Career Clusters

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Career Clusters
Career Technical Education

• Implementing Rigor Relevance

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Why Career ClustersKeep the End in Mind

• What is the role of Career Technical Education
  and secondary education ?
• Give more opportunities to engage students
• Making connections between education and student
  career interests
• Motivation to plan for post-high life
• Need for employability/21st Century Skills

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What are Career Clusters?

• Groupings of occupations and industries.
• Organizing tool for Curriculum Design
• Used as a Career Guidance Model

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Cluster Framework
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Benefits

• Connects learners interest with coursework
• Provides opportunities to explore multiple
  pathways
• Generates Personal Learning Plans
• Integrates CTE and Academics
• Provides Real World Experiences
• Assists students with transitions from one level
  of education to the next
• Aids in Curriculum Development

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Career Cluster Committee Goals

• Sequence of courses for each pathway in a cluster
• Common syllabi with Core standards
• Develop units of instruction using Understanding
  by Design (UBD)
• Assessments

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CTE Course Types

• Foundational CTE
• A course that could apply across all 16 clusters,
  taught by any certified CTE teacher.
• Cluster
• A course that could fit more than one pathway
  within a cluster. The skills taught in such a
  course would be applicable in all the pathways.
• Pathway
• A course particular to a specific pathway within
  a cluster.
• Academic
• Academic courses are non-CTE courses that teach
  the knowledge and skills necessary for
  application in CTE courses
• Capstone Experience
• Senior Project or Youth Internship related to the
  Cluster/Pathway

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SD Core Standards

• Which Standards are Core Standards?
• Minimum Standards taught in a course
• Assessments based on the core standards
• Align with Blooms Taxonomy

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Core Standards Template
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Crosswalk Core Standards to Knowledge Skill
Statements

• Evaluate Crosswalks to determine
• Revisions of current courses or
• Development of new courses and or
• Dual Credit/Certification course
• Which Knowledge Skill statements are not
  covered?
• Are there core standards in a course that arent
  necessary?

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Crosswalk Example
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Sample Course Syllabus

• Course Description
• Instructional Philosophy Delivery
• Course Standards/Goals
• Major Course Projects
• Assessment Plan Grade Scale

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Units of Instruction

• Utilize Understanding by Design Model
• Integrate academics
• Integrating technology
• Adding rigor and relevance
• Business/industry experience

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Implementation

• Program of Study
• Curriculum Development
• CTE Academic Alignment
• Career Guidance System
• Personal Learning Plans

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Program of Study

• Evaluate current offerings
• Investigate community, SD, regional, and national
  needs
• Assess available Post-Secondary programs
• Choose from state-approved sequence of courses
• Expand current programs to include
• Internships
• Senior Projects
• Entrepreneurship
• Link students to postsecondary employment and
  educational opportunities

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Sample
Program of Study
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Program of Study
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Program of Study
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Personal Learning Plan

• What are the post-secondary requirements?
• What secondary courses are available at my
  school?
• What secondary courses are available virtually?
• What capstone experiences can you become involved
  in?
• job shadow, internships, senior project, etc.

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