Career Clusters
This cluster includes teachers, counselors, and college professors.
What is Education?
This type of education usually takes 2 years and leads to an associate degree.
What is community college?
A job that allows you to work from home or anywhere that isn't a designated office space is called this.
What is remote?
“I work in a school, help students, and support academic, social, and emotional needs.”
What is a school counselor?
Being able to stay organized, meet deadlines, and manage your time effectively.
What is time management?
Doctors, nurses, and surgeons fall in this career cluster.
What is Healthcare or Health Sciences?
This word describes the training needed after high school for a specific skill, often less than 1–2 years.
What is technical/trade/vocational school?
This term refers to the amount of money a person earns per year.
What is salary?
“I use tools, repair cars, and diagnose vehicle problems.”
What is an auto mechanic?
Solving puzzles and figuring out how things work uses this skill.
What is problem-solving?
This cluster includes actors, graphic designers, journalists, and musicians.
What is Arts, A/V Technology & Communications?
These institutions offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
What are 4-year colleges/universities?
Someone who loves animals or enjoys taking care of their pets might like this job.
What is veterinarian, zoologist, or animal trainer?
“I design buildings, create blueprints, and work with math in creative ways.”
What is an architect?
This skill involves working well with others toward a common goal.
What is teamwork?
This career cluster includes police officers, firefighters, and EMTs.
What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security?
This is the name for professional learning you might need before starting a job, like a CNA program or commercial driver’s license.
What is certification?
A person who likes working outdoors might enjoy this job.
What is landscaper, park ranger, surveyor, horticulturist, environmental scientist, or wildlife biologist.
I analyze statistics and data to determine risks.
What is an actuary?
Being able to adjust when things change or plans shift.
What is flexibility/adaptability?
Software developers and cybersecurity specialists belong to this cluster.
What is Information Technology
Some students continue their education in these types of advanced programs to specialize further in fields like research, medicine, or legal studies.
What is graduate, medical, or law school?
Jobs that require teamwork, responsibility, punctuality, and communication rely on these types of skills.
What are soft skills?
“I write code to create apps, websites, and programs.”
What is software developer/programmer?
This skill involves talking, listening, and expressing ideas clearly.
What is communication?