Pathways mapping is a tool for identifying labor-market-aligned, high-growth, high-wage careers and ensuring coursework and supports exist across the postsecondary and 9-14 continuum to support students reaching them.
NETWORK MEMBER RESOURCES
Illinois' Programs of Study (for education, health sciences and technology, information technology, and manufacturing and engineering) include four core components: support for individualized planning at the student level, sequencing of career-focused coursework and related competencies, integration of work-based learning, and alignment of core academic work.
Delaware's CTE Programs of Study
Delaware's CTE Programs of Study map to demand-driven occupations, define a course sequence and instructional outline, offer students opportunities to earn college credit and industry recognized credentials, provide support for school administrators and counselors, and provides course-specific professional learning opportunities for teachers.
Montgomery County Educational Service Center and Learn to Earn Dayton’s Frameworks
Montgomery County Educational Service Center and Learn to Earn Dayton’s frameworks map integrated secondary and postsecondary education aligning to regional labor market needs that support students from eighth grade through careers.
Health Science Pathway Framework
Information Technology and Computer Science Pathway Framework
Charlestown High School's (Boston, Massachusetts) Pathways Guides help students and families make informed choices about their college and career options in the information technology, business, and healthcare industries.
Great Lakes Promising Credentials
The Great Lakes College and Career Pathways Partnership (four communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago; Rockford, Illinois; Madison, Wisconsin; and central Ohio) mapped out promising healthcare credentials and dual enrollment courses that were high-leverage, non-remedial, core academic, and technical.
JFF RESOURCES
This informal guide details one approach to program of study mapping.