What is a Career Specialist ?
   
A Career Specialist is a trained person who helps each student find a "Personal Pathway to Success."

What is a "Personal Pathway"

• In May 1995 Governor Mark Sanford signed into law the Education Economic Development Act (EEDA)
• Legislation that gives students the tools they need to have successful careers
• A system set up to help student and businesses meet  these challenges

How will a Personal Pathway Help

• Personal Pathways provides education and career planning resources
• Personal Pathways brings together students, parents, educators, and businesses

Why is a Personal Pathway Important

• It brings together a student's aspirations and abilities to have a career they enjoy
• It brings about a better economy, and therefore, quality of life
  
  What are the 16 Career Clusters

            16 Career Clusters

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources	Architecture and Construction	Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications	Business, Management, and Administration
Education and Training	Finance	Government and Public Administration	Health Science
Hospitality and Tourism	Human Services	Information Technology	Law, Public Safety, and Security
Manufacturing	Marketing, Sales, and Service	Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

• courses of study organized around different sets of occupations
• there are 16 clusters
• students will take 17 academic and 7 elective courses in High School to create an individual graduation plan (igp)

Career Corner

• Each month a career will be highlighted on the  school bulletin board
• Each month a career will be featured on the Career Corner Web Page

                                 
 The Career Cluster of the Month is Government and Public Administration
This Cluster Has Seven Career Pathways

• Governance
• National Security
• Foreign Service
• Planning
• Revenue and Taxation
• Public Management
• Administration

The first pathway is governance

• includes officials elected or appointed
• includes making and explaining public policy
• includes the president, congress, governors, legislators, and local government working with constituents
  

Jobs under governance include:
all elected officials from the president to your local employees

The second pathway is National Security diverse activites from running a hospital to running a helicopter

Jobs include:

• marines
• air force
• coast guard
• all reserve units
• air national guard

The third pathway is Foreign Service

this include all embassies,consulates, and other diplomats

Jobs include

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•  consulates
  
• ambassadors
  
• missionaries
  
• diplomatic couriers

The fourth pathway is planning

this includes development of long and short term land growth, revitalization, urban planning,rural planning, and suburban planning

Jobs include:

• planning
• economic development
  
• censorhip
  
• vital statistics
  

The fifth pathway is Revenue and Taxation

this includes the government obtaining, reviewing, and collecting all taxes and revenues from businesses and citizens

Jobs include:

• IRS agents
• tax examiners
  
• auditors
  
• assessors
  
• tax clerks
  

The sixth pathway is public management

this includes people who possess skills and knowledge in technology, industry, environment and rules

these people protect our health and safety

Jobs include:

• investigators
• police officers
  
• bank examiners
  
• election supervisors
  
• child support collectors
  
• border inspectors
  
• aviation safety
  

The seventh pathway is administration

this includes skills related to budget, procurement, regulations, policies, and  anyone who governs public management

Jobs include:

 

 

 

•  procurement specialists
  
• city managers
  
• chief of police
  

   

Web Links

For Middle School students

Mapping Your Future www.mapping-your-future.org

America’s Career InfoNet www.acinet.org/acinet

Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

Adventures in Education (also in Spanish)  www.adventuresineducation.org

What Can I Do With A Major In? www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/


web links

For Parents and Teachers

America’s Job Bank www.ajb.org

Career Builder www.careerbuilder.com

Monster Jobs www.monster.com

FirstGov for Workers-Services & information www.workers.gov

The Career Key www.careerkey.org/english

Career Guide to Industries www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm

Occupational Information Network online.onetcenter.org



The Princeton Review www.review.com/career/index.cfm

Career Resource Library www.acinet.org/acinet/

Career Choices careerplanning.about.com/library/blcareers.htm

Workforce Tools of the Trade www.workforcetools.org