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Career Clusters and Academic andCareer Plans of Study:
Virginia’s Best Prac<ces
Virginia Department of Education
December 13, 2012
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What are Career Clusters?
Career Clusters are groupings ofoccupaGons and industries that areused for:
• Organizing curriculum design, and
• Career counseling and guidance.
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• Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources• Architecture & ConstrucGon• Arts, A/V Technology & CommunicaGons• Business Management & AdministraGon• EducaGon & Training• Finance• Government & Public AdministraGon• Health Science
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16 Career Clustersh>p://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruc<on/
career_clusters/index.shtml
• Hospitality & Tourism• Human Services• InformaGon Technology• Law, Public Safety, CorrecGons & Security• Manufacturing• MarkeGng• Science, Technology, Engineering & MathemaGcs
(STEM)• TransportaGon, DistribuGon & LogisGcs
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16 Career Clustersh>p://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruc<on/career_technical/
What Do Career Clusters Do?
• Organize academic and technicalknowledge and skills into a coherent sequence
• IdenGfy pathways from secondary topostsecondary educaGon
• Provide a framework for seamlesseducaGon
• Provide instrucGonal support forrigorous academic teaching and learning
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What Do Career Clusters Do?(ConGnued)
• Provide alignment of academic and technicalskills with workplace readiness skills
• Provide opportuniGes to involve parents,business and industry, and the schoolcommunity
• Provide the development of effecGve plans ofstudy that are based on career assessments
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Career Clusters: Mul9-‐Faceted
• High Schools can be organized aroundcareer clusters to prepare students tomeet the demands of postsecondaryeducaGon and the expectaGons ofemployers.
• School Counselors can use careerclusters to help students explore opGonsfor the future.
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Career Clusters: Mul9-‐Faceted
• Students can use career clusters toinvesGgate a wide range of careerchoices. Clusters make it easier forstudents to understand the relevance oftheir required courses and help themselect their elecGve courses more wisely.
• Parents, Educators, and Business andIndustry can use career clusters as afoundaGon for decision-‐making.
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79 Career Pathways
• Within each career cluster, there are mulGplecareer pathways that represent a common set ofskills and knowledge, both academic andtechnical, necessary to pursue a full range ofcareer opportuniGes within that pathway –ranging from entry level to management,including technical and professional careerspecialGes.
• Based on the skills sets taught, all CTE courses arealigned with one or more career clusters andcareer pathways.
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Knowledge & Skills (K & S)
The foundational principle of career clusters/pathways is that a set of knowledge and skills areshared with other occupations in a pathway andother pathways in a cluster:
• Cluster Level – academic and technical skills and knowledge for all pathways within a cluster
• Pathway Level – academic and technical skills and knowledge within each pathway
• Career Specialties - full range of career opportunities within each pathway
The cluster level knowledge and skills are correlated with Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth. 16
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Career Cluster Programs/Plans of Study
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The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 requires career cluster/pathway programs of study to expand connections between secondary andpostsecondary education through the development and implementation of “programs of study.”
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Career Cluster Programs/ Plans of Study (Continued)
According to the Act, programs of study must: • Incorporate secondary education and post-
secondary education elements;
• Include academic and career and technical content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses;
• Lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate at the postsecondary level, or an associate or bachelor’s degree; and
• Include the opportunity for secondary education students to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to acquire postsecondary education credits. 19
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SUMMARY
• Career cluster – organizer of knowledge and skills needed by a broad industry
• Career pathway – organizer of knowledge and skills statements shared by professions
• Plans of study – sequence of instruction that prepares individuals for careers
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Academic and Career Plan (ACP)
Beginning with the 2013-‐2014 academic year, allschools shall begin development of a personalAcademic and Career Plan for each seventh-‐gradestudent with compleGon by the fall of the student’seighth-‐grade year.hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instrucGon/graduaGon/academic_career_plan.shtml
Source: Regula9ons Establishing Standards for Accredi9ng PublicSchools in Virginia (SOA)8 VAC 20-‐131-‐140: College and career prepara9on programs and opportuni9es for postsecondary credit.
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Academic and Career Plan (ACP)
Shall include, but not be limited to:• The student’s program of study for highschool graduaGon that is aligned with apostsecondary career pathway and/orcollege entrance;
• Postsecondary career pathway based onstudent’s academic and career interests;
• Shall be signed by the student, student’sparent or guardian, and school official(s)designated by the principal; 25
Academic and Career Plan (ACP)(ConGnued)
• The school shall have met its obligaGon forparental involvement if it makes good faitheffort to noGfy the parent or guardian of theresponsibility for the development andapproval of the Plan;
• Shall be included in the student’s record; and• Shall be reviewed and updated before thestudent enters the ninth and eleventh grades.
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Plans of Study (POS) and Academic andCareer Plans (ACP)
• POS and ACP interchangeable• Career Clusters and Sample Plans of
Study-‐hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instrucGon/career_technical/career_clusters/ index.shtml
• Guidelines for Academic and CareerPlans-‐hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/guidance/assessment_accreditaGon/ guidelines_academic_career_plans.pdf
• Technical Assistance Document-‐2hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instrucGon/graduaGon/academic_career_plan.shtml
Academic and Career Plans of StudyChecklist
• Career Clusters Web page
hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instrucGon/ career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml
• Plans of Study Checklist is located on eachof the 16 Career Cluster pages
hIp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instrucGon/ career_technical/career_clusters/ agriculture_food_natural_resources/index.shtml
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Plans of Study Checklist
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Plans of Study Checklist, con<nued
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Plans of Study Checklist, con<nued
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www.vacareerview.org
www.vawizard.org
Virginia CareerVIEW-‐
Virginia EducaGonWizard-‐
Career Development Resources
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R U Ready? Resources • Youth Appealing magazine • Promotes Career Preparation through
Pathways • PDF Version on the CTE Home Page • Online and in print • Targeted Audience:
Sophomores in High School • Plans for Life After High School • Opportunities in High School • Parent’s Guide • Teachers Guide 33
http://www.cteresource.org/links/career_resources.html
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Career Clusters in Virginia
• All CTE courses are aligned with one or more career clusters and career pathways within those clusters based on the skills sets taught in the class.
• VERSO is now organized by Career Clusters and Pathways (http://cteresource.org/verso/).
• Career cluster and pathway alignments are listed in: • the Administrative Planning Guide (
http://www.cteresource.org/apg/), • the Career Planning Guide (www.cteresource.org/cpg/), and • The Career and Technical Education Reporting System
(CTERS) User’s Manual ( http://www.doe.virginia.gov/data_collection/instruction/career_tech/ cters/users_manual.pdf).
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