Career Clusters

Career Clusters 2017-01-19T19:50:18-05:00

There are 16 career clusters leading to various career pathways. Instructors can incorporate these clusters into curriculum design and instruction. Adult education services will include workforce preparation activities and training for specific occupations; this will allow students to achieve their educational and career goals. For a listing and description of these career clusters, please click on the link below.

Career Cluster Pathways

Adding Polynomials

The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand that the rules for adding polynomials are analogous to the rules for adding integers. Students apply the rules for addition by building upon previous knowledge and understanding of polynomial terms.

GED Content Areas

  • Algebra and Functions

Calculating Perimeter and Area of a Rectangle

This lesson will assist students in understanding the concepts of perimeter and area.  Use of the concepts and processes learned to calculate perimeter and area of rectangles will be able to be applied to everyday life and the workplace.

GED Content Areas

  • Geometry

Understanding Polynomials: A Brief Introduction

The purpose of this lesson is to develop a student foundation for understanding the components of polynomials, including the use of variables, exponents, constants, and mathematical operators. By understanding the basic components of polynomials, students will become prepared for operations among polynomials, similar to what students will have accomplished previously with operations among numbers or linear equations.

GED Content Areas

  • Algebra and Functions

Uranium-Friend or Foe, Comparative Analysis in Science

Students will use critical reading skills to inform choice and support evidence-based writing.

GED Content Areas

  • Reading
  • Writing

Welding Terminology, Joint and Weld Types, Diagrams and Symbols

This lesson is part of the development of a unit on Introductions to different Careers in the workplace. It is meant to create interest in a career in welding for those GED students who do not wish to pursue more academic based careers by showing they are already equipped (or could easily become equipped) to pursue a career in this field. This lesson also teaches strategies for finding meaning in job-specific vocabulary.

GED Content Areas

  • Reading

What Footprint Will You Leave? Synthesizing and Presenting Information Graphically

As charts and graphs are used across most disciplines, graphic understanding enables the student to assess large amounts of data in order to recognize trends, compare parts of a whole, or compare two or more sets of information. For example, comparisons of weather data over time are usually represented in graphic form.

GED Content Areas

  • Reading