1. PRESENTED TO NTRP-16 COUNCIL
DECEMBER 1, 2015
BY CYNTHIA MILLER & DON PERRY

2. PERSPECTIVE
You first need to know if your view of the world is from the top of a mountain or from the top of a rut.

3. Are you aware of what is happening in the world and to the world?
AWARENESS
Are you aware of what is happening
in the world and to the world?

4. TECHNOLOGY
We need to understand how technology impacts the teaching-learning process

5. HEURISTIC Career Clusters provide a systematic
orientation to the complex variety of
occupations by organizing jobs into
broad but specific categories that share
related knowledge & skills

6. WAYS A specific Career Cluster is sub-divided into
individual Career Pathways. What does a
Career Pathway represent?

7. INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY LEAD TO CAREER
Perspective
Awareness
Technology
Heuristic
Ways

8. ACHIEVE TEXAS
The Texas version of the national States’ Career Cluster Initiative (SCCI)

9. Career Clusters Project
This project was designed to align
postsecondary courses with secondary
courses in each of the Achieve Texas’
Programs of Study ( Career Pathways)

10. H.B (84th TX. Legislature)
THECB with assistance of community/technical colleges, CTE experts & college and career readiness experts shall establish Programs of Study (POS) that: 1. Incorporate College and Career Readiness Standards 2. Support attainment of employability & career readiness skills 3. Provide career cluster context leading to more specific POS 4. Incorporate multiple entry & exit points, including industry- recognized certifications or institutional transfer agreements 5. Culminate in attainment of a degree, certificate, or license

11. Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (Effective July 1, 2015)
Training that leads to industry recognized post-secondary credentials is emphasized.
States and local areas will use career pathways to provide education and employment and training assistance to accelerate job seekers' educational and career advancement.