The Individual Success Plan. WBL documentation. MSIS 2.0. Pathful was built for this.

Individual Success Plan (ISP)Mississippi's mandatory career plan under Public School Accountability Standard 14.1.1, completed before every student exits 7th grade.
Mississippi Readiness IndexThe state's revised accountability measure, effective 2025-26, folding CTE outcomes, credentials, and diploma endorsements into one score.
Learn to Earn ActMiss. Code Ann. § 37-71-5, the WBL statute directing four state agencies to identify eligible high-school-to-work apprenticeships.
Perkins V 5S1Mississippi's confirmed program-quality indicator: recognized postsecondary credential attainment.
MS-CPAS2Mississippi Career Planning and Assessment System, the state's occupation-specific technical skills assessment.
MSIS 2.0Mississippi's just-modernized statewide student information system.

Mississippi alignment

Mississippi is moving fast. Pathful already fits where it's headed.

Mississippi runs CTE and workforce policy through a small, centralized set of agencies: MDE/SBE owns K-12 policy and is the state's sole Perkins V eligible agency, CTWDE (restructured in 2024) is MDE's secondary CTE office, MCCB governs the state's 15 community and junior colleges as a statutory co-signer of the Perkins V State Plan, and MDES now houses the brand-new Mississippi Office of Apprenticeship. Every requirement running through that structure has a direct counterpart in Pathful.

~137 local school districtsPlus charter LEAs under the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board.
15 community/junior collegesEach anchoring a defined multi-county service area, governed by MCCB.
94 Area Technical CentersDelivering secondary CTE, often in partnership with the local community college.

Why now

70,000+Grade 7–12 students enrolled in a CTE course, 2023-24, across 500+ schools.

2026Mississippi Office of Apprenticeship launches July 1, a brand-new state agency with no legacy compliance system.

2025–26Mississippi Readiness Index replaces the prior CCR indicators; fall 2026 sets a new baseline.

2026–27Mississippi Classroom to Career Network launches, naming ISPs as a core statewide component.

Mississippi requires

Individual Success Plan (ISP)
Required under Public School Accountability Standard 14.1.1, completed before every student exits 7th grade, and used as the guiding tool inside the required CCR course (Class of 2022+).
Four diploma/endorsement paths
Traditional (24 units), Career and Technical Endorsement, Academic Endorsement, and Distinguished Academic Endorsement (26+ units each), plus the new 2025-26 Bridge-to-Career Course option.
Learn to Earn Act WBL documentation
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-71-5 directs four agencies jointly (SBE, MDES, SWIB, MCCB) to identify eligible apprenticeships/internships and establish labor-law exemption paperwork.
Child labor law compliance
Age-based hour restrictions (ages 14–15: max 3 hrs/school day, 8 hrs/non-school day) and hazardous-occupation exemptions for voluntary apprenticeship/work-training/student-learner programs.
Perkins V program quality: 5S1
Confirmed floor is recognized postsecondary credential attainment; a 2022 State Board action added 5S3 (WBL) but current Advance CTE data shows 5S1 only.
Statewide CTE curriculum, 4-year revision cycle
44 CTE skill pathways across 15 of 16 national career clusters, standardized statewide and coordinated by the Research and Curriculum Unit at Mississippi State University.

Pathful delivers

Career Plan builder
A multi-year, exploration-to-plan structure beginning in middle school, with O*NET-integrated career exploration, financial-planning tools, and FAFSA workflow guidance built for the ISP's ongoing-discussion format.
Pathful Planner pathway tracking
Course-sequencing across all four diploma/endorsement credit structures, flagging which path a student is on track to complete.
JobreadyWBL placement documentation
One system producing the paperwork all four Learn to Earn Act agencies need for the same student-apprenticeship record, instead of four separate processes.
Hour tracking & age-based rules
Placement hour logging built to reflect Mississippi's age-based scheduling restrictions and exemption categories.
JobreadyCTE credential/IRC tracking
The anchor product for Mississippi's confirmed Perkins V 5S1 indicator; if 5S3 is confirmed, JobreadyWBL's hour-tracking becomes equally material.
Competency & pace tracking
One system tracking every student against whichever version of the RCU-coordinated statewide curriculum is currently in force, without a district having to rebuild each 4-year cycle.

