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3 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 2 PARENTS AND STUDENTS FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1120 Dahonega Highway Cumming, GA Preparing students for success after high schoo is an inherent component of Forsyth County Schoos. Whether students pan to enter the workforce immediatey or attend coege after high schoo graduation, carefu consideration of high schoo course options can impact their futures. To better prepare students for the demands of the 21st century economy and for post-secondary education, the Forsyth County Schoo District has provided this panning guide for use by students and their parents. Use this panning guide for the next four years, and use it to set career goas and pan for the word of future work. Go over the information in the guide together, and begin to have discussions concerning post high schoo pans and how you can reach the goas that you set. Bring this guide with you to each annua advisement appointment at your high schoo, and share with your advisor as you a work together to map out the next year's schedue of courses. Finay, mark your choices in the guide as you go through high schoo and as your career decisions possiby change and evove. This panning guide shows the cear connection between cass work and future success, pointing out the reevance of academic earning in the cassroom. It aso provides information on a variety of occupations that differ in the scope of education and training required to obtain future empoyment. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Dr. Jeffrey Bearden, Superintendent Tom Ceveand Ann Crow Dara Light Kristin Morrissey Nancy Roche FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 131 Amon C. Hi Drive Cumming, GA Mitch Young, Principa Fax LAMBERT HIGH SCHOOL 805 Nichos Road Suwanee, GA Dr. Gary Davison, Principa Fax NORTH FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL 3635 Coa Mountain Road Cumming, GA Jeff Cheney, Principa FAX SOUTH FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL 585 Peachtree Parkway Cumming, GA Laura Wison, Principa FAX DISCLAIMER: The information contained within this book is as accurate as possibe at the time of pubication. Casses offered at each high schoo can change due to scheduing and aotment conficts. This Career Pathways Panner is provided by the US DOE Car Perkins Grant. WEST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL 4155 Drew Road Cumming, GA Kar Mercer, Principa FAX

4 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 3 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION PUBLIC NOTICE FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT The Forsyth County Schoo District offers the foowing career and technica education programs for a students regardess of race, coor, nationa origin, incuding those with imited Engish proficiency, sex or disabiity in grades Agricuture, Food, and Natura Resources Arts, Audio-Video Technoogy, and Communications Business, Management, and Administration Education and Training Finance Government and Pubic Administration Heath Science Hospitaity and Tourism Human Services Information Technoogy Manufacturing Marketing Science, Technoogy, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Persons seeking further information concerning the career and technica education offerings and specific pre-requisite criteria shoud contact: Dr. Vaery Lowe Director of Coege & Career Deveopment 1120 Dahonega Highway Cumming, GA vowe@forsyth.k12.ga.us The Forsyth County Schoo District does not discriminate on the basis of race, coor, reigion, nationa origin, age, disabiity, or gender in empoyment decisions or educationa programs and activities, incuding its athetic programs. Any student, empoyee, appicant for empoyment, parent or other individua who beieves he or she has been subjected to harassment or discrimination by other students or empoyees of the schoo district based upon any of the factors isted above shoud prompty report the same to the principa of the schoo or the appropriate coordinator as isted beow, who wi impement the board s discriminatory compaints or harassment procedures. Students may aso report harassment or discrimination to their schoo counseor. Equity coordinators for the schoo system are: TITLE VI Mr. Nathan Turner Students Dr. Cindy Saoum Personne TITLE IX Mr. Nathan Turner Students Dr. Cindy Saoum Personne ADA and 504 Ms Sarah Tayor Students Dr. Cindy Saoum Personne SPORTS EQUITY Dr. Cindy Saoum Personne Equity coordinators may be contacted at the Forsyth County Board of Education and Professiona Deveopment Center, 1120 Dahonega Highway, Cumming, Georgia 30040, (770) Students and empoyees wi not be subjected to retaiation for reporting such harassment or discrimination. A copy of the discriminatory compaints procedure under Forsyth County Schoo District Poicy GAAA/JAA (Equa Opportunity/Discriminatory Compaints) or under Poicy IDFA (Gender Equity in Sports) is ocated in the schoo district poicy manua that is avaiabe on the schoo system web site. The information provided in the Career Panner is subject to change as updates and/or requirements become fina from the Georgia Department of Education, Forsyth County Schoo Board (poicy), and/or other agencies such as the Georgia Student Finance Commission.

5 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 4 WHAT ARE CAREER PATHWAYS? OVERVIEW OF CAREER CLUSTERS/PATHWAYS Career Pathways are state-approved career enhancement programs defined as a coherent, articuated sequence of rigorous academic and career-reated courses starting in the ninth grade and eading to an associate degree, and/or an industry-recognized certificate or icensure, and/or a baccaaureate degree and beyond. Career, Technica, and Agricutura Education (CTAE) provides students with the opportunity to seect at east three sequenced courses in a career pathway. CTAE CONCENTRATOR: A concentrator is defined as a student who takes at east three CTAE courses in a specific program area during their high schoo career. PATHWAY COMPLETER: A pathway competer is a concentrator who competes the requirements for the Georgia Miestones Assessment System and aso competes the requirements for CTAE pathway concentrators. Seection of a pathway is based on sef-awareness and the investigation of occupations pus reated educationa eves aigned with the pathway. Most high-demand, high-skied, high-wage occupations in a concentrations sti require education beyond high schoo. Impementation of career pathways is a coaborative effort between the Forsyth County Schoo District, the Georgia Department of Education, the Technica Coege System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia. Georgia s 17 Career Custer/Pathways provide a structure for organizing and deivering quaity Career, Technica and Agricutura Education (CTAE) programs. Modeed after the Nationa Career Custers configuration utiized by most of the United States, Georgia s 17 Career Custer/Pathways Mode represents approximatey 96 career pathways to hep students navigate their way to greater success in coege and career. As an organizing too for curricuum design and instruction, the 17 Career Custers provide essentia knowedge and skis for the students career pathways. This mode functions as a: Usefu guide in deveoping programs of study that bridge secondary and postsecondary curricuum. Indicator of a range of career options for students' graduation pans of study. Method of aowing students to discover their interests and passions, empowering them to choose the educationa pathway that may ead to success in high schoo, coege and career. The 17 Career Custer/Pathways encompass both secondary and postsecondary education and wi strengthen and improve student transition from secondary to postsecondary education.

6 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 5 ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS EXPLANATION OF TERMS An Advanced Academic Pathway may be foowed in any of these four content areas: ELA(Engish/Language Arts), mathematics, science or socia studies. A student has competed an Advanced Academic Pathway in ELA, mathematics, science, or socia studies when the criteria described beow have been met. ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY IN ELA (ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS) CRITERIA: 1. Student graduated, thereby competing 4 required credits in ELA, AND 2. Student s course history in ELA (23 course codes) incudes at east one AP* Course Code ( ; ; ) or one IB* Course Code ( ; ; ; ; ) or one post secondary enroment code in 23 that fufis a core graduation requirement in ELA, AND 3. Student earned credits in two sequentia courses in one word anguage. ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY IN MATHEMATICS CRITERIA: 1. Student graduated, thereby competing 4 required credits in mathematics, AND 2. Student s course history in mathematics (27 course codes) incudes at east one AP* Course Code (27.072; ; ) or one IB* Course Code ( ; ; ; ) or one post secondary enroment code in 27 that fufis a core graduation requirement in Mathematics, AND CTAE Pathway CTAE Pathway A series of 3 or 4 specified courses in a CTAE approved pathway. Consut the Office of Coege & Career Deveopment or your oca high schoo for specific courses or refer to information provided in this panner. Advanced Academic Pathway An advanced Academic Pathway may be foowed in any of these four content areas: ELA, mathematics, science or socia studies. A student has competed an Advanced Academic Pathway in ELA, mathematics, science, or socia studies when the criteria have been met. Fine Arts Pathway A Fine Arts Pathway may be foowed in any of these five areas of study: visua arts, theater, dance, music, or journaism. A student has competed a Fine Arts Pathway when three courses, from those identified in the five accompanying attachments (B-Visua Arts, C-Theater, D-Dance, E-Music, F- Journaism), have been successfuy competed in any one of the five areas. Word Language Pathway A Word Language Pathway may be foowed in any of the word anguage areas incuded in the state ist of approved courses. A student has competed a Word Language Pathway when the criteria have been met. 3. Student earned credits in two sequentia courses in one word anguage.

