| Cleveland Schools Aims to Help Students Prepare | | | | career path that is grounded in their personal skills |
| for Life After High School | | | | and interests, and put together an educational plan |
| All Cleveland Schools high schools have developed | | | | in high school that will help them achieve their |
| the Career Fields path of study to help students | | | | dream of a successful career. |
| choose and succeed in higher education, work, | | | | The Six Career Pathways in the Cleveland |
| and life after high school. The Career Fields places | | | | Schools Career Fields Program |
| occupations into paths that share common skills. | | | | The Arts and Communications Career Field |
| This allows teachers and students to combine | | | | focuses on those careers that pertain to the arts |
| educational study with more technical instruction. | | | | in some way. Such job opportunities in the path |
| The six career paths chosen by Cleveland Schools | | | | include: vocal & instrumental music; visual and |
| are: Arts and Communications, Business and | | | | media arts; theater and film; journalism and |
| Management & Information Technology, | | | | literature; mass media, TV/radio and broadcasting; |
| Environmental and Agricultural Systems, Health | | | | advertising, public relations, graphic design, printing |
| Services, Human Resources/ Services, and | | | | publishing, telecommunications and technical writing. |
| Industrial and Engineering Systems. Following an | | | | The Business, Management & Information |
| educational path allows students to plan for a | | | | Technology Field pathway provides training in high |
| career after high school or a two-year technical | | | | skilled world of business, management and |
| or associate degree, or a four-year college | | | | administration as well as marketing, finance |
| degree. Cleveland Schools' Career Fields provides | | | | accounting, and data processing. Students who |
| the elective courses, in addition to the core | | | | follow this path usually have a strong background |
| requirements that will prepare them for the | | | | in math, science and technical skills. |
| career of their choice. | | | | The Environmental and Agricultural Systems |
| Each Career Field is a part of a Career Pathway | | | | Career Field trains students for opportunities in |
| Certificate Programs, the only difference between | | | | agriculture, the environment and natural resources. |
| these and the regular high school curriculum is that | | | | It includes agricultural science, earth sciences, |
| Career Pathway students may enter the | | | | environmental sciences as well as service, |
| workforce immediately after graduation from high | | | | research, education and production. Some careers |
| school. When entering the ninth grade in the | | | | to consider are agriculture, earth sciences, |
| Cleveland Schools students can choose to enter | | | | environmental studies, fisheries management, |
| the Individual Career Plan. This allows students in | | | | animal care, forestry, lawn care, plant care, floral |
| the Cleveland Schools to have a greater | | | | work, horticulture, and wildlife management. |
| understanding of who they are, have a potential | | | | |