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Tennessee Career Clusters
Guide
Fall TDCTE Meeting
Nashville,Tennessee
November 18, 2009
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Making Connections
Career Choices Today Are Difficult
More options
Definitions are fluid and changing
Expectations are very high
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
The Tennessee Career Clusters Guide
Provides a focus for choosing a career
Information = better decision making
Interests and skills matter
Academics apply to the real world
Tennessee-specific information
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Career Myths
One career - lasts a lifetime
Money = Happiness
Hot jobs, all that matter
Counselors have the answers
Choosing a career is easy
Success is accidental
There is a perfect job out there for everyone.
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Pathway to Your Future: Health Science2010 High School Graduate
Job Title #1: Optician: On-the-job training
Start work in 2010
Starting Salary: $25,319
Job Title #2: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer: Associate Degree
Start work in 2012
Starting Salary: $52,683
Job Title #3: Occupational Therapist: Bachelor’s Degree
Start work in 2014
Starting Salary: $62,299
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Bring It All Together
Write a paragraph
Make a T-Chart
Write a letter
Research online
Other
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Green Growth Potentialin Tennessee
45,000 new jobs from energy efficiency and renewable energy production
4,200 full-time jobs in wind and 400 in solar components manufacturing by 2015
162 occupations in 5 Tennessee energy sectors: green building, biofuels, wind, solar and geothermal energy
Source: Growing Green: The Potential for Green Job Growth in Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/laborwfd/Publications/EmploymentSecurity/GrowingGreenInTN2008.pdf
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202
Resources Needed to Help Students:
Achieve in school
Transition to college or work
Make academics relevant
© 2009 career communications, inc. 6701 W. 64th Street • Overland Park, KS 66202