Kentucky Department of Education

 

Agricultural Education
  Agricultural Education prepares students for successful careers, builds awareness and develops leadership for the food, fiber and natural resource systems.  Classroom instruction, laboratory experiences and work based learning experience programs provide personal growth based on real life application of problem solving and critical thinking skills. Overview/Program of Studies for AgricultureA ... More

 

Business Education
Provides relevant learning that is a critical link to employment and post-secondary education, encourages the development of vital relationships with the business community, and promotes critical thinking and problem solving.

 

Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology courses develop and enhance students' technological literacy or understanding of how technological systems function and impact society, the enviroment, and the global economy.  Engineering and Technology is activity based and includs topics related to invention, intervention, and innovation.

 

General Program Standards for Secondary Career and Technical Education Programs
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 151B.025(5) requires the Kentucky Board of Education to establish program standards for secondary area vocational education and technology centers. This administrative regulation establishes standards for secondary career and technical education programs in local school districts and area centers essential for compliance with the Carl D. Perkins ... More

 

Health Science
To prepare secondary students to apply academic technical knowledge for entry level employment into a health science career and/or postsecondary education based upon completion of comprehensive career planning activities, a rigorous and coherent sequence of related courses, national skill standards and rich work-based learning experiences.

 

Human Services (Family and Consumer Sciences)
Human Services empowers individuals and families across the life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society.  Our unique focus is on families, work and their interrelationships.

 

Industrial Education
Industrial education provides specialized skills related to a variety of occupations.  Emphasis is placed on employability, academic and occupational skills enabling student transition to the work place or postsecondary education.  Industrial education programs are organized around four distinct program clusters:  Communications, Construction, Manufacturing, and Transportation.

 

Information Technology
Prepares students for careers applying technical knowledge and skills in the rapidly growing fields of computer networking, programming, digital media, support services and e-commerce/web design.

 

Information Technology Career Links
The following page contains links to websites in the Information Technology Career Cluster. Tech Career Compass This site has information for people in and out of the Information Technology Industry including career paths, certification and training, links to online job banks, and skills and interest evaluation guides.    Technical Schools USA Technical Schools USA ... More

 

Marketing Education
Provides students with specific employment skills and with real-world applications of math, social sciences and English.  Students develop critical school-to-career skills that will last a lifetime.

 

Pathway To Careers
Provides a continuum of career education experiences for middle and high school students and introduces them to a broad range of career-related learning opportunities.  Course content includes concepts of human relations, life and employability skills and opportunities for work-based learning.