Career Clusters 101 LEVEL 1

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Career Clusters 101LEVEL 1

• What are they?
• Why do we care?

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Career Clusters 101

• Career clusters
• Career fields
• Programs of Study
• Big Sky Pathways
• What great Opportunities!

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What are Career Clusters?

• Groupings of occupations and industries.
• A framework that shows the entire world of work.

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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.

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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

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In Montana ..

• In Montana the 16 clusters have been folded
  into
• Six Mega-Clusters

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DEFINITIONS

• A Career Field
• Means the overall description of one of the six
  areas of employment opportunities.
• Example Business, Management Information
  Systems

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DEFINITIONS

• Each Career Field
• shares the common
• Foundation Knowledge Skills
• of all fields and clusters.

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DEFINITIONS

• A Career Cluster
• is a list of occupations that fall under the
  particular career field heading.
• Example for Business, Management
  Information Systems, Montanas clusters are
• Marketing Sales
• Management Administrative Services
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Finance
• Information Technology

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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.

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DEFINITIONS
FIELD
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DEFINITIONS

• Each of the 16 pathways gives opportunities to
  further explore career possibilities

Cluster Overview Business Management and Administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Business Management and Administration career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy. Pathway Options Administrative Support Business Information Management General Management Human Resources Management Operations Management Occupation Examples Human resources manager, Administrative Assistant, Information Systems Manager, Management analyst, Marketing manager, Receptionist, Interviewer. For a complete listing, go to http//online.onetcenter.org/find/career?c4gGo
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ACTIVITY 1

• Browse by Career Pathway
• Career Clusters contain occupations in the same
  field of work that require similar skills.
  Students, parents, and educators can use Career
  Clusters to help focus education plans towards
  obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies,
  and training for success in a particular career
  pathway.
• Using O Net Online http//online.onetcenter.org/f
  ind/

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ACTIVITY 2

• GO TO MCIS mtcis.intocareers.org
• Complete the Career Cluster Inventory
• Go to My Career Plan
• Looking Deeper
• Research Options
• Occupational and Preparation Research
• Open document in Word and complete worksheet
• Evaluate Options
• Evaluate My Occupation Options
• Open document in Word and complete worksheet
• Print Completed worksheets
• SAVE EVERTHING IN YOUR MCIS Portfolio

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Questions???

• Are there any questions?
• Career Clusters
• Career Fields
• Programs of Study
• Big Sky Pathways