HHS Career: Career Pathways

Career Pathways	Return to: Guidance & Counseling Career Resource Center

A Career Pathway is a plan designed by you to make sure that what you learn each day in school is useful towards your life's work. Career Pathways will provide a focus and a foundation for the student's learning experience. In this program, students will develop a four year educational plan that will maximize their post high school potential and opportunities. Through applied academic instructional program all students will begin to see and value the relationship between their academic studies and real world application. This contextual learning experience will enable students tomake informed decisions that will btter match their interests and aptitudes with their academic experiences, as they consider Career Pathways options. Your pathway will help you put things in focus, giving you a better idea of what’s out there in the world, what you want to do and what you need to take to be successful. Your career pathway prepares you so that you know what courses you need to take and the skills you need to acquire to get into the career of your choice.

Career Pathways and the Ann Arbor District
In the sixth and seventh grades, students explore career interests, abilities and learning styles as they relate to the world of work. In eighth grade, the focus is on transitioning to high school and developing and educational plan based on a career interest. The cover of the newly revised 2003-04 Student Services Guide pdf contains the symbols of the six career Pathways. Ann Arbor District is committed to providing Career Pathways information to all students.Watch for this information in future building and district publications.

The Career Pathways are:
	Arts and Communication	Human Services
	Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology	Engineering, Manufacturing, and Industrial Technology
	Health Services	Natural Resouces & Agriscience
Last Updated: November 9, 2007