Overview of Career Clusters
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This document provides an overview of the history and evolution of career and technical education in Texas. It traces the progression from manual arts and industrial arts in the early 1900s to the current model of career clusters. Key milestones included the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 establishing vocational education and various reauthorizations of the Perkins Act in the 1980s-2000s shaping career and technical education. The document also outlines the current career clusters approach and lists resources from three Texas universities that received grants to promote educational excellence in career and technical fields.
Overview of Career Clusters
- 1. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 1 Overview of Career Clusters
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- 3. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 3 Manual Arts (1800s – 1900s) Industrial Arts/Training (Early 1900s) Industrial Arts (1917 – 1960) Industrial Technology (1960 – 1985) (post-Sputnik) Technology Education (1985 – 2006) Vocational Education (1914 – 1990) Career & Technology Ed. (1999 – 2006) 1917: Smith-Hughes Act 1984: Perkins Vocational Education Act 1998: Workforce Investment Act(s) Perkins Vocational-Technical Act 2006: Perkins Career-Technical Ed Act 1990: Perkins Vocational & Applied Technology Act Vocational & Applied Technology Ed. (1990 – 1998)
- 4. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 4 Occupational & Vocational Education Industrial Technology Industrial Arts Vocational Education Applied Technology, Training & Development Engineering Technology Computer Science Computer Education & Cognitive Systems Computer Science Department of Learning Technologies 1909 First evidence of courses offeredManual Arts (1909 at UNT) 1912 Course of Study in Industrial Arts 1917 Department of Manual ArtsIndustrial Education 1925 Department of Industrial Education Smith-Hughes Vocational Division Industrial Arts Division Mechanical and Sense Instruction Division and Linotype and Typography
- 5. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 5 Vocational Education Service Areas Agriculture Business Education Health Science Technology Education Family and Consumer Science Marketing Education Trade & Industrial Education Career and Technology Education Service Areas Career and Technical Education Service Areas Career and Technical Education Career Clusters
- 6. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 6 online.onetcenter.org Education and Labor Together
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- 8. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 8 Stephen F. Austin State University Texas A&M University University of North Texas The Educational Excellence Grants
- 9. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 9 Stephen F. Austin State University The Educational Excellence Grants
- 10. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 10 www.sfasu.edu/cte Diane Salazar, TEA
- 11. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 11 Texas A&M University The Educational Excellence Grants
- 12. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 12 cteeducationalexcellence. tamucc.edu
- 13. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 13 cteeducationalexcellence.tamucc.edu Ron Whitson, TEA
- 14. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 14 cteeducationalexcellence.tamucc.edu Ron Whitson, TEA
- 15. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 15 University of North Texas The Educational Excellence Grants
- 16. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 16 cte.unt.edu
- 17. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 17 cte.unt.edu John Ellis, TEA
- 18. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 18 cte.unt.edu Lucy Ybarra, TEA
- 19. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 19 cte.unt.edu Esther Camacho, TEA
- 20. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 20 cte.unt.edu Kathy Park, TEA
- 21. Copyright © Texas Education Agency 2009. All rights reserved. 21 The CTE Team 512-463-9581 Esther Camacho – Arts, Audio/Visual Technology and Communication – Information Technology John Ellis – Architecture and Construction – Manufacturing – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Ron Whitson – Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources – Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Kathleen Park – Government and Public Adm. – Health Science – Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Diane Salazar – Education and Training – Hospitality and Tourism – Human Services Lucy Ybarra – Business Management and Administration – Finance – Marketing