Career Information
EEDA- The Education and Economic Development Act has truly influenced how South Carolina schools teach career preparedness. The EEDA was passed in 2005. Its trademark, Personal Pathways to Success system combines high standards with career exploration. Career awareness is the focus for elementary age students in grades Kindergarten through 5th. Career exploration is the focus in middle school. Career Preparation is the focus in high school as well as the postsecondary world.
IGP’s- An IGP, or Individualized Graduation Plan, is the main focus in the eighth grade. In order to create an IGP students and parents meet with school counselors to create a plan which specifies a students’ cluster choice, major, post-secondary goal, high school courses, out-of-class learning experiences and more. These conferences are held each year and adjustments can be made at the discretion of the parent and student.
Click here to visit the Personal Pathways to Success website and find more about the EEDA and IGP Conferences!
There are 16 Career Clusters for you to explore!
Please click a link to one of them below:
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Government & Public Administration
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Click below for 2 fun informal career assessments that you can take and see what career cluster you may be interested in!
Elementary Career Interest Inventory.doc
Strong-(magazine-exercise).doc
Students at Slater-Marietta will have the opportunity to participate in Career Day in March. Last year’s Career Day was a great success. If you would like to volunteer to speak or present to any grade K4-5th please contact me!
Students will also receive Career Guidance lessons. These will be activities that promote career awareness as well as awareness of the 16 clusters. Please contact your child’s counselor if you want to learn more.
Fourth and fifth grade students will take a career assessment from CIS. They will answer 80 questions and discover what career cluster would best suit their likes.
Here is a link to KnowItAll.org. It has fun activities and videos to help you learn about different careers.