Career Cluster : Education & Training
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.
Workforce Region(s): Statewide Data - All Districts
Education & Training Pathways
Pathway Description: Smooth operation of any education or training institution requires competent administration. Administrators provide direction, leadership and day-to-day management of educational activities in schools, preschools, daycare centers, colleges, universities, businesses and industries, correctional institutions, museums, and job training and community service organizations.
Secondary CTE Courses
Career Exploration in Education and Training: This course will build an understanding of the academic, communication, and technical skills in all aspects of the industry. Learners will investigate a broad range of education and training careers through interest inventories and observations. This may be taught as a career exploration course in conjunction with other foundation Career Cluster courses.
Information Technology Applications: Students will practice ethical use of technology tools to manage personal schedules and contact information, create memos and notes, prepare simple reports and other business communications, manage computer operations and file storage, and use electronic mail and Internet applications to communicate, search for and access information.
Human Growth and Development: This course provides basic knowledge of human growth and development as well as skills necessary to care for lifelong development, health, CPR/first aid and nutrition. This course also provides information and activities for guiding behavior and meeting the needs of special age groups. Careers in Education and Training are explored.
Fundamentals of Education Professions: This course will provide fundamental knowledge of the subject matter and methodology used in the Education and Training cluster. It will provide students with opportunities for multiple supervised observation experiences in diverse environments that will expose them to the requirements of careers related to Education and Training.
Parenting and/or Child Development: This course introduces students to responsible and encouraging nurturing and basic applications of child development theory with emphasis on parents' and educators' responsibilities and the influences they have on children while providing care and guidance. Skills in communication, resource management and problem-solving are reinforced in this course.
Applications of Education Professions: This course introduces applications within the teaching and training profession, preparation for educational licensure and ongoing employment, exposure to legal and ethical issues, environmental structure and culture, and basic historical, sociological, philosophical, physiological and psychological principles that apply to classroom practice. Extensive observation in an approved school setting is a part of this course.
Other Courses and Elective Activities: Local student organization activities, including public speaking, record keeping and work-based experiences.
Pathway Description: The Professional Support Services pathway represents a variety of highly specialized occupations that are critical to our education and training systems. Counselors, psychologists, social workers, speech-language pathologists and audiologists assist people with personal and family needs, mental health assistance, educational goals and career decision making.
Secondary CTE Courses
Career Exploration in Education and Training: This course will build an understanding of the academic, communication, and technical skills in all aspects of the industry. Learners will investigate a broad range of education and training careers through interest inventories and observations. This may be taught as a career exploration course in conjunction with other foundation Career Cluster courses.
Information Technology Applications: Students will practice ethical use of technology tools to manage personal schedules and contact information, create memos and notes, prepare simple reports and other business communications, manage computer operations and file storage, and use electronic mail and Internet applications to communicate, search for and access information.
Human Growth and Development: This course provides basic knowledge of human growth and development as well as skills necessary to care for lifelong development, health, CPR/first aid and nutrition. This course also provides information and activities for guiding behavior and meeting the needs of special age groups. Careers in Education and Training are explored.
Fundamentals of Education Professions: This course will provide fundamental knowledge of the subject matter and methodology used in the Education and Training cluster. It will provide students with opportunities for multiple supervised observation experiences in diverse environments that will expose them to the requirements of careers related to Education and Training.
Parenting and/or Child Development: This course introduces students to responsible and encouraging nurturing and basic applications of child development theory with emphasis on parents' and educators' responsibilities and the influences they have on children while providing care and guidance. Skills in communication, resource management and problem-solving are reinforced in this course.
Applications of Education Professions: This course introduces applications within the teaching and training profession, preparation for educational licensure and ongoing employment, exposure to legal and ethical issues, environmental structure and culture, and basic historical, sociological, philosophical, physiological and psychological principles that apply to classroom practice. Extensive observation in an approved school setting is a part of this course.
Other Courses and Elective Activities: Local student organization activities, including public speaking, record keeping and work-based experiences.
Pathway Description: In addition to being knowledgeable in their subject, teachers and trainers must have the ability to communicate, inspire trust and confidence, motivate learners, as trainers must have the ability to communicate, inspire trust and confidence, motivate learners, as well as understand their educational and emotional needs. Teachers must be able to recognize and respond to individual differences in diverse learners and employ different teaching/training methods that will result in higher learner achievement.
Secondary CTE Courses
Career Exploration in Education and Training: This course will build an understanding of the academic, communication, and technical skills in all aspects of the industry. Learners will investigate a broad range of education and training careers through interest inventories and observations. This may be taught as a career exploration course in conjunction with other foundation Career Cluster courses.
Information Technology Applications: Students will practice ethical use of technology tools to manage personal schedules and contact information, create memos and notes, prepare simple reports and other business communications, manage computer operations and file storage, and use electronic mail and Internet applications to communicate, search for and access information.
Human Growth and Development: This course provides basic knowledge of human growth and development as well as skills necessary to care for lifelong development, health, CPR/first aid and nutrition. This course also provides information and activities for guiding behavior and meeting the needs of special age groups. Careers in Education and Training are explored.
Fundamentals of Education Professions: This course will provide fundamental knowledge of the subject matter and methodology used in the Education and Training cluster. It will provide students with opportunities for multiple supervised observation experiences in diverse environments that will expose them to the requirements of careers related to Education and Training.
Parenting and/or Child Development: This course introduces students to responsible and encouraging nurturing and basic applications of child development theory with emphasis on parents' and educators' responsibilities and the influences they have on children while providing care and guidance. Skills in communication, resource management and problem-solving are reinforced in this course.
Applications of Education Professions: This course introduces applications within the teaching and training profession, preparation for educational licensure and ongoing employment, exposure to legal and ethical issues, environmental structure and culture, and basic historical, sociological, philosophical, physiological and psychological principles that apply to classroom practice. Extensive observation in an approved school setting is a part of this course.
Other Courses and Elective Activities: Local student organization activities, including public speaking, record keeping and work-based experiences.
The Perkins crosswalk of educational programs of study to occupations identifies a number of programs relevant to this career cluster: