Section III: Career Development
Overview
Career development and application contains two critical components: classroom instruction in school and worksite career applications.
The school site activities integrate academic and occupational skills learned in the classroom with skills to prepare students for transitioning from school to career. Emphasis is on academic and technical skill building, understanding the concept of transferable skills, learning to work as a team member, establishing relationships, ethics and honesty, and relating personal interests and abilities to career opportunities.
The worksite career applications are competency-based educational experiences that are tied to the classroom by curriculum that coordinates and integrates school instruction with work experiences. These structured experiences provide students with an opportunity to apply the skills learned in the classroom in actual work environments and prepare students to transition to a two-year or four-year college, a registered apprenticeship program, or a career. Experiences may include:
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s)
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s) serve over 25,000 young adults in New York State. Within the context of the career and technical education programs, student leadership organizations provide students interested in a specific career area with a range of individual, cooperative, and competitive experiences and activities. The US Department of Education has recognized the Career and Technical Student Organizations as co-curricular in the policy statement signed by the Secretary of Education. Legislative support for these integral co-curricular activities is included in current CTE legislation.
CTSO’s enhance curricular content and encourage students’ self-development through various activities. The organizations provide quality education experiences in leadership, teamwork, citizenship, and character development that prepare students for college and careers. Development of leadership skills is an integral part of CTE in New York State.
The following CTSO’s are offered to New York State students:
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) www.newyorkHOSA.org
SkillsUSA http://www.nysskillsusa.org/
Family, Career & Community Leaders of America http://www.fcclainc.org/
New York State Association of FFA http://www.nysffa.org/index.php
Technology Students Association (TSA) http://www.tsaweb.org/
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) http://www.fbla.org/
Association of Marketing & Management Students (DECA) http://www.deca.org/
Career development and application contains two critical components: classroom instruction in school and worksite career applications.
The school site activities integrate academic and occupational skills learned in the classroom with skills to prepare students for transitioning from school to career. Emphasis is on academic and technical skill building, understanding the concept of transferable skills, learning to work as a team member, establishing relationships, ethics and honesty, and relating personal interests and abilities to career opportunities.
The worksite career applications are competency-based educational experiences that are tied to the classroom by curriculum that coordinates and integrates school instruction with work experiences. These structured experiences provide students with an opportunity to apply the skills learned in the classroom in actual work environments and prepare students to transition to a two-year or four-year college, a registered apprenticeship program, or a career. Experiences may include:
- Community-based work programs
- Entrepreneurship projects
- Career Pathway programs
- Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSOs) projects/competitions*
- CO-OP (paid and unpaid)
- Mentorship programs
- Health Occupations clinical experiences
- CTE internships
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s)
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s) serve over 25,000 young adults in New York State. Within the context of the career and technical education programs, student leadership organizations provide students interested in a specific career area with a range of individual, cooperative, and competitive experiences and activities. The US Department of Education has recognized the Career and Technical Student Organizations as co-curricular in the policy statement signed by the Secretary of Education. Legislative support for these integral co-curricular activities is included in current CTE legislation.
CTSO’s enhance curricular content and encourage students’ self-development through various activities. The organizations provide quality education experiences in leadership, teamwork, citizenship, and character development that prepare students for college and careers. Development of leadership skills is an integral part of CTE in New York State.
The following CTSO’s are offered to New York State students:
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) www.newyorkHOSA.org
SkillsUSA http://www.nysskillsusa.org/
Family, Career & Community Leaders of America http://www.fcclainc.org/
New York State Association of FFA http://www.nysffa.org/index.php
Technology Students Association (TSA) http://www.tsaweb.org/
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) http://www.fbla.org/
Association of Marketing & Management Students (DECA) http://www.deca.org/