A group of businesses or organizations that produce similar products or provide similar services.
What is an industry?
100
The performance of an occupation (or set of activities or tasks) in a specific place for a specific employer.
What is a Job?
100
Awarded under a variety of types of education and training upon the successful completion of a brief course of study (usually one year or less). May be awarded by private or public colleges.
What is a Certificate?
100
Instruction that embeds academic content (e.g. reading, writing, mathematics) within content that is meaningful to students’ daily lives, interest, general workplace skills , specific occupation or trade
What is Contextualized Instruction?
200
Occupations in a state or region that project a large number of open positions and limited supply of trained workers to fill the positions.
What are High Demand occupations?
200
The sum total of one’s life experiences, including education, paid and unpaid work, and community, volunteer and family activities
What is a Career?
200
A sequence of education and training milestones that can be accumulated over time to build up an individual’s qualifications for career advancement.
What are Stackable Credential?
200
Programs that offer on-the-job training and mentoring that are linked to training and job proficiency. Designed to provide knowledge on technical subjects related to their trade.
What are Apprenticeship Programs?
300
Geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, and associated institutions in a
particular field that are present in a nation
or region.
What are Industry Clusters?
300
This is not limited to a specific academic discipline, area of knowledge, job, or task, but is useful in multiple work settings and life situations.
What is a Transferable Skill?
Bonus: What is an example of a transferable skill?
300
These are not tied to a specific educational program, but are typically awarded by a third-party nongovernmental body (such as an industry association).
What are Certifications?
300
Groupings based on common knowledge and skill requirements. Used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction.
What are Career Clusters?
Bonus Question - How many? What are examples?
400
Refers to a specific job title, trade, or profession. A person may have a single ____ but have multiple jobs and employers.