A new era of The National Career Clusters® Framework is lifting off, and your voice is needed to shape its future! The National Career Clusters Framework serves as an organizing tool for Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, curriculum design and instruction. Designed to help learners discover their interests, passions, and empowers them to choose the educational pathway that can lead to success in high school, college and career. You have the opportunity to share your thoughts on the National Career Cluster® Framework now!
Now make time to sound off by completing The National Career Clusters® Framework National Implementation Survey by December 1, 2023. It is a 10-question multiple choice survey with 3 opportunities to enter your support statements for inclusion of Family and Consumer Sciences as a CTE Career Cluster in the future.
Including the study of families = increases work-life balance
Written by: Margaret Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension Clermont County, jenkins.188@osu.edu
Reviewed by: Beth Stefura, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension Mahoning County, Stefura.2@osu.edu
References:
1. American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences https://www.aafcs.org/home
2. Advance CTE
https://careertech.org/what-we-do/career-clusters/
3. Say Yes to FCS video
https://youtu.be/Kya5u4KE72g?si=WhWXZzqxgG-sXUGV
I’m a retired teacher so I can’t fill out the survey although family science and all that is included is so important for students. Marilyn Cook