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Career Cluster
Education & Training
- Do you enjoy teaching others?
- Are you patient?
- Are you comfortable with public speaking?
- Are you creative?
- Do you enjoy working with children or teenagers?
- Do you enjoy helping people learn new skills?
- Are you outgoing?
If you answered yes to some of these questions, you may be a great candidate for a career in education and training. This career cluster encompasses a number of occupations, including:
- elementary school teacher
- high school teacher
- school administrator
- corporate trainer
- child care worker
- college professor
- physical trainer
- instructional media designer
Cluster Definition
Jobs in the education and training career cluster involve planning, managing, and providing education and training services. These also include related learning support services, including administration and library services.
Career Pathways in Education and Training
A career pathway is an area of concentration within a career cluster. Each pathway contains a group of careers requiring similar academic and technical skills as well as similar industry certifications or postsecondary education. The education and training career cluster has three pathways:
Administration and Administrative Support
Workers in this pathway keep schools functioning by performing a wide range of administrative duties. Jobs include:
- superintendent
- principal
- school administrator
- instructional coordinator
- school bus driver
- education researcher
- college president
- curriculum developer
- instructional designer
Professional Support Services
This pathway includes services other than teaching that are essential to education and training. Occupations in this pathway include:
- psychologist
- social worker
- counselor
- college admission counselor
- speech-language pathologist
- audiologist
- parent/guardian educator
Teaching and Training
This pathway includes all the jobs teaching or training students in settings from preschool to human resource training seminars. Jobs include:
- teacher aide
- high school teacher
- college professor
- physical trainer
- coach
- reading specialist
- childcare director
- nanny
- early childhood educator
