Georgia Freshmen Begin Career Pathways Program
This year, Georgia high schools are implementing a program called Career Pathways. The program asks ninth graders to choose a field of study they’ll follow throughout high school.
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Freshmen will be able to choose from 17 concentrations such as education, Healthcare science, and Engineering and Technology. Lynn Plunkett, a Career Pathways consultant with the Georgia Department of Education, says most ninth graders will start with one class in their chosen field.
“They will be taking that introductory course in their career pathway,” she says. “What we have really encouraged school systems to do is to let students take more than one course if their schedule allows.”
The courses were developed in partnership with businesses, the Technical College System of Georgia, the University System of Georgia, and K-12 teachers. Plunkett expects the program to reap big rewards.
“One [of those rewards] certainly is to offer opportunities for our students for them to have good jobs and bright futures,” Plunkett says. “But, certainly, building the workforce and creating a very sustainable workforce in our state is certainly a benefit of it as well.”
State education officials hope Career Pathways will help boost high school graduation rates by engaging students in fields that interest them.
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