career education
Job-focused learning path
Career education encompasses programs and curricula designed to prepare students for the workforce.
It ranges from vocational training in specific trades to broader instruction in job-seeking skills, workplace expectations, and career planning.
Schools may integrate career education across subjects or offer dedicated courses: The district expanded its career education offerings to include internships.
- technical trainingInstruction in applied skills
- apprenticeshipsSupervised vocational training periods
- trade schoolCareer-focused technical education
- polytechnicApplied sciences institution
- co-op programsAcademic credit through employment
work experience · externships · hands-on learning · labor market trends · dream job · vocational schools · certification programs · internships · job shadowing · professional networking · resume building · interview preparation · technical colleges · practical skills · mentorship programs · skill development · industrial training · job placement
- adult educationadult learning, GED prep, adult classes, night classes, evening classes
- Education Policycurriculum reform, K-12, school reform, curriculum standards, school funding
- job trainingjob training, apprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring
- school departmentsstudent services, athletics department, gifted programs, counseling services, early childhood
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
- vocational instructiontrade schools, apprenticeships, technical training, job training, vocational schools
career educationliberal arts education
Broad, non-vocational scholarly training
liberal education · general education · classical education · pure research · basic research
career educationpersonal enrichment
Voluntary growth beyond career
lifelong learning · self-directed learning · autodidacticism · unschooling