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Direct linkGreen, Kimberly – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
This article provides an overview of the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium's (NASDCTEc) Common Career Technical Core (CCTC), a state-led initiative that was created to ensure that career and technical education (CTE) programs are consistent and high quality across the United States. Forty-two states,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Business
Benson, Ann; Benson, Gene – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Career clusters, career pathways, career majors, programs of study, plans of study--the list of terms being used these days to help describe the process for helping learners/students reach success in careers and postsecondary education seems endless. Lost in the dialogue of most conversations, however, is the discussion about the content of the…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Education, Occupational Clusters, Postsecondary Education
Miller, Jared – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
In the midst of several upheavals in the American labor market, career clusters entered the scene in the late 1990s. Career clusters, sometimes called career pathways or ladders, have exploded in popularity and are now being implemented by most states. Job types can be grouped according to similar work interests and knowledge/skill requirements.…
Descriptors: Wages, Economic Development, Labor Market, Vocational Education
Coffee, Joseph N. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
A month after the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001, an advisory group met in Little Rock, Arkansas, to begin the development of the Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security (LPSCS) career cluster. At that time there were five pathways of what was then called the Law and Public Safety cluster--fire and emergency services, law enforcement,…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Safety, Legal Aid, Law Enforcement
Lewis, C. Deanna – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), is dedicated to the advancement and enrichment of education and training programs serving the needs of the building industry. For more than 30 years, HBI has trained skilled workers in residential construction, promoted the industry as…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Labor Force Development, Career Awareness, Employees
Sibert, Bonnie; Rowe, Anne; McSpadden, Paggie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
Career clusters represent a nationwide effort to help learners obtain the knowledge and skills they need for career success, mobility and advancement by aligning what is taught in the classroom to business and industry expectations. In this article, the authors, education department officials from Nebraska, Virginia, and Alabama, outline the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Education Work Relationship, Career Planning, Career Development