7 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 6 ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY IN SCIENCE CRITERIA: 1. Student graduated, thereby competing 4 required credits in science, AND 2. Student s course history in science (26 course codes and 40 course codes) incudes at east one AP* Course Code (26.014; ; ; ; ; ) or one IB* Course Code ( ; ; ; ; ) or one post secondary enroment code in 26 or 40 that fufis a core graduation requirement in Science, AND 3. Student earned credits in two sequentia courses in one word anguage. ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY IN SOCIAL STUDIES CRITERIA: 1. Student graduated, thereby competing 3 required credits in socia studies, AND 2. Student s course history in socia studies (45 course codes) incudes at east one AP* Course Code (45.016; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) or one IB* Course Code ( ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) or one post secondary enroment code in 45 that fufis a core graduation requirement in Socia Studies, AND 3. Student earned credits in two sequentia courses in one word anguage. WORLD LANGUAGE PATHWAY GUIDELINES AND PATHWAY CRITERIA: 1. Student graduated, AND 2. Student s course history in one word anguage incudes 3 distinct high schoo Course Codes OR incudes at east 2 distinct Course Codes pus a third code refecting an AP* course, where AP courses are offered (60.017, French; , Spanish; , Spanish Lit; , German; , Latin; , Chinese; Japanese); or a third code refecting an IB* course, where courses are offered (French, , ; Spanish, , ; German, , ; Latin, , ; Chinese, , ; Japanese, , ; Arabic, , ;) or one post secondary enroment course code in the same Word Language refecting a third course at the coege eve. *AP, IB and dua enroment courses must have earned credit

8 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 7 SCHOOL KEY SYSTEM Throughout this book, a schoo key system is used to indicate which programs, casses, and cubs are offered at each schoo. Forsyth Centra High Schoo Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo TABLE OF CONTENTS PARENTS AND STUDENTS 2 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 WHAT ARE CAREER PATHWAYS? 4 ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS 5-6 GEORGIA S HOT CAREERS TO GEORGIA S STEM CAREERS TO CTAE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS 15 NON TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND RESOURCES 16 CTAE FOURTH SCIENCES AND EMBEDDED COURSES 17 CTAE MOCK INTERVIEWS 18 FINDING A JOB THROUGH JOB BOARD 19 COLLEGE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 20 BRIDGE ADVISEMENT 21 DUAL ENROLLMENT 22 CAREER CLUSTERS 23 WORKFORCE FORSYTH 24 FORSYTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER PATHWAYS PATHWAYS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP IN HORTICULTURE PATHWAY 28 Basic Agricuture Science Genera Horticuture and Pant Science Agribusiness Management and Leadership AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION PATHWAY 29 Basic Agricuture Science Anima Science Technoogy and Biotechnoogy Agribusiness Management and Leadership HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL SYSTEMS PATHWAY 30 Basic Agricuture Science Genera Horticuture and Pant Science Anima Science and Biotechnoogy ARTS, A/V TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND FILM PATHWAY 31 Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim II Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim III ANIMATION AND DIGITAL MEDIA PATHWAY 32 Introduction to Graphics and Design Principes and Concepts of Animation Advanced Animation, Game and App Design

9 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 8 SCHOOL KEY SYSTEM Throughout this book, a schoo key system is used to indicate which programs, casses, and cubs are offered at each schoo. Forsyth Centra High Schoo Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo TABLE OF CONTENTS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP PATHWAY 33 Introduction to Business and Technoogy Lega Environment of Business Entrepreneurship HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 34 Introduction to Business and Technoogy Lega Environment of Business Human Resources Principes EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING AS A PROFESSION PATHWAY 35 Examining the Teaching Profession Contemporary Issues in Education Teaching as a Profession Practicum FINANCE ADVANCED ACCOUNTING PATHWAY 36 Introduction to Business and Technoogy Principes of Accounting I Principes of Accounting II BUSINESS ACCOUNTING PATHWAY 37 Introduction to Business and Technoogy Financia Literacy Principes of Accounting II FINANCIAL SERVICES PATHWAY 38 Introduction to Business and Technoogy Financia Literacy Banking, Investing and Insurance GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION JROTC MARINES PATHWAY 39 MCJROTC Leadership Education I/II MCJROTC Leadership Education III/IV MCJROTC Leadership Education V/VI MCJROTC Leadership Education VII/VIII

10 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 9 SCHOOL KEY SYSTEM Throughout this book, a schoo key system is used to indicate which programs, casses, and cubs are offered at each schoo. Forsyth Centra High Schoo Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo TABLE OF CONTENTS HEALTH SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY 40 Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Biotechnoogy Appications of Biotechnoogy Biotechnoogy Internship/Independent Research DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES - PHLEBOTOMY PATHWAY 41 Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Heathcare Diagnostics Phebotomy THERAPEUTIC SERVICES - SPORTS MEDICINE PATHWAY 42 Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Heathcare Sports Medicine HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM CULINARY ARTS PATHWAY 43 Introduction to Cuinary Arts Cuinary Arts I Cuinary Arts II SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING PATHWAY 44 Marketing Principes Introduction to Sports and Entertainment Marketing Advanced Sports and Entertainment Marketing HUMAN SERVICES NUTRITION AND FOOD PATHWAY 45 Food, Nutrition, and Weness Food for Life Food Science PERSONAL CARE SERVICES - COSMETOLOGY PATHWAY 46 Introduction to Persona Care Services Cosmetoogy Services II Cosmetoogy Services III INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAY 47 Introduction to Digita Technoogy Computer Science Principes or AP Computer Science Principes AP Computer Science NETWORKING PATHWAY 48 Introduction to Digita Technoogy Networking Fundamentas Network Systems and Support PROGRAMMING PATHWAY Introduction to Digita Technoogy 49 Computer Science Principes Programming, Apps, Games and Society WEB DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY Introduction to Digita Technoogy 50 Computer Science Principes Web Deveopment

11 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 10 SCHOOL KEY SYSTEM Throughout this book, a schoo key system is used to indicate which programs, casses, and cubs are offered at each schoo. Forsyth Centra High Schoo Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo TABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING PATHWAY 51 Introduction to Manufacturing and Materias Science Robotics and Automated Systems Production Enterprises MARKETING FASHION, MERCHANDISING AND RETAIL MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 52 Marketing Principes Fashion, Merchandising, and Retaiing Essentias Advanced Fashion, Merchandising and Retaiing MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 53 Marketing Principes Marketing and Entrepreneurship Marketing Management STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS) ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY 54 Foundations of Engineering and Technoogy Engineering Concepts Engineering Appications TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS MASTER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIAN PATHWAY 55 Basic Maintenance and Light Repair Maintenance and Light Repair 2, 3 Automobie Service Technoogy 4, 5, 6 Master Automotive Service Technoogy 7, 8 Automobie Service Technoogy Internship WORK-BASED LEARNING 56 HONORS MENTORSHIP 57 CAREER PATH PARTNERS DRESS FOR SUCCESS 61 CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ALLIANCE ACADEMY COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR 66 LEARNER PROFILE 67

