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Career Clusters

There are 16 Career Clusters and 79 Pathways - career clusters are a group of careers that require similar knowledge/skills, and a career pathway is a focused path within that cluster. Students can use the career clusters to help identify relevant courses and steps to prepare for their post-secondary options. By connecting their education to future goals, career clusters have shown to increase motivation, engagement and rigorous course selection.

To help guide you in your course selection, each cluster has a brief description, a list of possible careers along with the required education or training and recommended high school courses. The courses are recommendations only and not all-inclusive; classes should be substituted based upon the student’s individual interests. Almost all career possibilities can be found within these 16 career clusters. Students at D.C. Everest have the opportunity to take coursework relevant to all of the career clusters. For detailed information on the career clusters and their pathways go to the WI DWD website.  

16 Career Clusters