Career Clusters are broad occupational groupings based on a set of common knowledge and skills required for a group of careers.
Career Pathways are a sub-grouping of careers used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction. Each pathway highlights a specific part of each cluster.
A Program of Study is a specific pathway, defined by a school/district partnership, which is a sequence of instruction consisting of coursework, co-curricular activities, worksite learning, service learning and other learning experiences.
An Academic and Career Plan represents a fluid, mapped academic plan reflecting a student’s unique set of interests, needs, learning goals and graduation requirements. It goes beyond the traditional “4 Year Plan” by recording a student’s connections to the larger community including community service, volunteerism, hobbies and activities, and post-secondary planning.
There are 16 Career Clusters — click on each to learn more about the cluster and its pathways.
https://www.wicareerpathways.org/
https://careertech.org/career-clusters
https://cte.careertech.org/sites/default/files/CareerClustersPathways.pdf
