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Career Clusters
Below is a listing of the current Chicago Public Schools Career Clusters.
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The Agriculture & Horticulture Cluster provides intensive coursework for students who envision their future in an agriculture or horticulture occupation. Programs are offered in three-year sequences ...
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The Communications Cluster provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the fast pace and demanding communications industry. Occupations related to communications are radio/...
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The Transportation Cluster provides students with practical skills and knowledge applicable to the transportation industry. Students are prepared to become successful in a broad range of career opport...
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The Business & Finance Cluster provides students with a combination of academic study and work experience to prepare them for postsecondary study in the business field or direct entry into a business ...
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The Architecture and Construction Cluster provides students with the practical skills necessary to be successful in the construction industry. Students are prepared for union apprenticeships or for po...
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The Health Science Cluster provides students with exposure and training in the various health occupations so that they can make informed decisions about future careers. Students are exposed to the ind...
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The Hospitality and Tourism Cluster provides students with quality programs that prepare them for continuation in a hospitality field. Students acquire technical and communication skills that are ali...
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The Childcare Program is designed for students interested in working with children as teachers, nurses, pediatricians, and child caregivers or care providers. Childcare workers nurture and teach child...
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The Information Technology (IT) Cluster provides students with the technology skills necessary to become successful in today’s workplace. Students are prepared for entry-level positions in the IT fie...
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The Law, Public Safety, and Security Cluster exposes students to career possibilities in law, public safety, and security. Occupations related to law, public safety, and security include lawyer, poli...
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The Manufacturing Cluster prepares students for entry-level jobs and postsecondary study for careers in modern manufacturing. The Manufacturing Cluster curriculum is based on industry standards. It c...
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Enrichment Activities
The DeVry Advantage Academy is an early college program that provides students the opportunity to earn an Associate’s Degree in Network Systems Administration in the same time they earn their high sch...
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Mayor Daley’s KidStart Summer Youth Program annually provides part-time, summer job opportunities for approximately 15,000 young people ages 14-21 through a number of collaborating city agencies. For...
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Student Enterprises supplement classroom training through the creation of student businesses from various career cluster areas. Students work with teacher advisors after school and on weekends to con...
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The Work Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP) is a state-approved work-training program that provides over 300 students, 14 and 15 years of age, with the skills necessary to enter a gainf...
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Initiatives
Choices Planner is a web-based career and education planning software that helps students develop an individual career and postsecondary plan. It will replace the paper portfolio that was used as a p...
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The E-mentoring program matches 8th grade students with men and women working in an area related to the students’ interests. The mentors continue their relationship with the students until they gradu...
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