Arkansas requires every Student build a Success Plan (SSP) showing they’re future-ready. Seems straightforward, but how do you ensure consistency and quality without adding more work for educators?
How Xello aligns with the ADE requirements for the SSP
How using Xello makes SSPs a cinch for students and educators alike
Success stories from Arkansas districts using Xello
Xello is an online K-12 program, designed to help students build individualized plans for future success through self-knowledge, exploration, and planning.
Students define their interests, skills, preferences, and aspirations so they can explore the opportunities right for them.
Students learn about career possibilities and educational pathways by exploring rich engaging content and lessons.
Students create dynamic, actionable plans that outline the steps needed to achieve school, career and life goals.
As students gain experience, knowledge, and skills, they can reassess and change their plans for the future.
Read what our customers have to say about how Xello helps them solve their biggest college and career readiness challenges, and easily meet state mandated responsibilities.
In 2019, the ADE mandated that all students, starting in 8th grade, must have a student success plan. For Pocahontas School District, organizing the data to help make this happen proved to be challenging. With Xello, they were able to implement student success plans with ease, empowering their students to become future ready.
Read the Case StudyWhat really stood out to us about Xello was how student friendly the program was. It’s so colourful and truly captivates the students. They get to learn so much from it. It not only keeps them engaged but also empowers them to plan their futures.Lindsay Stewart, Career Coach
Pocahontas School District, Arkansas
Engaging students in planning for their futures is hard. It requires time, patience, a committed strategy, and the right tools. Learn how El Dorado High School in Arkansas overcame these challenges, and found an efficient solution to get their diverse student body excited about college and career planning.
Read the Case StudyIt was almost as if Xello knocked down the limitations for some of our students. When they see a career match for themselves, based on information about themselves that they put into Xello, that’s huge for them. That was our turning point.Ashlee Curtis, CTE Educator
El Dorado High School, Arkansas
Recognized as a high-quality college and career readiness solution, Xello has been reviewed and approved as a top program by educators across the country.
Xello gives you everything you need to engage your students in building the skills and knowledge to create actionable plans for community engagement, and college and career success.
Students complete interactive career, personality, and learning style assessments to help them better understand their unique interests, skills, and strengths. Each engaging assessment encourages reflection, helping students connect who they are with relevant career options.
Students explore hundreds of career and college options that align with their assessment results. Engaging content written at a grade 6 level, rich photography, and real-world interviews provide an authentic glimpse into their future and the critical knowledge to make informed decisions and plans.
Students create evolving, actionable plans by recording their accomplishments, challenges, goals, and dreams in a shareable portfolio that spotlights who they are and where they’re headed. Plus, with fully integrated course planning and college success tools, they get a crystal-clear academic plan and path to achieve their college and career goals.
With integrated lessons, students build essential skills and knowledge that can help them succeed in the real world. Personalized based on their work in Xello, lessons give students the chance to reflect, reassess, and build communication, problem solving, and teamwork skills to ensure smooth transitions between critical life stages.
Xello provides educators powerful tools for program reporting, student management and oversight, all within one intuitive and easy to use tool.
Educators gain valuable insights with ready-made engagement and profile reports at the student, school, and district level. Instantly see whether your students are on track to graduate or need additional support to ensure you meet your career and college readiness requirements.
Easily manage students’ plans with Xello’s fully integrated course planner, and college application tools. Customized to seamlessly integrate with your Student Information System (SIS) and course guide, Xello helps you ensure your students are on track to meet graduation requirements -- and for those who are college bound, ensuring successful admission.
With access to student profiles, educators get a snapshot of each student’s skills, interests, and activities in Xello. At a glance, you’ll better understand who your students are and their goals, making conversations more meaningful. Plus, profiles are shareable with parents for easier alignment on student support.
Here’s how Xello gets you started with your college, career and student success program in the most supported, successful way.
Let’s talk! We want to know exactly what you need to succeed. You’ll work closely with a dedicated Education Consultant to understand all your schools’ specific goals and create a customized plan to achieve them.
Welcome aboard! Your dedicated team of implementation experts promises a seamless and stress-free transition into our software. They’ll guide you and ensure your IT teams, teachers, and students are set up to succeed.
Tell us what you need, want, and must have! We’ll gather the teams on a call, collect all the information, then sweat the details to build you a personalized plan complete with onboarding, timelines, and scheduled check-ins to keep everything on track.
We’ve got your back. Even once you’re up and running, you’ll have regularly scheduled calls to check in and get the latest feature updates and useful tips on how to get the most out of Xello. The best part is, there’s no need to track hours – it’s all included!
Working with the team at Xello has been incredible. They get back to me quickly, offer unlimited support, and I know I can always count on them. Our counselors are responsible for many students, so it's critical that we get the most out of the services and software we use. Xello allows us to be more effective in our jobs as counselors. Over the years, Xello has become a true partner who I can tell really has our best interests in mind.Allison J., Coordinator of Guidance and Counseling, Brazosport Independent School District, Texas
Successful futures are for everyone. Xello meets WCAG 2.0 (Level AA) standards with full keyboard, screen reader, and low vision accessibility.
In the classroom or on the go, Xello lets students plan for their future 24/7, on any device with the same engaging content and lightning-fast performance.
Secure integration with your Student Information System (SIS) so that students’ course schedules, academic history, and plans are viewable in one place.
With the latest advances for end-to-end encryption, regular security audits and 24/7 monitoring—you can be sure protecting student data is our top priority.
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