overview of career clusters

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Overview of Career Clusters


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)

Career & Technical Education

(2006 – Present)

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)


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 Technologie

s

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 DivisionIndustrial Arts DivisionMechanical and Sense Instruction Divisionand Linotype and Typography


VocationalEducation

Service Areas

AgricultureBusiness EducationHealth Science Technology EducationFamily and Consumer ScienceMarketing EducationTrade & Industrial Education

Career and

TechnologyEducation

Service Areas

Career and

Technical Education

Service Areas

Careerand

Technical Education

Career Clusters


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Stephen F. Austin State University

Texas A&M University

University of North Texas

The Educational Excellence

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Stephen F. Austin State University


Grants


www.sfasu.edu/cte

Diane Salazar, TEA


Texas A&M University


Grants



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Ron Whitson, TEA


University of North Texas


Grants


cte.unt.edu


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John Ellis, TEA


cte.unt.edu

Lucy Ybarra, TEA


cte.unt.edu

Esther Camacho, TEA


cte.unt.edu

Kathy Park, TEA


The CTE Team

512-463-9581Esther Camacho

– Arts, Audio/Visual Technology and Communication

– Information TechnologyJohn Ellis

– Architecture and Construction– Manufacturing– Science, Technology, Engineering,

and MathematicsRon Whitson

– Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

– Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

Kathleen Park– Government and Public Adm.– Health Science– Law, Public Safety, Corrections,

and SecurityDiane Salazar

– Education and Training– Hospitality and Tourism– Human Services

Lucy Ybarra– Business Management and

Administration– Finance– Marketing

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