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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
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 Key
State Education Agencies
Post-secondary Education (vocational
school, community college, university)
Employers/Industry Groups (local,
national)
Other relevant stakeholders (labor,
professional organizations)
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
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.
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
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
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)
The 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 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
AAVTC
www.artavcomm.org
Health Science
www.nchste.org
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/