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Title: Proposed Mississippi Career Clusters


1
Proposed Mississippi Career Clusters Pathways
  • Prepared by the Research and Curriculum Unit for
    Workforce Development
  • Vocational and Technical Education

2
Career Cluster and Pathway Research
  • Presentation Summary
  • Overview
  • Middle School Component Overview
  • Picture of Current Pathway
  • MS Economic Review Outlook
  • National Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • National Career Cluster Research
  • Community College IHL Expectations
  • Seven Proposed Career Clusters Detail
  • Contact Information

3
Why Change?
  • MS dropout data (30-40 dropout rate)
  • HS graduates unprepared for 21st century
    workforce
  • Increase academic component
  • Integrate 21st century skills
  • Federal Legislation (Perkins Career and Technical
    Education Improvement Act of 2005)
  • Must prepare students for high skill, high wage,
    or high demand careers in current and emerging
    occupations
  • All career pathways must lead to technical skill
    proficiency, an industry recognized credential, a
    certificate, or a degree in a specific field
  • All school districts must have at least one
    career pathway that links secondary and
    postsecondary career and technical education
    programs
  • Increase student learning by adding relevance
  • Prepare students for postsecondary education

4
On Target with a New Direction
5
Middle School Component
  • Workplace Skills (21st Century Skills)
  • Global Awareness
  • Financial, Economic, Business Literacy
  • Civic Literacy (citizenship, leadership, behavior
    management)
  • Information and Communication Skills (research)
  • Thinking Problem Solving Skills
  • Interpersonal and Self Directional Skills (work
    ethics, character, teamwork, diversity, time
    management)
  • Academic Core
  • Online Learning
  • Technology Skills Tools
  • Office Suite
  • CADD
  • Internet
  • Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
  • Graphing Calculators

6
Proposed Mississippi Career Clusters Pathways
7
Career Pathways
  • A program of study
  • 9th grade selection
  • 20 proposed MS career pathways

8
Pathways may consist of
9
What is a Program of Study?
  • Recommended coursework that serves as a guide for
    learners as they continue through secondary and
    postsecondary education courses
  • Should be customized with the following in mind
  • High school graduation requirements
  • Exit point options
  • Workforce
  • Community College
  • IHL
  • Based on Approved Courses for Mississippi
    Secondary Schools

10
Sample Program of Study
11
How Were the Clusters Developed?
  • MS Economic Review Outlook
  • Developed for the Governors Office by IHL
  • U.S. Department of Labor Statistics
  • Pre-Katrina Post-Katrina Data
  • National Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • http//www.bls.gov/oco/
  • National Career Cluster Research
  • http//www.careerclusters.org/
  • Community College IHL Expectations

12
National Career Cluster Research
  • Programs of Study
  • Suggested Courses and Descriptions
  • Cluster Foundation Knowledge and Skills
  • Pathway Knowledge and Skills

13
Timeline for Cluster Pathway Development
  • Spring Conceptual Phase
  • Cluster and pathway names
  • Programs of study (including vocational-technical
    course descriptions)
  • Fall Vocational-Technical Course Curriculum and
    Assessment Development
  • Competencies and objectives
  • Course outlines
  • Assessment items
  • Equipment lists
  • Articulation agreements between high school and
    community college programs

14
Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCareer Cluster
Mr. Wilbur Chancellor, Program SupervisorMS
Department of Educationwchancellor_at_mde.k12.ms.us
Dr. Jimmy McCully, Coordinator of Agriculture
Special InitiativesResearch and Curriculum
Unitjimmy.mccully_at_rcu.msstate.edu
15
Proposed Agriculture and Natural Resources
Cluster Pathways
16
Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • The production, processing, marketing,
    distribution, financing, and development of
    agricultural commodities and resources including
    food, fiber, wood products, natural resources,
    horticulture, and other plant and animal
    products/resources.

