Planning for a career-ready education

Programs of Study are detailed guides for students, mapping out specific course options for a chosen career path from high school through postsecondary education. Programs of Study show how to smoothly transition into postsecondary education from high school CTE. They exemplify the importance of career planning, beginning in the freshman year in high school, and even earlier.

Below are 78 model Programs of Study (POS) for the 16 Career Clusters based on CareerClusters.org. Each model has been updated with the following information:

• Certificate and 4-year information as posted on Workforce Explorer (Note: Individual post-secondary institutions may change this data)
• Active apprenticeships in Washington (as of 6/1/2010)
• Current 2-year degrees at Washington State Community and Technical Colleges based on the SBCTC Matrix (published January 11, 2010)
• High demand jobs as published on Workforce Explorer (as of 6/1/2010)

In addition to the above resources, below are three planning guides for district use in development of Programs of Study. Districts should modify such resources to their course options and to up to date career and college course data.

• Professional-technical programs in Washington's community and technical colleges, January 2010
• Programs of Study and Apprenticeship Alignment Grid
• Sample Career Pathway Grid