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3.0 Vocabulary
Career Management
Term | Definition |
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Apprenticeship | A trainee learns how to do the occupation under the guidance and direction of a skilled worker |
ASSET | Advising, Placement, and Retention System-an assessment-advising program designed to identify the basic skill levels of students as they enter two-year institutions. |
ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude battery- Is a test developed and maintained by the United States Department of Defense. |
Bachelors Degree | Achieved after completion of a curriculum meeting the demands of a 4-year college program. |
Certificate | A written statement that Is accepted as proof of certain facts; often relating to the attainment of specific skills. |
CFNC | Postsecondary career, educational and financial planning site; provides comprehensive information in a web-based format of middle and high school students, parents, and counselors. |
College/University | A postsecondary school where a student might receive a bachelor’s degree, master’s, or doctoral degree in a specific discipline |
Community College | Type of college with up to 2-year programs leading to certificates, diplomas, or associate degrees. |
Cooperative Education | Paid employment with an educational component provided in a career-technical class and supervised by school personnel |
Course of Study | A pathway, which a student selects in high school. |
EOC | End-of-Course assessment |
Goals | A purpose/objective |
Internship | Allows the student the opportunity to observe and participate in activities related to career field; supervised by school personnel and related to the student’s career choice (may be paid or unpaid) |
Job Shadowing | A short-term experience that allows the student to follow an experienced worker and see the day-to-day activities of a particular career. |
Master's Degree | An advanced 2-year program completed after attainment of a bachelor’s degree. |
Journey Worker | A certified, experienced, skilled craftsperson that has successfully completed an apprenticeship program. |
Military | Special skills may be developed through educational programs in the armed services |
Part-time jobs | Paid employment that is not supervised by school personnel; may or may not be related to the student’s career choice. |
Postsecondary | Education after high school |
Proprietary school | A privately owned school that operates for profit for those seeking vocational training |
PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude test: A practice test that measures the critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills that student need to do college-level work. |
On-the-job training | Education and training provided by an employer that usually takes place at a work site |
SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test-A test that measures the critical thinking mathematical, reasoning, and writing skills students need to do college level work. |
Student organizations | (CTSO_ Career and Technical Student Organization) Vocational student organization; nonprofit, national organization with state and local chapters that exist to develop leadership skills and good citizenship among member; |
Student Organizations cont. | each organization is composed of vocational student interested in a specific occupational area. |
Study Habits | Practices used to prepare for learning and assessment of subject matter. |
Test Taking Skills | Practices used to prepare for learning and assessment of subject |
Trade and professional organizations | Composed of member who have the same or similar occupation. |
Transcript | An academic record an official record of grades earned during a High School career. |
VOCATS | Vocational Competency Achievement Tracking System is competency-based instructional management system that focuses on the individual student and tracks his/her achievement in relation to a redetermined set of core competencies. |
Volunteer | A contribution of free labor, usually to a non-profit organization. |
Volunteer experiences | Unpaid experiences students work to get experience contacts, or help out. The experiences are not necessarily career related and not usually supervised by school personnel. |
Work-based learning | Opportunities for students to consider different careers and industries, learn basic workplace behavior, develop specific skills within an industry, and apply academic and occupational skills in the workplace. |