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16 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 15 CTAE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION INDUSTRY CERTIFIED PROGRAMS IN FORSYTH COUNTY CTAE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION When a program becomes industry certified, it receives a "Stamp of Exceence", which represents the apex of program quaity. Ony those programs that have successfuy undergone rigorous reviews by eaders from business and industry are recognized with this distinction. This forma process strengthens a program components, incuding: Cassrooms and abs which are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and technoogy; CTAE and academic performance standards that are aigned to nationa standards; In-depth, project-based instruction in a curricuum areas; Automotive Forsyth Centra High Schoo Marketing Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo FY18 Industry Certification Process Cuinary Arts Pathways Engineering and Technoogy Pathways Marketing Pathways FY19 Industry Certification Process A/V, Technoogy, and Fim Pathways Heathcare Science Pathways Appropriate and varied Career Reated Education (CRE) instruction, incuding schoo-based enterprises and entrepreneuria ventures; Career and Technica Student Organizations (CTSOs) which offer co-curricuar competitive events on the oca, state and nationa eve and provide eadership deveopment skis for persona and professiona growth; and, Business, industry and community invovement in a aspects of the program. Industry certified programs not ony offer outstanding opportunities to students who receive instruction through such programs; but they aso offer positive benefits for schoos as we as empoyers.

17 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner NON TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND RESOURCES 16 CAREER PLANNING RESOURCES NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS Nontraditiona careers are those occupations or fieds of work for which individuas from one gender comprise ess than 25% of the individuas empoyed. Students are encouraged to enro in courses that fit their career goas regardess of the gender make-up in the cassroom. Some exampes of nontraditiona careers are: Nursing for maes Drafting for femaes Cosmetoogy for maes Automotive for femaes Georgia Career Resource Network is a web site designed to assist counseors, instructors, and administrators with career-reated programs, initiatives, and information. GAfutures is an internet site for panning, paying, and appying for coege. Career Voyage is a nationa web-site for emerging industries and high demand occupations. The Occupationa Outook Handbook is a nationay recognized source of career information. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects. The handbook covers a wide range of occupations. MyPan.com is a career database which aows visitors to search, browse or query through over 900 different careers, read career profies, job descriptions, and educationa requirements, and expore career outooks.

18 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 17 The foowing courses are typicay considered Career, Technica, Agricutura Education (CTAE) Courses. The State Department of Education aong with the University System of Georgia have determined that these courses may aso be used to fufi certain graduation and coege admission requirements. If you have any questions, pease tak with your student s high schoo counseor. CTAE FOURTH SCIENCES AND EMBEDDED COURSES Word Language Counts as Counts as Counts as Credit for COURSE NAME 4th Science 4th Science to 4th Math Graduation for Graduation a 4 yr. Coege for Graduation Eectives ONLY Anima Science/Technoogy/Biotechnoogy x x Essentias of Heathcare x x Food for Life x x Food Science x x Food and Nutrition Through the Lifespan x x Forest Science x x Genera Horticuture and Pant Science x x Natura Resources Management x x Pant Science and Biotechnoogy x x Sports Medicine x x * Advanced Pacement Computer Science x x x x * Computer Science Principes x x x x * Programming, Games, Apps and Society x x x x * Two computer science sequenced courses wi satisfy the two year foreign anguage requirement for graduation eectives but may not be accepted for foreign anguage credit by the coeges and universities. Certain CTAE courses have been identified by the State Department of Education as courses in which the standards of specific academic courses are aso embedded. Since mastery of the standards in the CTAE course woud aso indicate mastery of the standards in the academic course, satisfactory competion of the CTAE courses wi aso earn credit for the student in the academic course. In short, the student earns two credits for one CTAE course. The foowing courses are incuded in this provision at this time: Course Name Course Credits on your transcript Essentias of Heathcare Essentias of Heathcare and Anatomy for a tota of two credits

19 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner CTAE MOCK INTERVIEWS 18 MOCK INTERVIEWS SOUTH FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL February 5-9, 2018 A CTAE students enroed in a third-year career pathway course or work-based earning during the schoo year wi participate in organizationa ethics and soft skis training. Through a sequence of activities during the schoo year, students wi spend time deveoping persona phiosophies around empoyabiity standards and the job-search process, with the Mock Interview Week as the cuminating activity at their high schoo. Over 1,500 students participated in this experience during the schoo year! Mock interviews wi expose each student to the interview portion of the job search process, as we as provide feedback on the deveopment of resumes and other career-reated documents. This event wi be community-driven, as vounteers from across the county spend time creating an experience that wi hep students earn what is expected in a job interview, whie aso providing constructive feedback on a aspects on the interview process. A focus during the schoo year incudes the foowing standards: Discipine and Character Attendance and Punctuaity Job Shadowing and Community Service Projects Productivity and Academic Performance Responsibiity and Organization Attitude and Respect Teamwork and Work Habits Sef-Management and Time Management Ora and Written Business Communication Skis Appearance and Professiona Image NORTH FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL February 5-9, 2018 FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL February 26-March 2, 2018 LAMBERT HIGH SCHOOL February 26-March 2, 2018 WEST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL March 5-9, 2018 Students who successfuy compete the requirements of this intense focus wi receive GeorgiaBEST (Business Ethics Student Training) certification awarded by the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia businesses and hiring managers are recognizing the importance of GeorgiaBEST and understand that these students have gone above and beyond to prepare themseves for the workpace.

20 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner FINDING A JOB THROUGH JOB BOARD 19 A student job board was recenty deveoped to ist job opportunities specificay avaiabe to high schoo students in the surrounding area which are isted by empoyment category. FCS job posting services are avaiabe to oca empoyers, business, industry, government, and non-profit organizations for assistance in seeking quaified empoyees or interns. To pace a isting as an empoyer or search jobs avaiabe as a student, visit The FCS Job Posting Board acts ony as a posting service and makes no particuar recommendations regarding empoyers or students appying for jobs. DISCLAIMER: FCS Job Posting Board acts ony as a posting service and makes no particuar recommendations regarding empoyers or students appying for jobs. We make no representations or guarantees about positions isted by the empoyer, not do we make guarantees about students appying for these positions. FCS is not responsibe for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of off-campus empoyment. Due to the voume of jobs received by our office, we are unabe to research each organization or person that ists a job with us, not are we abe to research each student who appies for these positions. Administrators review a positions that are submitted for posting, and reserves the right to reject positions.

