Actions
What one can do, the power to perform a specific task
ability
A two-year degree that prepares students for a specific career or further education.
Associate Degree
A course of events including all work, paid and unpaid, which are completed during a lifetime.
Career
Free application for Federal Student Aid
FAFSA
A combination of on-the-job training with classroom training.
Aptitude
Degree awarded to students who complete a 4-year college program
Bachelor's Degree
Career Clusters are broad groups of occupations and industries with common features. Career clusters are subdivided into "career pathways". Each career cluster has hundreds of careers that will help you view your career options broadly through various career fields and the options in each field.
Career Clusters
Grants, scholarships, work-study, and loans that help pay for college.
Financial Aid
Familiarity with a particular subject.
Knowledge
Awarded to students who complete short-term educational programs that are designed to lead directly to entry-level employment.
Certificate
Occupations within one career cluster are organized into pathways which are a series of courses that prepare you for an occupation field.
Career Pathways
Money to attend a college that the student does NOT have to pay back.
Grant
The ability to be dependable
Reliability
College level courses for students while in high school for which both high school and college credit can be earned.
Dual Credit
Classes that specialized in skilled trades, applied sciences, modern technologies, and career preparation.
Career and Technical Education
The amount of money or its equivalent received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services.
Income
A duty or obligation
Responsibility
General Education Diploma. The GED tests measure the outcomes and concepts associated with a traditional four-year high school education.
GED
One who organizes and manages a business or enterprise.
Entrepreneur
Something that concerns involves, or draws the attention of a person.
Interests