States' Career Clusters

Welcome to Careerclusters.org!

This is the official website for the States' Career Clusters Initiative (SCCI). This website serves as a clearinghouse for Career Clusters research, products, services and technical assistance for implementation of the States' Career Clusters Framework for lifelong learning. More . . .

New Resources

The National Career and Technical Education Foundation (NCTEF) and Microsoft Corporation's U.S. Partners in Learning program have partnered to develop this guide for the series, "College and Career Readiness Program." The series showcases success stories of high schools that are creating a different kind of learning experience. The goals are to engage and educate students and successfully overcome the challenges of students dropping out and lack of preparation for college and career. These schools implement meaningful and relevant programs of study for students aligned to career clusters and 21st century skills. They provide examples and inspiration for other school leaders looking for best practices to guide the same success.

Click here to view to this guide:

In Colorado's new 2009-2010 Career Clusters Course Description booklet, the courses are color-coded according to the Cluster(s) they are connected to, making the booklet easy for students, parents, and advisors to navigate. For example, foundation/academic courses are marked in periwinkle; courses that go with the Agriculture cluster are tabbed in blue; courses that go with the Arts cluster are tabbed in gray; and courses that go with multiple clusters display the colors of each of those clusters.

Cool idea, Colorado!

Click here to view Colorado's course description booklet:

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