21 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner COLLEGE & CAREER DEVELOPMENT 20 Forsyth County Schoos offers a variety of career pathways that meet the demands of the modern workpace by equipping students for coege and career. Areas incude: Coege & Career Deveopment in Forsyth County Schoos through Career, Technica, and Agricutura Education (CTAE): The purpose of the CTAE is to provide an on-going partnership between education and business/industry to prepare the students of Forsyth County Schoos with the skis necessary to meet word-cass standards, successfuy continue ife-ong earning, and enter the marketpace as productive citizens. CTAE provides "seamess" instruction that connects academic and technica skis to future educationa and career opportunities. Options within the program offer curricuum and instruction inked to industry standards in abs featuring the atest technoogy. Programs are aso supported through advisory councis comprised of community, business, and educationa eaders that have on-going discussions about economic and workforce initiatives impacting Forsyth County and how best to shape CTAE programs based on the oca needs of our community. In addition to the programs offered above, specific career academies are anchored at individua high schoos in areas of STEM, Medica Sciences, Banking and Finance, Engineering and Technoogy, Hospitaity, Innovation, and Sports, Entertainment, and Communications. Career academies within Forsyth County Schoos offer students an intense career pathway experience which combines career pathway standards with academic integration and a strong presence to business/industry through workbased earning and job shadowing. After eaving high schoo, students continue future training at coeges, universities, and two-year technica coeges. Severa of the CTAE courses are aso articuated with post-secondary technica coeges, and Forsyth County Schoos has a arge student presence at Lanier Technica Coege for career-reated dua enroment. For more information on workforce deveopment in Forsyth County, visit Agricuture Leadership in Horticuture Arts, A/V Technoogy, and Communications Biotechnoogy Research and Deveopment Business, Management, and Administration Computer Information Support and Services Computer Networking Computer Programming Cosmetoogy Cuinary Arts Education and Training Engineering and Technoogy Entrepreneurship Fashion, Merchandising, and Retai Management Finance/Accounting Food and Nutrition Government and Pubic Administration/JROTC Heath Science: Diagnostics and Therapeutic Human Resources Management Manufacturing Marketing and Management Sports and Entertainment Marketing Sports Medicine Transportation/Automotive Service Technician Web Deveopment

22 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 21 The foowing is the BRIDGE Advisement Law that was signed into aw on May 20, 2010 by the Georgia Genera Assemby. The major advisement projects in the Forsyth County Schoo District support the requirements of the BRIDGE Law. BRIDGE ADVISEMENT BRIDGE ADVISEMENT- Section Part (c) - Georgia Genera Assemby HB 400 (May 20, 2010) (c) Beginning with the schoo year, students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades sha be provided counseing, advisement, career awareness, career interest inventories, and information to assist them in evauating their academic skis and career interests. Before the end of the second semester of the eighth grade, students sha deveop an individua graduation pan in consutation with their parents, guardians, or individuas appointed by the parents or guardians to serve as their designee. High schoo students sha be provided guidance, advisement, and counseing annuay that wi enabe them to successfuy compete their individua graduation pans, preparing them for a seamess transition to postsecondary study, further training, or empoyment. An individua graduation pan sha: (1) Incude rigorous academic core subjects and focused course work in mathematics and science or in humanities, fine arts, and word anguage or sequenced career pathway course work (Federa Perkins Program of Study (POS) (2) Incorporate provisions of a student's Individuaized Education Program (IE), where appicabe; (3) Aign educationa and broad career goas and a student's course of study; (4) Be based on the student's seected academic and career focus area as approved by the student's parent or guardian; (5) Incude experience based, career oriented earning experiences which may incude, but not be imited to, internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-op education, and service earning; (6) Incude opportunities for postsecondary studies through articuation, dua enroment, and joint enroment; (7) Be fexibe to aow change in the course of study but be sufficienty structured to meet graduation requirements and quaify the student for admission to postsecondary education; and (8) Be approved by the student and the student's parent or guardian with guidance from the student's schoo counseor or teacher adviser. An individua graduation pan sha be reviewed annuay, and revised, if appropriate, upon approva by the student and the student's parent or guardian with guidance from the student's schoo counseor or teacher adviser. An individua graduation pan may be changed at any time throughout a student's high schoo career upon approva. MIDDLE SCHOOL The foowing BRIDGE Law Advisement tasks are required to be competed in midde schoo in the student s MyGAfutures, GAfutures portfoio: Grade 6 MyGAfutures Account must be set up Career Custer Inventory Grade 7 Reaity Check Inventory 3 Career Concentrations/Custers Grade 8 3 Careers with Occupationa Information Individua Graduation Pan Updated using BRIDGE Advisement Pan Dua Enroment Information HIGH SCHOOL The foowing BRIDGE Advisement tasks are required to be competed in high schoo in the student s MyGAfutures, GAfutures portfoio: Grade 9 GAfutures BRIDGE Advisement Graduation Pan/IGP 3 Careers/Occupations Coege Credit Now /Dua Enroment Information Grade 10 GAfutures BRIDGE Advisement Graduation Pan/IGP Dua Enroment Information Grade 11 3 Postsecondary Institutions reated to student s Program of Study GAfutures BRIDGE Advisement Graduation Pan/IGP Dua Enroment Information Grade 12 Next Step information: 4-year institute, 2-year institute, apprenticeship, miitary, technica coege, specia purpose schoo, or workforce in GAfutures Senior Letter-FCS Requirement (not competed in GAfutures portfoio) Senior Capstone Project

23 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner DUAL ENROLLMENT 22 To be eigibe for the Dua Enroment program, a student must: Be enroed in the ninth, tenth, eeventh or twefth grade in accordance with O.C.G.A (c); Be admitted to an eigibe, participating USG, TCSG or Private postsecondary institution as a dua credit enroment student; Be enroed in courses isted in the approved Dua Enroment Course Directory; Maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined by the eigibe postsecondary institution: Compete the Dua Enroment onine appication which incudes three parts: Student and Parent/ Guardian, High Schoo and Postsecondary Institution. A three sections are competed and submitted to Georgia Student Finance Commission; Compete required advisement conference with the high schoo counseor aong with parent/ guardian prior to 1st, 2nd and/or summer semesters of each participating schoo year competing both Dua Enroment program documents as we as the district Dua Enroment document. It is vitay important that students meet with high schoo counseor to ensure a prior approvas and course aignment occur. Not competing this step coud ead to inabiity to participate in Dua Enroment if requirements are not met! Students, who meet a eigibiity requirements, receive a studentspecific award amount to be appied toward tuition, mandatory fees and books. In addition, postsecondary credit hours taken as a Dua Credit Enroment student, for which Dua Enroment payment is made are not counted as attempted-hours nor are they incuded in the combined paid-hours imit for the purposes of HOPE Schoarship or Ze Mier Schoarship eigibiity. Schoo counseors have Dua Enroment information and this ink is aso hepfu: Grants_and_Schoarships/Acce_Program.aspx Dua Enroment program provides district students the opportunity to be dua credit enroed. This means a Dua Enroment student is enroed at both the high schoo and coege or technica coege. In this program a student may be part time or fu time at the postsecondary schoo. The student receives credit for approved courses on the high schoo transcript as we as their coege or technica coege transcript. Thus, Dua Enroment students take postsecondary coursework for credit towards both high schoo graduation and postsecondary requirements. Beginning with Fa term 2016 (FY 2017) the program is offered during a terms of the schoo year: fa, spring and summer semesters. INFORMATION NIGHTS FOR ENROLLMENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA January 30, 2018 at 6PM February 1, 2018 at 6PM Cumming Campus 300 Aquatic Circe, Cumming, GA LANIER TECHNICAL COLLEGE February 7, 2018 at 6PM 3410 Ronad Reagan Bvd Cumming, GA 30041

