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PROJECT 03 / EXPLORATION & PATHWAY-PLANNING PROTOTYPE

Career Pathway Intelligence

An explainable, human-guided system that connects interests and demonstrated readiness to credible college, career, technical, credential, apprenticeship, and employment pathways.

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My role
Product strategist, workflow designer, implementation facilitator, and evaluation lead
Primary audience
Middle and high school learners, adults in transition, families, counselors, school systems, workforce programs, colleges, and employer partners
Current status
Interactive portfolio prototype demonstrated with synthetic journeys; not psychometrically validated, deployed, or used for placement
2Learner modes
3+Pathways per exploration
6Human-guided stages
0Automated placement decisions
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The organizational problem

Why this needed to exist

Career assessments often stop at a list of occupations. Learners still need to understand which routes are realistic, what evidence or preparation comes next, and whether their school or community has made those opportunities accessible. Adults face the same disconnect when translating prior learning and work into a career transition. The challenge was to create one pathway model that supports individual agency while also showing institutions where programs, experiences, and opportunity networks are weak.

01Self-discoveryInterests, values, preferred tasks, environments, and aspirations
02Readiness evidenceCourses, projects, work, credentials, and transferable skills
03Pathway feasibilityTime, cost, location, schedule, transportation, and supports
04Opportunity accessPrograms, credentials, work-based learning, and apprenticeships
05Exploration planMultiple routes, transparent rationale, and the next safe experiment

Applied executive judgment

Human Review as Product Architecture

A September 2026 market signal reinforced a product decision already built into InTYllectual Enterprises' independent ACT Readiness/Peer Coach Prototype: practitioner review must control release, not merely comment after publication.

  1. 01Signal

    Internal use preceded external scale

    Morgan & Morgan reported nearly 5,000 monthly users on its internally built MX2 platform and described plans for invitation-only external access by the end of 2027.

  2. 02Executive interpretation

    Adoption evidence should precede commercialization

    The relevant pattern is the sequence: solve a real workflow, validate it with practitioners, establish operating controls, and only then expand access.

  3. 03Applied decision

    Expert approval controls student release

    PrepPath remains gated until a qualified reviewer independently attempts each item, inspects every remediation branch, approves the exact content version, and checks the finished video.

  4. 04Evidence

    The workflow makes incomplete status visible

    The September 18, 2026 review capture recorded 18 versioned content bundles, 54 remediation-script drafts, zero approved bundles and no finished videos released. These are historical counts, not a current readiness claim.

  5. 05Safeguards and measurement

    A release gate can be audited

    Version history, standards mapping, reviewer decisions, final-playback checks, and a documented stop condition separate completed evidence from proposed validation and future outcomes.

Evidence boundaryThis portfolio records a prototype workflow, not student outcomes, standards validation, product efficacy, or commercial demand. PrepPath is an independent InTYllectual Enterprises project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or validated by ACT, Inc.

Morgan & Morgan: MX2 platform announcementPublished September 14, 2026
Documentation sources

Career Pathway Intelligence concept · My Pathway Profile · Pathway Health measurement model · ACT Readiness Handoff

Modernized National Career Clusters Framework · O*NET Career Exploration Tools · O*NET Interest Profiler and licensing · Perkins V performance indicators · Registered Apprenticeship for career seekers · College Scorecard data · FERPA · COPPA Rule

CONNECTED PROJECTPersonalized ACT Prep Learning SystemSee how one college-readiness support module can activate when it is relevant to a learner's chosen pathway.
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