17
MS Economic Review OutlookProjected Jobs in
2010
Data by CCbenefits Inc. www.ccbenefits.com
18
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Buildings and Grounds
  • Focuses on occupations related to use of plants
    for ornamental purposes
  • Includes landscaping, floral design, nursery,
    greenhouse, and interiorscaping

20
Fishing, Farming, and Forestry
  • Focuses on occupations related to the production
    of farm and forest products
  • Includes occupations related to farming and farm
    management, and forest production and harvesting

21
Agricultural and Environmental Science and
Technology
  • Focuses on occupations requiring a technical or
    professional level education
  • Includes occupations related to conservation
    meat, poultry, and other food processing and
    other agricultural services and sciences
  • Follows the model of the proposed national
    Curriculum for Agriscience Education

22
Agriculture Is Diverse!
  • Please note that the modern agriculture and
    natural resource industry covers a wide field of
    study. There is an overlap among the three
    pathways. Courses in Agriculture and Natural
    Resources also include a number of skills that
    are transferable to management construction
    manufacturing and science, engineering,
    technology, and mathematics.

23
Business Management, Marketing,
TechnologyCareer Cluster
Ms. Denise Hanebuth, Program SupervisorMS
Department of Educationdhanebuth_at_mde.k12.ms.usD
r. Renee Gammill, Instructional Design
SpecialistResearch and Curriculum
Unitrenee.gammill_at_rcu.msstate.edu
24
Proposed Business Management, Marketing, and
Technology Cluster Pathways
25
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26
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
Link to Less than 1000 MS job data
27
Possible Careers
  • Management Occupations
  • Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
  • Construction managers
  • Food service managers
  • Chief executives
  • General and operations managers
  • Sales and Related Occupations
  • Supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
  • Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
  • Parts salespersons
  • Advertising sales agents
  • Securities, commodities, and financial services
    sales agents
  • Travel agents
  • Sales representatives
  • Demonstrators and product promoters
  • Models
  • Telemarketers
  • Sales and related workers

28
Possible Careers
  • Office and Administrative Support Occupations
  • Answering service personnel
  • Telephone operators
  • Billing and posting clerks
  • Gaming cage workers
  • Payroll clerks
  • Procurement clerks
  • Correspondence clerks
  • Court, municipal, and license clerks
  • File clerks
  • Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
  • Computer Science Occupations
  • Computer programmers
  • Computer software engineers
  • Computer support specialists
  • Computer systems analysts
  • Database administrators
  • Network and computer systems administrators
  • Network systems and data communications analysts

29
Community College IHL Expectations (Business
Management and Finance)
  • Prerequisites
  • Technology Skills
  • Written and Oral Communication Skills
  • Math, English, and Science Skills
  • American Government
  • Major Core
  • Principles of Banking
  • Business Finance
  • Accounting
  • Financial Management
  • Project Management
  • International Business
  • Public Relations
  • Cross-Cultural Management
  • Interviewing
  • Communication
  • Human Resource Management
  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Economics

30
Community College IHL Expectations (Marketing
and Economics)
  • Major Core
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Personal Selling
  • Retailing
  • Internet Marketing
  • Purchasing
  • Marketing Management
  • International Marketing
  • Services Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Consumer Analysis and Behavior
  • Communication
  • Human Resource Management
  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Economics
  • Prerequisites
  • Technology Skills
  • Written and Oral Communication Skills
  • Math, English, and Science Skills
  • American Government

31
Community College IHL Expectations (Information
Technology)
  • Prerequisites
  • Technology Skills
  • Written and Oral Communication Skills
  • Math, English, and Science Skills
  • Major Core
  • Microcomputers and Networks
  • Data Communication
  • Network Planning and Design
  • Network Implementation and Maintenance
  • Network Security
  • Network Administration
  • Programming Languages
  • Database Systems
  • Operating Platforms
  • Web Development

32
Construction ManufacturingCareer Cluster
Mr. Sam Davis, Program SupervisorMS Department
of Educationsdavis_at_mde.k12.ms.usMs. Jo Ann
Watts, Instructional Design SpecialistResearch
and Curriculum Unitjoann.watts_at_rcu.msstate.edu
33
Proposed Construction and Manufacturing Cluster
Pathways
34
Construction
  • Careers in designing, planning, managing,
    building and maintaining the built environment.