Funding context

$15,955,910Perkins V Basic State Grant, FY2025 total to Mississippi.

7%Total Perkins V funds reserved, FY2025.

Grades 6–8Middle grades eligible for Perkins V funding.

$300,000Allocated for the Office of Apprenticeship's first year, from the Mississippi Works Fund (SB 3064).

$60,000Perkins V leadership funds reserved for non-traditional careers, FY2025.

1%Perkins V leadership funds reserved for state correctional institutions, FY2025.

Two products, one solution

Everything Mississippi needs, connected end to end.

Pathful CRD and Pathful Planner handle the ISP, career exploration, and diploma-path tracking. Jobready handles WBL placement compliance and CTE credential tracking, the anchor for Mississippi's Perkins V 5S1 indicator.

The exploration, planning, and development layer. Maps to the Individual Success Plan's multi-year arc, the CCR course, and diploma-path tracking across all four endorsement options.

Mississippi requirements covered

ISP completion before 7th grade and ongoing revision through the Career Plan builder.
Career assessments including interest, values, skills, and O*NET-integrated career exploration.
Pathful Planner course-sequencing across all four diploma/endorsement paths.
Pathful Junior for the K-12 Workforce Model named in the incoming Classroom to Career Network.

The compliance and credential layer. Handles Learn to Earn Act placement paperwork, age-based hour rules, and credential tracking for the Perkins V 5S1 indicator.

Mississippi requirements covered

Learn to Earn Act documentation for apprenticeship and internship placements across all four governing agencies.
WBL Continuum coding for grades 9-12, aligned to the MDE Work-Based Learning Manual.
Credential and IRC tracking for Perkins V 5S1 reporting, Mississippi's confirmed indicator.
Employer compliance records ready to plug into the new Office of Apprenticeship's reporting cadence as it stands up.

What educators & districts say

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I've used Pathful for several years now, and I love how I can connect what we're learning about in class to job profiles, then schedule a live industry chat that ties it all together. I've seen student engagement increase since using Pathful, and I'm able to differentiate based on my students' needs, it's wonderful!

There are so many valuable pieces to Pathful, from the assessments and career profiles to the flex lessons and live chats. It's easy to use and everything is just ready to go!

Katie P.

Special Educator

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Jobready360 has revolutionized the way we manage work-based learning in our district. What once took hours of manual effort is now done in a fraction of the time. This has freed up our staff to focus on building meaningful partnerships with local businesses.

District WBL Administrator

Career content

Career content students love to use.

Career readiness and development content that supports Mississippi's requirements so students are building toward something that counts, backed by a live-session network of 60,000+ industry professionals, not a static video library.

Virtual Job Shadow

Social Media Influencer

Learners step behind the scenes with a successful influencer to discover the strategy, creativity, and business savvy behind a legitimate profession with real earning potential, one that resonates with today's digital-native students.

Virtual Job Shadow

Robotic Weld Technician

Explore the high-tech world of advanced manufacturing, where robotic weld technicians earn competitive salaries in a field facing a critical shortage, showing how skilled trades offer stable careers without a four-year degree.

Virtual Job Shadow

Bat Conservationist

Journey into wildlife conservation with Dr. Kristen Lear, whose passion for bats led to groundbreaking research protecting endangered species across three continents, proof that childhood curiosity can become a meaningful scientific career.

Live guest speaker

Sports Psychologist

Students connect with a professional sports psychologist in a live, virtual session, bringing specialized expertise directly to learners and eliminating geographic barriers to authentic career exploration.

Live guest speaker

Industrial Engineer

STEM expertise can lead to unexpected places, like creating scents for everyday soaps, revealing creative career paths most students would never associate with traditional engineering roles.

Live, virtual field trip

Aerospace & Structures Engineer

Tour real workplaces, no permission slip required. Students explore facilities, observe professionals in action, and ask questions about daily operations, expanding their sense of what's possible.

Ready to see Pathful built for Mississippi?

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