Statewide tests are based on the Show-Me Standards. The rigorous curriculum in applied classes is especially suited to prepare students for the large number of career opportunities in the technical fields. Applied courses are activity-based and apply to a wider variety of learning styles than do strictly lecture classes. Schools often have many opportunities for students to participate in job shadowing, internships, and apprenticeships. The Career Pathways are six clusters into which all careers fit.
Students choose a career pathway as early as the eighth grade.
They often chose their high school courses based on the career pathway they have chosen. The pathways are not based on ability of the students, educational exit points for careers in the pathway, or earning power of the workers in the pathway. Instead they are based on a variety of traits found to be common to people who work in the pathway, especially including interests. For more information about this program, click on the links at the left of your screen. Still others allow both.