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Since 1960s, career cluster resources have been used as career exploration and planning tools in
schools, learning communities, and organizations across the nation. Career Clusters is a system
that matches educational and career planning.
Career clusters are groups of similar occupations and industries. When teachers, counselors, and
parents work with teens, college students, and adults, the first step is to complete career cluster
assessment. The assessment identifies the highest career cluster areas. Career assessments show
teens, college students, and adults rankings from one of the following 16 Interests Areas or
Clusters:
After pinpointing the highest career clusters, teens, college students, and adults explore the
different careers and create education plans.
Career cluster tools used in career and educational planning include:
After completing a career cluster assessment, teens, college students, and adults look at web
sites, career models, brochures, pathways, and high school plans. One of the most unique
comprehensive career cluster resources is the Louisiana Integrated Skills Assessment (LISA), an
Internet program. LISA lets you explore career clusters, careers, abilities, training requirements,
and more. There are 3 steps in the LISA program:
In Step 1, when you choose a career cluster, you will see a description of the cluster. When you
select a career group in Step 2, you see different careers. Finally, in Step 3, you see a wealth of
information:
Job descriptions
Educational and training requirements
Crosswalks, for example ONET, DOT, GOE, and other codes
Abilities
Knowledge
Skills
Tasks
Work Values
Labor Market Information
Even though LISA is an awesome program, in classroom or workshop settings, you need printed
materials. When using printed materials, the career model is the best place to start. Models
provide excellent overviews listing the cluster definitions, sample careers, pathways, knowledge,
and skills. Visual models show career clusters, the cluster subgroups, and related careers. Models
are an excellent way to introduce career clusters.
For presentations, workshops, and group discussions, the career cluster brochures provide
additional information. Adults and teens read about the different careers that are available in
each career cluster. Teachers, counselors, and parents use the brochures to solidify adults' and
teens' potential career or educational decisions.
The brochures cover topics such as:
Teachers, counselors, and parents use career pathways for more detailed information. The career
pathways are subgroups or areas of concentration within career clusters. Each pathway contains
career groups. The career groups have similar academic skills, technical skills, educational
requirements, and training requirements. Career pathways are plans of study that outline required
secondary courses, post secondary courses, and related careers. The career pathways are essential
tools that teachers, counselors, parents, and other adults use to give educational planning advice.
Several web sites feature High School Plans of Study. These study plans show required, elective,
and suggested courses for each grade level. The school plans also match the career clusters to
related careers, career pathways, and post-secondary options. Teachers, counselors, and parents
find that these school plans are guides for selecting the right high school courses to match
potential careers. Beyond high school, the Utah System for Higher Education has created a
College Major Guide. Parents, teachers, and counselors can use the guide to match college
majors to Certificate and Degree Programs.
For planning curriculum and educational programs, there are detailed Knowledge and Skills
Charts and Cluster Crosswalks. The knowledge and Skills expand upon the information listed on
the career cluster models. For each knowledge and skill area, there are performance elements and
measurement criteria. Crosswalks show the relationships between career clusters and other career
models:
Career clusters build a bridge between education and career planning. Different types of career
cluster resources are available: videos, web sites, booklets, brochures, activity sheets, and
workbooks. Teachers, counselors, and parents use career cluster resources to successfully
complete career and educational planning.
Resources:
American Careers Career Paths, Career Communications, 6701 W. 64th St., Overland, KS
66202, 800-669-7795
Career Click, Illinois Department of Employment Security,33 South State Street, Chicago, IL
60603, (312) 793-5700
CIP Code Index by Career Cluster, Adult & Postsecondary CTE Division, Bureau of Career and
Technical Education, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126, (717) 772-0814
Cluster and Career Videos, Career One Stop, U.S. Department of Labor, Frances Perkins
Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210, 866-4-USA-DOL
College Major Guide Utah System for Higher Education, Board of Regents Building, The
Gateway, 60 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1284, (801) 321-7100
Find Careers (Videos), iSeek Solutions, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Wells Fargo
Place, 30 7th St. E., Suite 350, St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
High School Plans of Study, New Hampshire Department of Education, 101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3860, (603) 271-3494
Introduction to Career Clusters, Career Education, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, P.O. Box 543
Blacklick, OH 43004-0544,
Maryland Career Clusters, Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201,
Rhodes Island's Career Clusters, Rhode Island's Career Resource Network, 1511 Pontiac
Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920, 401-462-8790
School to Career Clusters, State of Connecticut, Department of Labor, Job Bank, 645 South
Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457, (860)754-5000
States' Career Clusters Initiative (SCCI), 1500 W. Seventh Avenue, Stillwater, OK 74074
Career Pathway Plans, Career Cluster, Knowledge and Skills Charts
VTECS Cluster Frameworks, VTECS, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA, 30033,404-679-4501
ext 543
What are Career Clusters? Career Prospects System, New Mexico Career Resource Network,
CAREER TECHNICAL AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION BUREAU (CTWEB), Education
Building, 300 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 827-6512
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