24 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 23 AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to production, processing, marketing, financing, distribution, and deveopment of agricutura commodities and resources. These commodities incude food, fiber, wood products, natura resources, horticuture, and other pant and anima products/resources. ARTS, A/V TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and pubishing mutimedia content incuding visua and performing arts and design, journaism, and entertainment services. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to the preparation of students with computer skis for future coege and career pans. Custer skis mastered incude panning, organizing, directing, and evauating as we as owning and operating a successfu business. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to panning, managing, and providing education and training services as we as reated earning support services. FINANCE Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to money management, incuding panning, investing, and spending. Students wi gain career deveopment skis for the finance word with opportunities that expand beyond basic business skis into financia iteracy, banking, investing, insurance, and risk management. GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to panning and performing of government management and administrative functions at oca, state, and federa eves. Careers are avaiabe in nationa security, foreign service, revenue, and reguations. HEALTH SCIENCE Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to panning, managing, and providing services in therapeutics, diagnostics, heath informatics, support areas, and biotechnoogy research and deveopment. HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants, and other food services, odging, attractions, recreation events, and trave reated services. HUMAN SERVICES Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to famiy and human needs such as nutrition and food science, counseing and menta heath services, famiy and community services, persona care, and consumer services. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to the preparation for careers that create, use, modify, and engage technoogy skis. Graphics, mutimedia animation, web design, game and appication deveopment, networking, and computer repair are a possibiities. MANUFACTURING Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to processing of materias into intermediate or fina products and reated professiona and technica support activities, such as production contro, maintenance, and process engineering. MARKETING Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to the process of anticipating, managing, and satisfying consumers' demand for products, services, and ideas. The Marketing career custer generates the strategy that underies advertising and promotiona techniques, business communication, and business deveopment. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI- NEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to panning, managing, and providing scientific research and professiona and technica services. TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS Careers with common knowedge and skis reated to panning, managing, and moving peope, materias, and goods by road, pipeine, air, rai, and water, and aso incudes other reated professiona and technica support services. CAREER CLUSTERS OVERVIEW OF CAREER CLUSTERS/PATHWAYS Georgia s 17 Career Custer/Pathways provide a structure for organizing and deivering quaity Career, Technica and Agricutura Education (CTAE) programs. Modeed after the Nationa Career Custers configuration utiized by most of the United States, Georgia s 17 Career Custer/Pathways Mode represents approximatey 96 career pathways to hep students navigate their way to greater success in coege and career. As an organizing too for curricuum design and instruction, the 17 Career Custers provide essentia knowedge and skis for the students career pathways. This mode functions as a: Usefu guide in deveoping programs of study that bridge secondary and postsecondary curricuum. Indicator of a range of career options for students' graduation pans of study. Method of aowing students to discover their interests and passions, empowering them to choose the educationa pathway that may ead to success in high schoo, coege and career. The 17 Career Custer/Pathways encompass both secondary and postsecondary education and wi strengthen and improve student transition from secondary to postsecondary education.

25 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner WORKFORCE FORSYTH 24 ACADEMICS Teaching curricua for career pathway courses buit from corporate training materias and other in-kind donations Our recent district initiative caed PROPEL (Pathways for Reaching Opportunities in Preparing for Exceence for Life) paced emphasis on the fact that graduation from high schoo is a vita component of a viabe and successfu community. Through this initiative, part of the recommendations which came out of the careers and reevance findings was that Forsyth County needed to better engage oca empoyers to understand their needs in hiring quaified candidates and take a coser ook at the curricuum and training needs of our students. Throughout the past severa years, we ve been doing just that which has spawned the need for an increased focus on the empoyment pipeine for a student in Forsyth County. As a foow-up to these recommendations, Forsyth County Schoos, University of North Georgia, Lanier Technica Coege, and the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce have partnered to create a earning coaborative that: identifies and supports the ifeong educationa needs of our community, revisits such things as the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce s Envision 2030 Report, ooks at needs to identify and support the ifeong educationa needs of our community, and studies other oca economic deveopment impacts in our community. Our pan is to deveop Georgia s most comprehensive and innovative roadmap for deveoping and retaining a taented workforce, and our business community and earning organizations have committed to coming together to estabish the earning needs in order to provide a seamess curricuum from secondary to post-secondary which supports the workforce needs of Forsyth County now and in the future! Our response to that is something we re caing Workforce Forsyth! Forsyth County Schoos is partnering with business and industry in the community to promote job growth by determining business needs and deveoping soutions that incude the foowing components: Strengthened post-secondary reationships among Lanier Technica Coege, the University of North Georgia, and other post-secondary institutions WORK-BASED LEARNING Overseas cutura experiences Externships Cinicas Other work-based earning opportunities EMPLOYMENT PIPELINES Workforce needs assessments Chamber of Commerce/oca economic deveopment support Onine systems to match students to job opportunities Forsyth County business and education communities are setting a new standard that wi drive business growth, so we are expanding our existing CTAE programs through increased business participation, deeper coaborative organization, stronger post-secondary connections, and further innovation. To earn more, contact Vaery Lowe at vowe@forsyth.k12.ga.us or

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29 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP IN HORTICULTURE PATHWAY 28 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Interior-Scape Designers $65,000-$70,000 annua saary B.S. Degree or higher A career in pant science offers a variety of job opportunities in the fieds of education, research, gof and sports turf, andscape design, parks and gardens, pubic service, production management, and saes and marketing. Empoyment is expected to increase in response to the increasing demand for both products and services by commercia producers, andscape contractors, turf managers and the genera pubic. New avenues of research in biotechnoogy to deveop pant and food crops that require ess fertiizer, fewer pesticides and herbicides, and ess water wi aso increase the demand for careers in pant science and horticuture. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Basic Agricutura Science and Technoogies Genera Horticuture Science and Pant Science Agribusiness Management and Leadership RECOMMENDED COURSES Bioogy Business Management Computer Appications Economics Environmenta Science POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Associates in Science COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Business Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Education Bacheor of Science, Pant Science Master and PhD in a areas CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FFA Landscape Designers $42,000-$75,000 annua saary No degree required. B.S. recommended Garden Center Owner/Operator Saaries vary based on scope of business No degree required. Gof Course Manager/Athetic Fied Manager $64,000-$84,000 annua saary Bacheors Degree ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Chemica, Equipment, Pants or Seed Saes Commercia Landscape Designers Cooperative Extension Agent Farmer Fruit and Orchard Production Garden Writers Greenhouse Horticuture Teacher Irrigation System Design and Instaation Landscape, Nursery, Orchard, Vegetabe Farm Marketing for Gardens or Green Industry Organic Vegetabe Production Park Design and Maintenance Production Marketing Pubic and Private Garden Curators Pubic Gardens Pubic Reations Sod Production and Saes Research Scientist or Pant Breeding Wetand Recamation Zoo or City Government Horticuturist

30 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION PATHWAY 29 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Agricutura Inspectors $40,900 annua saary Bacheor s Degree 20 annua average openings in Georgia This pathway is designed to introduce students to the scientific principes that underie the breeding and husbandry of agricutura animas, and the production, processing, and distribution of agricutura anima products. This course introduces scientific principes appied to the anima industry; covers reproduction, production technoogy, processing, and distribution of agricutura anima products. Cassroom and aboratory activities are suppemented through supervised agricutura experiences and eadership programs and activities. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Basic Agricuture Science Anima Science Technoogy and Biotechnoogy Agribusiness Management and Leadership RECOMMENDED COURSES Bioogy Business Management Computer Appications Economics Environmenta Science POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Associates in Science COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Business Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Education Bacheor of Science, Pant Science Master and PhD in a areas Anima Scientists $73,400 annua saary Bacheor s Degree 1 annua average openings in Georgia First-Line Supervisors of Anima Husbandry and Anima Care Workers $45,200 annua saary High Schoo Dipoma 40 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Agricutura Inspectors Agricutura Science Postsecondary Teachers Agricutura Technicians Agricutura Managers Butchers and Meat Cutters Buyers and Purchasing Agents Chemica Farm and Ranch Managers Food Cooking Machine Operators Graders and Sorters Saughters and Meat Packers Technicians CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FFA

