•  Career Development

    The American School Counselor Association defines career development as standards guiding school counseling programs to help students 1) understand the connection between school and the world of work and 2) plan for and make a successful transition from school to post-secondary education and/or the world of work and from job to job across the life span.
     
    Georgia Department of Education
    Elementary Career Clusters
     
    Career Clusters represent a grouping of similar occupations according to common knowledge and skills for the purpose of organizing educational programs. Georgia's 17 career clusters are modeled after the National Career Cluster Framework and are delivered to elementary students in first through fifth grade.
     
    Clusters
     
     

    Kindergarten

    Introduction to Career Clusters
     
    1st Grade
    Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
    Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
    Law, Public Safety & Security

     

    2nd Grade
    Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
    Health Science
    Education & Training

     

    3rd Grade
    Hospitality & Tourism
    Human Services
    Energy

     

    4th Grade
    STEM
    Manufacturing
    Business Management & Administration
    Architecture & Construction

     

    5th Grade
    Finance
    Information Technology
    Marketing
    Government & Public Administration