Academic & Career Planning

The Sioux Falls School District has developed these steps to help you determine what academic and career plans you will choose as you begin high school and transition to postsecondary education, training, or the world of work.

PA career interest inventory was given to you in 8th grade. You will take another career interest inventory and an ability assessment in 10th grade.

PYour high school counselor and English teachers will provide academic and career planning activities during your English I, English II, and English III classes.

PContact your counselors for information about articulation agreements between all four State Technical School

programs, and Sioux Falls School District high school courses.

PThis high school course information book has an academic and career planning section for you and your parents/guardians to review.

1. Consider your abilities, skills, and values as you select high school courses that will lead toward a career.

2. Explore information at www.sdmylife.com. Your school counselor can help you get started with this. A career cluster is a grouping of occupations on common knowledge and skills. Each cluster framework has an established pathway and specialties including both technical and

professional occupations. There are recommendations of elective courses in each section which connect to each of these career clusters.

You can find more information on each cluster at https://doe.sd.gov/cte/careerclusters.aspx under “Career Clusters/Programs of Study.” Select Career Clusters that interest you and view the cluster framework and sequence of courses. Good luck!