelerating expansion, noting the district is "required by ISBE to add 3 per year through 2030" and the district proposed adding a larger set this year to scale opportunities.
Sasson described a two-year, phased migration to School Links for career-endorsement tracking after Lake County's regional office provided platform access to public schools. He highlighted a new dual-credit freshman-level business principles course in partnership with College of Lake County and said the goal is to keep family costs low while expanding credentialed teacher capacity and internship connections.