35
Manufacturing
  • Planning, managing and performing the processing
    of materials into intermediate or final products
    and related professional and technical support
    activities such as production planning and
    control, maintenance and manufacturing/process
    engineering

36
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
37
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38
Workforce Expectations
  • Graduates will have obtained those skills that
    will enable them to enter the workforce with the
    skills necessary to succeed

39
Community College Expectations
  • Community College minimum requirements
  • GED or High School Diploma (basic academic core)
  • ACT and/or TABE scores
  • Program requirements will vary for each
    Community College.

40
Institutions of Higher Learning Expectations
  • University minimum requirements
  • GED or High School Diploma
  • ACT or SAT score
  • The university will require a high school diploma
    with certain required courses in English, math,
    science, social studies, advanced electives
    (foreign lang.), and computer applications.

41
Education, Hospitality, Fine Arts, Social
Services Career Cluster
Ms. Christine Philley, Program SupervisorMS
Department of Educationcphilley_at_mde.k12.ms.usMs
. Patty Jenkins, Instructional Design
SpecialistResearch and Curriculum
Unitpatty.jenkins_at_rcu.msstate.edu
42
Proposed Education, Hospitality, Fine Arts, and
Social Services Cluster Pathways
43
Education and Family Consumer Sciences
  • Education
  • Planning, managing and providing education and
    training services, and related learning support
    services
  • Possible careers
  • Less than a Baccalaureate Degree
  • Child Care Worker
  • Elementary Aide
  • Baccalaureate Degree
  • Child Care Director
  • Elementary or Secondary Teacher
  • More than a Baccalaureate Degree
  • College/University Faculty

44
Hospitality
  • Possible Careers
  • Entry Level
  • Banquet Server
  • Host
  • Skill Level
  • Baker
  • Restaurant Server
  • Management Level
  • Caterer
  • Executive Chef
  • General Manager
  • Encompasses the management, marketing and
    operations of restaurants and other culinary
    services, lodging, attractions, recreation events
    and travel related services. 

45
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
46
Sample Program of Study
47
Health Human Services Career Cluster
Ms. Sandra Bates, Program SupervisorMS
Department of Educationsbates_at_mde.k12.ms.usMr.
Rodney Beasley, Instructional Design
SpecialistResearch and Curriculum
Unitrodney.beasley_at_rcu.msstate.edu
48
Proposed Health and Human Services Career Cluster
and Pathways
49
Health Sciences
  • According to the States Career Clusters, health
    science involves careers related to planning,
    managing, and providing
  • Therapeutic Services
  • Diagnostic Services
  • Health Informatics
  • Support Services
  • Biotechnology Research and Development

50
Sample Careers Related to Health Sciences
  • Therapeutic Acupuncturist, CNA, Dental
    Assistant, Dietician, LPN, Pharmacist,
    Psychologist
  • Diagnostic Cardiovascular Technologist,
    Phlebotomist, Radiologist
  • Health Informatics Health Educator, Healthcare
    Administrator, Medical Assistant, Medical
    Information Technologist
  • Support Services Central Services,
    Environmental Services, Food Service
  • Biotechnology Research and Development
    Biochemist, Geneticist, Lab Technician,
    Toxicologist

51
Personal Care and Cosmetology Services
  • According to the States Career Clusters, human
    services involve careers related to preparing
    individuals for employment in career pathways
    that relate to families and human needs. Areas
    include
  • Early Childhood Development Services
  • Counseling Mental Health Services
  • Family Community Services
  • Personal Care Services
  • Consumer Services

52
Sample Careers Related to Human Services
  • Early Childhood Development Services
    Preschool Teachers, Childcare Workers, Teachers
    Assistants
  • Counseling Mental Health Services
    Sociologists, School Counselors, Family
    Counselors
  • Family Community Services Religious Leaders,
    Social Services Workers, Adult Day Care Workers
  • Personal Care Services Barbers, Cosmetologists,
    Massage Therapists
  • Consumer Services Certified Financial Planners,
    Customer Service Representatives, Market
    Researchers

