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Careers: Careers: Talking The Talking The
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Moving On Up
Working 9 to 5
Making theGrade
Money TalksCreating A Road Map
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MOVING ON UP
Non-degreed programs one to two years in length and are geared toward employment in a particular field.
Answer: What is a Diploma Program?
MOVING ON UP
A degree awarded after a two year program of study is successfully completed.
Answer: What is an Associates Degree?
MOVING ON UP
A degree awarded after a four year program of study is successfully completed.
Answer: What is a Bachelors Degree?
MOVING ON UP
Institutions of learning that offer associate of applied science degrees and diploma programs in a variety of
career-related fields.
Answer: What are Technical Institutes?
Institutions of higher education which grant academic degrees at all levels and in a variety of subjects.
Answer: What are Universities?
MOVING ON UP
Short, unpaid visits to a variety of workplaces to learn more about the requirements of
certain occupations.
Answer: What is a job shadow?
WORKING 9 TO 5
High school organizations for students enrolled in CTE programs that offer opportunities for leadership
and other skill development.
Answer: What are career technical student organizations?
WORKING 9 TO 5
A program that involves working in a chosen career field for a semester during school to learn more
about the job requirements.
Answer: What is a youth internship program?
WORKING 9 TO 5
Programs for high school students to improve their basic skills and learn more about an occupation before applying to an apprenticeship program.
Answer: What is a pre-apprenticeship program?
WORKING 9 TO 5
A high school student is paired with an expert in his/her selected career cluster to learn more about
the business.
Answer: What is a mentorship?
WORKING 9 TO 5
Credit awarded for 15 hours of class time and successful completion of a post-secondary
education course.
Answer: What is a college credit?
MAKING THE GRADE
An exam covering math, science, and language arts given by American College Testing that is used as a
partial entrance requirement for college.
Answer: What is the ACT exam?
MAKING THE GRADE
The number assigned to the average of grades from student coursework. Computed by the number of points (A=4, B=3, C=2, and D=1) divided by the
number of total credit hours for the semester.
Answer: What is GPA?
MAKING THE GRADE
College level courses offered at high schools that allow students to receive college credit.
Answer: What are AP classes?
MAKING THE GRADE
“Extra-help” college courses in math and language arts that under-prepared students must complete
before enrolling for “regular” college classes.
Answer: What is remedial coursework?
MAKING THE GRADE
Credits obtained from both the high school and the college for the same course when standards for both
have been met.
Answer: What is dual credit?
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A process for linking two or more educational systems to help students make a smooth transition
without experiencing duplication of courses, or loss of credit.
Answer: What is articulation?
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An exchange agreement between post-secondary schools where the same tuition rate is charged.
Answer: What is reciprocity?
MONEY TALKS
A scholarship aimed at keeping South Dakota students in-state for their post-secondary education and future careers. It covers 16 credit hours of tuition and fees.
Answer: What is the Dakota Corp Scholarship?
MONEY TALKS
A scholarship that provides $5,000 over four years to a student who has completed the Regents Scholar curriculum, has a GPA of 3.0 and has earned at least
a 24 on the ACT.
Answer: What is the SD Opportunity Scholarship?
MONEY TALKS
Broad groupings of occupations that serve as an organizing tool for all careers.
Answer: What are career clusters?
CREATING A ROAD MAP
A plan for high school and post-secondary coursework based on a chosen career cluster.
Answer: What are personal learning plans?
CREATING A ROAD MAP
Areas of concentrations within career clusters that require similar academic and technical skills.
Answer: What are career pathways?
CREATING A ROAD MAP
Results from this assessment are used to match interests and abilities to career areas.
Answer: What is a career interest and aptitude assessment?
CREATING A ROAD MAP
South Dakota students may select from these course plans as a part of graduation requirements: standard,
advanced and distinguished.
Answer: What are SD Graduation Pathways?
CREATING A ROAD MAP
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