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Career Clusters 101

Career Clusters 101. What are they? Why do we care? How do they affect my Business and Marketing program? Where do I begin?. Career Clusters 101. Career clusters … Career fields … Programs of Study … Big Sky Pathways … What great Opportunities!. OVERVIEW.

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Career Clusters 101

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  1. Career Clusters 101 What are they? Why do we care? How do they affect my Business and Marketing program? Where do I begin?

  2. Career Clusters 101 • Career clusters … • Career fields … • Programs of Study … • Big Sky Pathways … • What great Opportunities!

  3. OVERVIEW • Career Clusters—what are they? • Why are we instituting them in Montana? • Basic definitions of terms • Big Sky Pathways—what must they contain? • Where do we begin … how do we start? • Break-out FOCUS GROUPS by class size • Reporting back

  4. What are Career Clusters? • Groupings of occupations and industries. • A framework that shows the entire world of work. • Used as an organizing tool for curriculum design. • Blend rigorous academic/technical preparation.

  5. What are Career Clusters? • Provide career planning • Offer options for students to experience all aspects of an industry. • Assists students with transitions All clusters have a common foundation knowledge and skills base.

  6. Sixteen Career Clusters • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources • Finance • Architecture & Construction • Education & Training • Arts, AV Tech & Communications • Government & Public Administration • Business, Management & Administration • Health Science • Hospitality & Tourism • Manufacturing • Human Services • Marketing Sales & Service • Information Technology • Sciences, Tech, Engineering & Mathematics • Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

  7. Where did they come from? • Proposed by the US Department of Education • Developed and then adopted by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education.

  8. In Montana ….. • MT Career Clusters Steering Committee formed in 2005 proposed we take the 16 clusters and fold them into: Six Mega-Clusters

  9. Why do we care? • Our world has changed …and will continue to. • No longer a primarily unskilled labor force. • Seamless transition from secondary to post-secondary education. • To stay globally competitive, we need to focus on high skill, high demand, high wage careers. • Instruction needs to relate to student career interests and their personal aspirations.

  10. Why change?

  11. Why do we care? • Business and industry demand change. Workforce is aging; Baby boomers are retiring. Montana will have a major labor shortage beginning in 2013 and the shortage will continue while the demand for workers will increase. • Clusters and ‘Programs of Study’ are part of the new Perkins IV law.

  12. DEFINITIONS • A career field Means the overall description of one of the six areas of employment opportunities. Business, Management & Information Systems

  13. DEFINITIONS Each career field shares the common Foundation Knowledge & Skills of all fields and clusters.

  14. DEFINITIONS • A career cluster is a list of occupations that fall under the particular career field heading. Montana’s clusters are: Marketing & Sales Management & Administrative Services Hospitality and Tourism Finance Information Technology

  15. DEFINITIONS FIELD clusters

  16. DEFINITIONS • A Big Sky Pathway (aka ‘Program of Study’) Is the sequential, non-duplicative coursework necessary for seamless transition from secondary to post-secondary studies for a select set of occupations.

  17. Who’ll develop the model Pathways? • Specialists from OCHE • Specialists from OPI • Members of Consortium for Educational Advancement (CEA) ---formerly the Tech Prep Consortium • Educators (Secondary & Post-Secondary) from the business/marketing field • Business & Industry partners

  18. THIS YEAR … • Will all Big Sky Pathways be developed this year? No. But ten model pathways will be developed … Two in each of the following: Business, Management & Info Systems Industrial, Manufacturing, & Engineering Systems Health Sciences Human Services & Resources Environmental & Agricultural Systems

  19. THIS YEAR … • We will choose two from the Business, Management, & Information Systems field this year …. Then the rest will follow in 2008-2009. ** will coincide with the re-writing of the Business/Marketing section of the Montana Standards and Guidelines.

  20. REQUIRED ELEMENTS • Coordinated and non-duplicative sequence of courses. • Contains both secondary and post-secondary elements. • Challenging academic and career technical education content • Culminate in technical skill proficiency, industry-recognized credential, certificate, degree, or completion of a recognized apprenticeship program.

  21. PERMISSIVE ELEMENTS • Opportunity for secondary students to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to acquire post-secondary credits.

  22. Where and HOW do we begin? • Don’t just “plug in” our existing courses ... • Think outside the box! What is best for students?? • Carefully analyze what we’re teaching in light of challenging academic and CTE content • Consider high skill, high demand, high wage (Montana statistics) • What ‘seamless transitions’ can we make? • Look at sample programs of study: www.careerclusters.org • Network with other teachers who’ve begun the process.

  23. FOCUS GROUPS • Divide into groups according to class size. (AA, A, B, C-size schools) • Recruit a RECORDER and a REPORTER for your group. • Discuss together and analyze your current program offerings in light of the challenging academic and CTE content and high skill, high demand, high wage. • What would a Big Sky Pathway look like in your size school?

  24. FOCUS GROUPS • By group consensus, choose two of the 5 clusters that you would recommend the Pathway Development Team develop as a model template for 2007-08. Explain your reasoning behind your decision. • Future plans—PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—what should be our areas of focus? • Industry knowledge and industry skill • Interventions & supports (academic services) • Technical skill • Academic skill (math, science, reading) • Teaching skills (pedagogy)

  25. Take a BREAK! Take a BREAK!

  26. FOCUS GROUPS Individual groups report back.

  27. WRAP UP Thank you, thank you! Questions??

  28. REMEMBER …… “Some times you have to move slow to move fast.” Don’t stress; learn and glean from others … work smarter, not harder!

  29. CONCLUSION • Please contact me if you’d be interested in serving on the Pathway Development Team CONTACT INFORMATION Diana Fiedler dfiedler@mt.gov

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