31 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner AGRICULTURE 30 HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL SYSTEMS PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Nursery and Greenhouse Managers $69,300 annua saary Bacheor s Degree 450 annua average openings in Georgia Leaders in anima production conduct research to deveop better ways to produce and process meat, poutry, eggs, and mik. Much of the research focuses on the heath and breeding of ivestock. Because most jobs in this fied are research-based, a bacheor s degree in anima or agricuture science is required. A doctora degree (Ph.D.) is necessary for eading research projects or teaching on the university eve. The farming and food production industry spends much money on breeding, raising, and feeding animas. The industry wi continue to be interested in more efficient, ess costy methods of raising animas. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Basic Agricuture Science Genera Horticuture and Pant Science Anima Science and Biotechnoogy RECOMMENDED COURSES Bioogy Business Management Computer Appications Economics Environmenta Science POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Associates in Science Soi and Pant Scientists $68,900 annua saary Bacheor s Degree 10 annua average openings in Georgia Anima Scientists $61,700 annua saary Doctora Degree 1 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Agricutura Sciences Teachers Anima Breeders Anima Scientists Anima Trainers Career/Technica Education Teachers Nonfarm Anima Caretakers Nursery and Greenhouse Managers Nursery Workers Soi and Pant Scientists First-Line Supervisors of Anima Husbandry and Anima Care Workers COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Business Bacheor of Science, Agricutura Education Bacheor of Science, Pant Science Master and PhD in a areas CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FFA

32 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner ARTS, AUDIO-VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND FILM PATHWAY 31 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Audio and Video Equipment Technician Long-Term On-the-Job Training needed $40,498 annua saary 80 annua average openings in Georgia Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim is a cass that teaches a aspects of video production from pre-production, production, and post-production, incuding theory and practica appication. Students wi have the opportunity to participate in various types of broadcast/video production from events and commercias to mini-movies and documentaries. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim I Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim II Audio and Video Technoogy and Fim III RECOMMENDED COURSES Computer Appications Business Communications Word Language Intro to Animation and 3D Design Marketing Principes Yearbook/Journaism Web Page Design Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Technica Studies Teecommunications Arts COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Broadcast Design Journaism and Broadcasting Mass Communications Mass Media/Arts Pubic Reations Video/Digita Broadcast News Anayst Bacheor Degree needed $57,845 annua saary 20 annua average openings in Georgia Broadcast Technician Associate Degree needed $35,443 annua saary 50 annua average openings in Georgia Radio and Teevision Announcer Long-Term On-the-Job Training needed $34,445 annua saary 50 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Audio-Video Operator Broadcast Fied Supervisor Broadcast Technician Camera Operator Chief Engineer Contro Room Technician Editor Journaist Radio and TV Announcer Reporter Sound Technician Station Manager Transmission Engineer CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS SkisUSA

33 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner ARTS, AUDIO-VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS ANIMATION AND DIGITAL MEDIA PATHWAY 32 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Camera Operators (Teevision, Video, Motion Picture) 2015 Wage: $59,600 The Animation and Digita Media Pathway is a series of courses that teach a aspects of 2D and 3D animation and digita design. Students wi gain knowedge in animation history, basic modeing, and fundamentas of motion whie working to incorporate effective sound and ighting techniques, as we as 3-D space morphing into their animated projects. Working independenty, as we as on sma production teams, students wi earn to manage the entire production pipeine for 3-D projects. Students in the Animation and Digita Media Pathway wi have the opportunity become effective and efficient muti-skied animators as they deveop a thorough working knowedge of the animation opportunities avaiabe in a rapidy growing career fied. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Graphics and Design Principes and Concepts of Animation Advanced Animation, Game, and App Design RECOMMENDED COURSES Computer Appications Business Communications Word Language Intro to Animation and 3D Design Marketing Principes Yearbook/Journaism Web Page Design Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES BACHELOR S DEGREE Animation Schoo - Varying Certificates avaiabe Intern experience Composing Artist 2015 Wage: $65,000 Mutimedia Artist and Animators 2014 Wage: $51,800 Forensic Animator 2015 Wage: $20-$100 per hour depending on experience Mathematica Modeer 2015 Wage: $80,000 Storyboard Artist 2015 Wage: $55,000 3D Medica Animator 2015 Wage: $60,000 3D Modeer 2015 Wage: $75,000 ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Animation Producers Artistic Director Graphic Designer Fim and Video Editors 3D Animator TV Director TV Producer CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FEA

34 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 33 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Advertising and Promotion Manager Bacheor Degree needed $76,898 annua saary 60 annua average openings in Georgia Entrepreneurs, innovators, and sma businesses pay a key roe in Georgia s economy. Business professionas may be managers, owners, accountants, economists, administrators, or anaysts. These individuas must possess exceent communication skis and be abe to estabish working reationships with many different peope. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Business and Technoogy Lega Environment of Business Entrepreneurship RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Word Language Marketing Principes Work-Based Learning Yearbook/Journaism POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Business Office Technoogy Entrepreneurship Management and Supervisory Deveopment Office Administration COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Business Business Administration CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA SkisUSA Chief Executive Bacheor Degree pus work experience needed $155,168 annua saary 850 annua average openings in Georgia Empoyment, Recruitment, and Pacement Speciaist Bacheor Degree needed $50,877 annua saary 440 annua average openings in Georgia Socia and Community Service Manager Bacheor Degree needed $59,904 annua saary 100 annua average openings in Georgia Training and Deveopment Manager Bacheor Degree needed $79,498 annua saary 60 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Appraiser and Assessor of Rea Estate Accountant and Auditor Administrator Bank Teer Business Educator Chief Executive Officer Caims Adjuster Caims Examiner Computer Support Speciaist Computer Systems Anayst Cost Estimator Database Administrator Entrepreneur Financia Anayst Financia Manager Investigator Network and Computer System Paraega and Lega Assistant Persona Financia Advisor Saes Manager Tax Prepare

35 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 34 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Students wi anayze the primary functions of human resources management which incude recruitment, seection, training, deveopment, compensation, and evauation. The pathway is designed to equip students with operationa knowedge of hiring, managing, and terminating empoyees. Throughout the third course, students wi be introduced to the Human Resource Management roe by foowing the ife cyce of an empoyee from organizationa entry to exit. Upon mastery of the standards in this pathway, students shoud be prepared to pass an End of Pathway assessment in this career area. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Business and Technoogy Lega Environment of Business Human Resources Principes Human Resources Managers 2012 Median Pay $99,720 per year Entry-Leve Education Bacheor's degree Work Experience in a Reated Occupation 5+ years Job Outook , 13% growth ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Compensation and Benefits Manager Empoyee Training Speciaist Human Resources Assistant Human Resources Manager Human Resources Speciaist Job Anaysis Speciaist Training and Deveopment Manager RECOMMENDED COURSES Intro to Business and Technoogy and Lega Environment of Business as Prerequisite Human Resource Principes Entrepreneurship Economics POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES Business Management degree at most coeges and universities Certificate program Associate degree Bacheor's degree Master's degree Doctora degree Professiona Certifications PRH (Professiona in HR) SPHR (Senior Professiona in HR) GPHR (Goba Professiona in HR) Professiona Membership in Society for Human Resource Management encouraged CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA

