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Career Clusters:Career Clusters:Focusing Education on the FutureFocusing Education on the Future
U.S. Department of Education
National School-to-Work Office
Career Cluster DefinitionCareer Cluster Definition
A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.
The 16 Career Clusters provide an organizing tool for schools, small learning communities, academies and magnet schools.
16 Career Clusters16 Career Clusters Agriculture & Natural
Resources Architecture &
Construction Arts, Audio/Video
Technology & Communications
Business & Administration
Education & Training Finance Government & Public
Administration
Health Science Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law & Public Safety Manufacturing Retail/Wholesale Sales &
Service Scientific Research &
Engineering Transportation,
Distribution, & Logistics
Cluster Partnerships Are KeyCluster Partnerships Are Key
State Education AgenciesPost-secondary Education (vocational
school, community college, university)Employers/Industry Groups (local,
national)Other relevant stakeholders (labor,
professional organizations)
Career Cluster DevelopmentCareer Cluster Development
Form Cluster Consortium with PartnersConduct Research to Identify
– Cluster Occupations– Existing Standards
Define the Scope of the ClusterAlign Occupations to Identify Cluster
Pathways
Career Cluster DevelopmentCareer Cluster DevelopmentSelect Cluster Pilot Test SitesEstablish Cluster Foundation and
Pathway StandardsDevelop Cluster AssessmentsPilot Test Assessment and
Certification ProcessDocument Pathway Knowledge and
Skills With Certificates
Cluster Foundation StandardsCluster Foundation StandardsTopicsTopics
Academic FoundationCommunicationsEmployability SkillsEthicsInformation Technology ApplicationsLegal ResponsibilitiesSafety PracticesSystemsTeamworkTechnical Skills
Career Cluster FrameworkCareer Cluster Framework Cluster Foundation
– Represents the skills and knowledge, both academic and technical, that all students within the cluster should achieve regardless of their pathway.
Pathways– Represents the skill and knowledge, both
academic and technical, necessary to pursue a full range of career opportunities within a pathway - ranging from entry level to management, including technical and professional career specialties.
Career Specialties– Represents the full range of career opportunities
within each pathway.
ClusterFoundation
Pathways
CareerSpecialties
CAREER
CLUSTER
FRAMEWORK
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Career ClusterCommunications Career Cluster
Instructional/Assessment Instructional/Assessment Scenarios Include:Scenarios Include:
AAVTC Content Standard(s) Addressed
Required Academic Skills (Taxonomy Based)
Workplace SkillsThe Contextual Problem to be SolvedConditions for PerformancePerformance/Assessment Criteria
Instructional/Assessment Instructional/Assessment Scenarios Include:Scenarios Include:
Student InstructionsTeacher InstructionsResources Used to Develop the
ScenarioBusiness and Industry Input for
Reality CheckQuality Criteria for Scenario
Developers/Reviewers
CLUSTER CROSSWALK
2000 Census
BLS/OES Classification
OMB/SOC Classification
ETA/O*NET Classification
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)
NSSB Industry Standards
U.S. Department of Ed. Career Clusters
Current Career Cluster Current Career Cluster ProjectsProjects
Arts, Audio Video Technology, and Communications (AAVTC)
Health Science Information Technology (IT) Manufacturing Transportation, Distribution and
Logistics (TDL)
The AAVTC Pilot SitesThe AAVTC Pilot Sites
Miami Senior High School
Miami, FL Glenwood High School
Chatham, Il Covington High School
Covington, LA Communication Hi School Wall, NJ Western Suffolk BOCES Dix Hills, NY
Will Rogers High SchoolTulsa, OK
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology
Jamison, PA Hannaford Career Center
Middlebury, VT Peninsula/Gig Harbor
High Gig Harbor, WA
CAREER CLUSTER BROCHURE AND POSTERCAREER CLUSTER BROCHURE AND POSTER
ORDERING INFORMATIONORDERING INFORMATION
CALL ED PUBS AT:
1 877 433 7827
Cluster Project Web SitesCluster Project Web Sites
AAVTC www.artavcomm.org Health Science www.nchste.org Information Technology www.edc.org/EWIT/bltext.
htm
Manufacturing www.mfglinks.org Transportation,
Distributionand Logistics
education.dot.gov/translinkage
Contact Information:Contact Information: U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Education
Scott HessEducation Program SpecialistU.S. Department of Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education4090 MES
400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20202
www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/