PROCESS
PEP AND LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS
From Policy to Practice
Emphasis on personalized planning through a systematic,
systemic, and multi-faceted approach.
Policy 2510
Career Education
Personalized
Education Plan
Career Awareness
and Career
Exploration
Self-Discovery
Career & Interest
Inventories
Learning Style
Inventories
Career Clusters
New 16 career clusters
Concentrations
CTE & Locally-Approved
Personalized Education Plan
Self-Discovery
• Interests
• Aptitudes
• Learning
Styles
• Strengths
Exploration
• Career Clusters
• Career
Personalities
• Career Portfolios
Planning
• Setting Goals
• Overcoming
Weaknesses
• Educational
Planning
Old Pathways
COLLEGE
Professional
Pathway
Old Pathways
CAREER
Skilled
Pathway
Counseling for Careers
CAREER
Concentration
Cluster
SelfDiscovery
and Career
Exploration
Personalized
Plan
The 16 Career Clusters
Agriculture, Food
& Natural
Resources
Education &
Training
Hospitality &
Tourism
Manufacturing
Architecture &
Construction
Arts, A/V
Technology &
Communications
Business,
Management &
Administration
Finance
Government
& Public
Administration
Health
Science
Human
Services
Information
Technology
Law, Public
Safety,
Corrections &
Security
Marketing,
Sales & Service
Science,
Technology,
Engineering &
Mathematics
Transportation,
Distribution &
Logistics
as defined by the US Dept of Ed
CONCENTRATIONS
Counties approve
broad concentrations
that align with the
career clusters.
Specific courses that
fall under those
concentrations are
personalized for each
student based on
their career plans.
GROUP
ACTIVITY
Process
What skills or courses would be
important for students to have or to
take if they are interested in a career
in this particular cluster?
WOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS
FAMILY & COMMUNITY
SERVICES
ARTS
COMMUNICATIONS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
•NUTRITION/FOODS CLASSES
•PARENTING/HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT CLASSES
•EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS
CLASSES
•SOCIAL/COMMUNITY
SERVICES CLASSES
•PERSONAL
MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS
CLASSES
•SCIENCE ELECTIVE CLASSES
•PERFORMING ARTS OR
VISUAL ARTS CLASSES (2
credits required)
•BUSINESS CLASSES
•WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES
•JOURNALISM CLASSES
•SPEECH &
COMMUNICATIONS CLASSES
•BUSINESS PUBLISHING
CLASSES
•WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES
•SYSTEMS CLASSES
•SCIENCE ELECTIVES CLASSES
•MATH ELECTIVE CLASSES
•WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES
•BUSINESS CLASSES(BCA OR
PERSONAL FINANCE)
GENERAL BUSINESS
• BUSINESS CLASSES (2 credits
required)
• SPEECH & COMMUNICATIONS
CLASSES
• WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
• SPEECH & COMMUNICATIONS
CLASSES
• SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE
CLASSES
• BUSINESS CLASSES
• MILITARY CLASSES
• SCIENCE ELECTIVE CLASSES
• FITNESS & WELLNESS CLASSES
HEALTH SCIENCES
• FOOD & NUTRITION CLASSES
• FITNESS & WELLNESS CLASSES
• HEALTH FOUNDATION CLASSES
• WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES
• SCIENCE ELECTIVE CLASSES
• BUSINESS CLASSES (BCA OR
PERSONAL FINANCE)
Concentration with Personalized Sample
FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES (County
Approved)
Choose 4 courses from the following:
NUTRITION/FOODS COURSE
PARENTING/HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COURSE
EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS COURSE
SOCIAL/COMMUNITY SERVICES COURSE
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT/BUS FINANCE COURSE
(Student interested in
Childcare)
Parenting & Strong
Families
Foundations in Education
Nutrition & Food Science
Personal Finance
(Student interested in
Hospitality)
Human Development
Personal Resource
Management
Hospitality Services
Food Preparations
(Student interested in
Education)
Foundations in
Education
Education Psychology
Human Development
Business Comp App
RESOURCES
https://career.berkeley.edu/plan/CareerClusters.pdf
https://wvde.state.wv.us
Counseling page – PEP Resources
www.cfwv.com