36 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING AS A PROFESSION PATHWAY 35 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Midde Schoo Specia Education Teacher Bacheor Degree needed $46,891 annua saary 230 annua average openings in Georgia Educationa services is the second argest industry which incudes a variety of institutions that offer academic education or career and technica instruction. This incudes eementary, midde and secondary schoos, universities, coeges, professiona schoos, community or junior coeges and career and technica institutes. The overa demand for educationa services wi increase as growing emphasis on improving education aong with retirements wi create arge numbers of job openings. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Examining the Teaching Profession Contemporary Issues in Education Teaching as a Profession Practicum RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Education Course Word Language Human Growth and Deveopment Psychoogy Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Chid Care Assistant and/or Chid Care Manager Chid Deveopment Associate I and/or II Chid Deveopment Speciaist Eary Chidhood Care and Education (Associate Degree) Eary Chidhood Care and Education Assistant Eary Chidhood Program Administration Eary Chidhood Education or Exceptionaities Education of the Gifted Infant-Todder Chidcare Speciaist COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Adut, Art, Music or Specia Education Career and Technica Education Eary Chidhood Education Engish, Math, Science or Socia Studies Education Education of the Gifted Famiy and Consumer Sciences Education Word Language Education Heath and Physica Education Human Resource and Organizationa Deveopment Midde Schoo Education Professiona Schoo Counseing Schoo Psychoogy Speech Communication CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FCCLA FEA Post-Secondary Education Administrator Bacheor Degree pus work experience needed $81,328 annua saary 160 annua average openings in Georgia Post-Secondary Vocationa Education Teacher Bacheor Degree pus work experience needed $45,386 annua saary 370 annua average openings in Georgia Secondary Schoo Teacher Bacheor Degree needed $49,956 annua saary 1,360 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Administration Adut Educator After-Schoo Program Supervisor Associate Teacher Coach County Extension Agent Education Evauator Educationa and Teacher Aide Eementary Schoo Teacher High Schoo Teacher Media Speciaist Midde Schoo Teacher Post-Secondary Vocationa Education Recreation Attendant Schoo Administration Socia Services Aide Specia Education Teacher Teacher

37 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner FINANCE ADVANCED ACCOUNTING PATHWAY 36 TOP CAREERS CHOICES The Financia Management Services pathway courses are designed to provide students with knowedge that can be appied in secondary education, the work pace, and in their persona ives. During times of financia crisis it is imperative that students earn the importance of sound financia decision-making. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Business and Technoogy Principes of Accounting I Principes of Accounting II RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Word Language Marketing Principes Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Accounting Banking and Finance Business Administration Technoogy Business Logistics Business Studies COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Accounting Actuaria Sciences Business Administration Economics Finance Insurance CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA SkisUSA Actuary Bacheor Degree needed $84,822 annua saary 30 annua average openings in Georgia Brokerage Cerk Moderate-Term On-the-Job Training needed $30,597 annua saary 30 annua average openings in Georgia Financia Anayst Bacheor Degree needed $80,787 annua saary 210 annua average openings in Georgia Rea Estate Saes Agent Post-Secondary Vocationa Award needed $38,334 annua saary 500 annua average openings in Georgia Securities/Commodities Saes Bacheor Degree needed $81,536 annua saary 100 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Bank Teer and Manager Cash Manager Chief Financia Officer Controer Corporate Finance Professiona Credit Anayst Financia Counseor Financia Manager Insurance Agent and Broker Insurance Manager Investment Banker Loan Officer Persona Financia Advisor Persona Weath Manager Rea Estate Agents and Broker Stock Broker

38 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner FINANCE 37 BUSINESS ACCOUNTING PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Accountants and Auditors Bacheor Degree needed $54,330 annua saary 1,090 annua average openings in Georgia Strong growth in accounting jobs throughout the next decade is expected to occur due to the increased growth in the number of new businesses and stricter accounting and auditing reguations. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Business and Technoogy Financia Literacy Principes of Accounting II RECOMMENDED COURSES Any business and computer science course Word Language Marketing Principes Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Accounting Medica Administrative Assistant Office Accounting Speciaist COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Accounting Business Education Business Management Economics Finance Marketing and Rea Estate CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA Bookkeeping/Accounting/Auditing Cerks Moderate-Term On-the-Job Training needed $29,619 annua saary 1,490 annua average openings in Georgia Budget Anaysts Bacheor Degree needed $58,698 annua saary 30 annua average openings in Georgia Tax Examiner, Coector and Revenue Agent Bacheor Degree needed $43,909 annua saary 70 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Auditing Cerk Auditor Bookkeeper Budget Anayst Certified Pubic Accountant Corporate Accountant Entrepreneur FBI Agent Financia Advisor Financia Anayst Forensic Accountant Government Accountant Income Tax Professiona Manageria Accountant Non-Profit Accountant Teacher

39 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES PATHWAY 38 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Auditor Bacheor Degree needed $73,910 annua saary The Financia Service Pathway uses project based instruction to introduce students to the basics of the banking system, bank operating procedures, negotiabe instruments, and the deposit and credit functions of banks. Methods used for measuring the financia performance of banks are anayzed. Current issues and future trends in banking are examined. Students expore the major functions of bank empoyees by competing a fow-of-work simuation. Students formuate business and individua investment decisions by comparing and contrasting a variety of investment options. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Business and Technoogy Financia Literacy Banking, Investing and Insurance RECOMMENDED COURSES Business Foundation and Business Management Desktop Pubishing Financia Management Accounting 1 and 2 Persona Financia Literacy Persona and Business Law 1 and 2 Marketing 1 and 2 Web Design Insurance Saes Agent 1-2 years Post-Secondary training needed $62,790 annua saary Caims Adjuster Post-Secondary training pus on-the-job training needed $63,220 annua saary Accountant Bacheor Degree needed $73,910 annua saary ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Business Teacher Financia Project Speciaist Financia Panner Research Saes and Service POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES, COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Financia Panning Business Administration-Financia Anaysis Accounting Consumer and Famiy Financia Services Disaster Reief Insurance Caim Adjuster CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA

40 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION JROTC MARINES PATHWAY 39 TOP CAREERS CHOICES The program s focus is refected in its mission statement, To Motivate Young Peope to be Better Citizens. It prepares high schoo students for responsibe eadership roes whie making them aware of their rights, responsibiities, and privieges as American citizens. Army JROTC is a stimuus for promoting graduation from high schoo, and it provides instruction and rewarding opportunities that wi benefit the student, community, and nation. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES MCJROTC Leadership Education I/II MCJROTC Leadership Education III/IV MCJROTC Leadership Education V/VI MCJROTC Leadership Education VII/VIII RECOMMENDED COURSES Any CTAE Course Word Language Modern US Miitary History POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES ROTC (Schoarships Avaiabe) Academy Appointments Armed Forces (Advanced Pacement Enistment Opportunities) Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard Active Reserve and Nationa Guard options avaiabe CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Academic Team Coor Guard Dri Team Raiders Rife Team Students enroed in JROTC programs may find high-demand, high-wage, and high-skied occupations in the pubic sector at or if they pan on a career in the miitary they wi find Miitary Occupations isted on GACoege 411 under the Career Panning Tab. ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Administration Air Traffic Controer Aviation Ordinance Broadcast Speciaist Computer Construction Equipment Repairer Crimina Investigation Equipment Repair Finance Fight Crew Human Resource Information Technoogy Inteigence Lawyer Miitary Poice Missie Fire Contro Operator Muti Media Iustrator Nava Aviation (Piot) Photographer Suppy Logistic Transportation Management

