Implementing Career Clusters and Pathways

Resources

• Curriculum Crosswalk - Incorporating Knowledge and Skill Statements
• Overview: Implementing Career Clusters and Pathways (ppt)
• Self Sufficiency Tables
• Steps to Completing Program(s) of Study (POS) (ppt)
• Taking the Mystery Out of Career Clusters - A useful example for local staff development on Career Clusters by Julie Budrow, Tech Prep Specialist, Blackhawk Technical College (ppt)
• Wisconsin Program of Study (POS) Implementation Component Guide

WTCS - Cluster and Pathway Assignments for Occupational Programs

The assignment of programs into clusters and pathways is for Perkins IV reporting purposes. A district may make a different decision about the placement of a program into a cluster or pathway; however, the district will be required to report to the System Office based on the program assignments.

• Clusters and Pathways Listing of WTCS Programs in numeric order by program number with their Cluster and Pathway (Excel Spreadsheet Pivot Table). The Bias field in the pivot table indicates a gender based Non-traditional Occupation program. (Last update: June 20, 2008)
• Programs with Cluster and Pathway Listing of the National Clusters/Pathways and their number codes (Excel Spreadsheet) (Last update: June 20, 2008)

Professional Development Opportunities

15 Critical Components for Implementation of Career Clusters

How does the DPI POS Diagram model fit with the National Career Cluster Model implementation of 15 critical components to the development of Career Clusters? The following two documents contain the 15 critical components and a crosswalk from DPI's POS Diagram to the critical components.

• Career Clusters: 15 Critical Components for Implementation (pdf)
• Crosswalk to the 15 Critical Components (ppt)

For questions about this information, contact Barbara A. Bitters (608) 266-9609

Last updated on 8/24/2009 9:39:43 AM