Course Description Handbook Course Description Handbook 2013/14 | Page 3

Dear Students and Parents: This booklet contains the descriptions of courses, which are offered at the Johnson Creek High School. This course description handbook is designed to assist students in careful planning of high school course selections. Through the School Counseling program, each student develops a future career plan based on career clusters. This plan will help to assure that students take all the courses that are needed to fulfill career goals. The majority of careers fall into 16 career clusters: Agriculture Food & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Business Management & Administration Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security Manufacturing Marketing, Sales, & Service Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics Career Clusters identify pathways from high school to two- and four-year technical colleges, universities, graduate schools, apprenticeship programs and the workplace so that learners can recognize the relationship between what they learn in school and what they can do in the future. Students in 8th and 10th grade participate in Education/Career Planning Conferences. These conferences are designed to evaluate the student’s progress toward his/her career goal. During the conference, the student’s schedule is reviewed to ensure forward progress is being made by the student toward graduation and post-secondary plans. In today’s economy most careers/jobs require some post-secondary education. Post-secondary education can range from an apprenticeship to a technical college program to a four year college or university. No matter what career is desired, learning about career clusters and the career pathways is essential for the student to make an informed decision. No high school has the resources to offer all the courses that all individuals may desire. We, however, have strived to offer a balanced list of courses, which should meet the needs of the vast majority of our students. 3