53
Sample Program of Study
54
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
55
Sample Community College and University
Expectations
  • Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Chemistry, Microbiology, Human Anatomy and
    Physiology, College Algebra, and Statistics
  • Psychosocial Sciences
  • General Psychology, Human Growth and Development,
    Introductory Sociology, and Nutrition
  • Humanities and Fine Arts
  • English Composition, Speech, and Fine Arts
  • Other Skills
  • Reading Skills
  • Critical Thinking Skills
  • Technology Skills

56
Science, Technology, Engineering Math(STEM)
Career Cluster
Ms. Sharon Hudson, Program SupervisorMS
Department of Educationshudson_at_mde.k12.ms.usMs.
Robin Parker, Instructional Design
SpecialistResearch and Curriculum
Unitrobin.parker_at_rcu.msstate.edu
57
Proposed STEM Career Cluster and Pathways
58
Design Technology
  • Basic Academic Core
  • Technology
  • AutoCAD 2007
  • Purchase a laptop computer by sophomore year

59
Design Technology
  • Possible Careers
  • Commercial and industrial designers
  • Fashion designers
  • Interior designers
  • Merchandise displayers and window trimmers

60
Architecture Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Designing and planning the built environment
  • Possible careers
  • Architects
  • Surveyors
  • Drafters
  • Engineering
  • Planning, managing, and providing scientific
    research and professional and technical services
    (e.g., physical science, social science,
    engineering) including laboratory and testing
    services, and research and development services.
  • Possible careers
  • All types of engineers

61
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
62
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Community College IHL Expectations (Engineering)
  • Basic Academic Core
  • Technology
  • Student laptop computers (PC)
  • Software
  • MS Office 2003 (to include Access)
  • MathCAD
  • MatLab
  • Mathematica
  • Public Speaking
  • Technical Writing
  • Math Prerequisites
  • Calculus
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate
  • Financial Accounting
  • Microeconomics
  • Marketing
  • Entrepreneurship

64
Community College IHL Expectations
(Architecture)
  • Technology
  • Student laptop computers
  • MS Office Suite
  • Adobe Premier (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign,
    Acrobat)
  • AutoCAD 2007
  • Autodesk Revit
  • Physical systems of structure
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • Heating
  • Air conditioning
  • Public Speaking
  • Basic Academic Core
  • Mathematics
  • Algebra, Trigonometry, Finite Mathematics, or
    Intro to Calculus
  • Advanced Writing Skills
  • History/Theory
  • Management
  • Economics
  • Real Estate
  • Finance
  • Design
  • Form
  • Shape
  • Space

65
Transportation Career Cluster
Mr. Sam Davis, Program SupervisorMS Department
of Educationsdavis_at_mde.k12.ms.usMr. Scott
Kolle, Instructional Design SpecialistResearch
and Curriculum Unitscott.kolle_at_rcu.msstate.edu
66
Proposed Transportation Cluster Pathways
67
Transportation Cluster
  • Planning, management, and movement of people,
    materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail
    and water and related professional and technical
    support services such as transportation
    infrastructure planning and management, logistics
    services, mobile equipment and facility
    maintenance.

68
MS Economic Review Outlook(Major Categories)
69
Sample Program of Study
70
Workforce Expectations
  • Graduates will have obtained those skills that
    will enable them to enter the workforce with the
    skills necessary to succeed.

71
Community College Expectations
  • Community College minimum requirements
  • GED or High School Diploma
  • ACT and/or TABE scores
  • Program requirements will vary for each Community
    College.

72
Institutions of Higher Learning Expectations
  • University minimum requirements
  • GED or High School Diploma
  • ACT or SAT score
  • The university will require a high school
    diploma with certain required courses in English,
    math, science, social studies, advanced electives
    (foreign lang.), and computer applications.

73
ContactMs. Christine B. Wall, Bureau
DirectorMississippi Department of
EducationOffice of Instructional
Developmentcwall_at_mde.k12.ms.us601-359-3090Dr.
Stephanie King, Curriculum CoordinatorMississipp
i State UniversityResearch and Curriculum
Unitstephanie.king_at_rcu.msstate.edu662-325-2510
  • For the latest updates
  • http//redesign.rcu.msstate.edu
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