Career exploration offers students and their families valuable tools to help align their educational plans with student interests, values, and career goals, providing insight into potential careers and the skills and credentials needed in various career fields.
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Additional Resources for Practitioners
Begin career planning with your students with this conversation guide for middle and high school students.
Learn more about Kentucky's Academic Standards for Career Studies and Financial Literacy.
Learn more about this Youth Apprenticeship Program that provides secondary students with pathway opportunities into Registered Apprenticeship programs. This is a partnership between Kentucky Department of Education's CTE office and Kentucky Office of Apprenticeships.
Learn more about this free education and training program for young people ages 16-24. Through the program, participants receive hands-on career training, as well as support services such as housing, health care, and meals. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Get more information on the various types of work-based learning opportunities such as job shadowing, mentoring, service learning, entrepreneurship programs, school-based enterprises, internship, cooperative education and youth-apprenticeship opportunities.
Find out information on what CTE courses are required for CTE pathway completion.
Identify course credit type and transferability to Kentucky institutions through this searchable database.
Identify apprenticeships, get support with building a resume or finding a job, and connect with people in the field.