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Career Clusters:
Focusing Education on the Future
U.S. Department of Education
National School-to-Work Office
Career 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 Clusters
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Agriculture & Natural
Resources
 Architecture &
Construction
 Arts, Audio/Video
Technology &
Communications
 Business &
Administration
 Education & Training
 Finance
 Government & Public
Administration
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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 Key
State Education Agencies
 Post-secondary Education (vocational
school, community college, university)
 Employers/Industry Groups (local,
national)
 Other relevant stakeholders (labor,
professional organizations)
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Career Cluster Development
 Form
Cluster Consortium with Partners
 Conduct Research to Identify
– Cluster Occupations
– Existing Standards
 Define
the Scope of the Cluster
 Align Occupations to Identify Cluster
Pathways
Career Cluster Development
 Select
Cluster Pilot Test Sites
 Establish Cluster Foundation and
Pathway Standards
 Develop Cluster Assessments
 Pilot Test Assessment and Certification
Process
 Document Pathway Knowledge and
Skills With Certificates
Cluster Foundation Standards
Topics
 Academic Foundation
 Communications
 Employability Skills
 Ethics
 Information Technology Applications
 Legal Responsibilities
 Safety Practices
 Systems
 Teamwork
 Technical Skills
Career Cluster Framework
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Cluster Foundation
– Represents the skills and knowledge, both
academic and technical, that all students within the
cluster should achieve regardless of their pathway.
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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.
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Career Specialties
– Represents the full range of career opportunities
within each pathway.
CAREER
Career
Specialties
CLUSTER
FRAMEWORK
Pathways
Cluster
Foundation
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and
Communications Career Cluster
Instructional/Assessment
Scenarios Include:
AAVTC Content Standard(s)
Addressed
 Required Academic Skills (Taxonomy
Based)
 Workplace Skills
 The Contextual Problem to be Solved
 Conditions for Performance
 Performance/Assessment Criteria
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Instructional/Assessment
Scenarios Include:
Student Instructions
 Teacher Instructions
 Resources Used to Develop the
Scenario
 Business and Industry Input for
Reality Check
 Quality Criteria for Scenario
Developers/Reviewers
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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
Projects
Arts, Audio Video Technology, and
Communications (AAVTC)
 Health Science
 Information Technology (IT)
 Manufacturing
 Transportation, Distribution and
Logistics (TDL)
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The AAVTC Pilot Sites
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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
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Will Rogers High School
Tulsa, OK
Middle Bucks Institute of
Technology
Jamison, PA
Hannaford Career Center
Middlebury, VT
Peninsula/Gig Harbor High
Gig Harbor, WA
CAREER CLUSTER BROCHURE AND POSTER
ORDERING INFORMATION
CALL ED PUBS AT:
1 877 433 7827
Cluster Project Web Sites
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AAVTC
www.artavcomm.org
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Health Science
www.nchste.org
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Manufacturing
www.mfglinks.org
Information Technology
www.edc.org/EWIT/bltext.ht
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Transportation,
Distribution
and Logistics
education.dot.gov/translinkag
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Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Education
Scott Hess
Education Program Specialist
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
4090 MES
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
[email protected]
www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/