41 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HEALTH SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY 40 The Biomedica Research and Deveopment pathway provides an understanding of human medicine through topics such as physioogy, genetics, microbioogy and pubic heath. Courses wi provide an introduction to teamwork and communication practices, organizationa, critica-thinking and probem-soving skis. Areas of instruction incude an understanding of the processes, structures and interactions of the human body, as we as the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Biotechnoogy Appications of Biotechnoogy Biotechnoogy Internship/Independent Research RECOMMENDED COURSES Honors or Pre-AP Bioogy AP Chemistry or AP Bioogy AP Statistics Computer Science Courses POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Biotechnoogy Biomedica Sciences Biochemistry Epidemioogy Pubic Heath Heath and Administration Heathcare fieds (Pre-nursing, pre-vet, pre-med) COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES See for additiona information. CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS HOSA CAREER CHOICES Bioogica Consutant Bioogica or Medica Iustrator Bioogica Photographer Conservation Warden Crime Lab Technician Denta Hygienist Dietician Nurse Emergency Medica Technician Farm Manager Fied Bioogist or Ecoogist Food and Drug Inspector Forensic Service Technician Forest Ranger Game Manager Human Resources Staff Industria Hygienist or Process Manager Laboratory Technician Licensed Practica Nurse Meat and Poutry Food Inspector Medica Assistant or Records Administrator Medica Technoogist Medica Writer Mortician Museum Educationa Staff Member Museum Exhibit Designer Nationa or State Park Ranger Nurse Anesthetist Nutritionist Pediatric Nurse Pest Contro Speciaist Pet Shop Owner Phebotomist Primary or Secondary Teacher Prosthesis-Maker Pubic Reations Radioogy Technician Saes Representative Science Journaism or Librarian University Research Assistant Veterinary Technician Waste Disposa Engineer Water Quaity Controer Widife Management Speciaist Zoo Assistant Zooogist

42 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HEALTH SCIENCE 41 DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES PHLEBOTOMY PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Phebotomists Bacheor Degree needed $46,891 annua saary 230 annua average openings in Georgia A phebotomist draws bood for testing, verifies the patient s identity, and enters patient information into a database. Persons going into phebotomy must be comfortabe with bood, needes, and test tubes. Work ocation typicay is a hospita, ab, or bood bank setting. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Heathcare Diagnostics Phebotomy RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Any Science Eective Any Word Language Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES Training programs are often avaiabe at community coeges/ technica schoos couped with cinica experience. Students must pass a certification exam CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS HOSA Cardiovascuar Technoogist and Technicians Associate s Degree $51,600 annua saary Medica Lab Assistants Associate s Degree $36,500 annua saary Skis Good eye/ hand coordination, peasant bedside manner, attention to detai Growth rate projected to be 27%, much faster than the average. ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Information Nurse Speciaists Medica Lab Assistants Nucear Techs Patient Service Techs (PST) Physicians Phebotomists Phebotomy Supervisors Radioogic Technoogists Registered Nurses Respiratory Technicians Other Reated Heath Science Occupations

43 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HEALTH SCIENCE 42 THERAPEUTIC SERVICES SPORTS MEDICINE PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Athetic Trainer Bacheor Degree needed $35,917 annua saary 20 annua average openings in Georgia Sports Medicine is a branch of Heath Science devoted to muscuoskeeta disorders that ater the functiona abiity of the patient. Careers in this industry focus on improvement of abiity to perform ife tasks through the combined use of physica training (exercise, movement, and modification of activities), medications, adaptive equipment, orthotics (braces), and prosthesis devices. Careers in rehabiitation focus on heping peope return to independence and sef-reiance. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Heathcare Science Essentias of Heathcare Sports Medicine RECOMMENDED COURSES Word Language Human Anatomy/Physioogy Internships Physics Psychoogy Work-based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Denta Hygiene Orthopedic Technoogy Physica Therapist Assistant Radioogic Technoogy Surgica Technoogy COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Dentist Doctor Nurse Practitioner Physica Therapist Registered Nurse Surgeon Occupationa Therapist Aide Short-Term On-the-Job Training needed $20,259 annua saary 10 annua average openings in Georgia Orthotist and Prosthetist Bacheor Degree needed $35,464 annua saary 10 annua average openings in Georgia Physica Therapist Master Degree needed $65,042 annua saary 120 annua average openings in Georgia Physica Therapist Assistant Associate Degree needed $40,830 annua saary 90 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Chiropractor Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Massage Therapist Occupationa Therapist Orthopedic Doctor Physica Therapy Assistant Physician's Assistant Radioogist Radioogist Technician CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS HOSA

44 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM CULINARY ARTS PATHWAY 43 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Chef and Head Cook Work experience needed $31,304 annua saary 110 annua average openings in Georgia The Cuinary Arts pathway introduces students to fundamenta food preparation terms, concepts, and methods in cuinary arts where aboratory practice wi parae cass work. Fundamenta techniques, skis, and terminoogy are covered and mastered with an emphasis on basic kitchen and dining room safety, sanitation, equipment maintenance and operation procedures. Courses aso provide an overview of the professionaism in the cuinary industry and career opportunities eading into a career pathway in cuinary arts. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Cuinary Arts Cuinary Arts I Cuinary Arts II RECOMMENDED COURSES Agebra Any Science Eective Business Essentias Computer Appications Entrepreneurship Word Language (Spanish and French) POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Cuinary Arts (Standard Pathway or Baking and Pastry Pathway) Food and Beverage Management Hospitaity Management COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Cuinary Arts (Standard Pathway or Baking and Pastry Pathway) Food and Beverage Management Food Science Hospitaity Management Food Services Manager Work experience needed $49,860 annua saary 400 annua average openings in Georgia Pastry Chef Work experience needed $34,890 annua saary 130 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Baker Cake Designer Caterer Chocoatier Cuinary Arts Instructor Dining Room Management Dining Room Service Food and Beverage Director Food Styist and Photographer Food Writer and Critic Hote Manager Kitchen Manager Persona Chef Research and Deveopment Chef Restaurant Entrepreneur CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FCCLA

45 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING PATHWAY 44 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Marketing Manager Bacheor Degree needed $94,307 annua saary 310 annua average openings in Georgia Entertainment is reated to fim and TV, music, gaming, digita media and sports marketing are huge in Georgia. In addition to basic knowedge and skis in management and entrepreneurship, students in this Pathway wi appy their knowedge and skis to this industry in order to master the industry s terminoogy, market arenas and venues, obtain sponsorships, maintain soid media reations, coordinate and manage campaigns and events, etc. This pathway cuminates with an opportunity for students to take the MBA Research "A*S*K Marketing Concepts" end of pathway assessment or the NOCTI "Marketing Education Manager Trainee" end of pathway assessment. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Marketing Principes Introduction to Sports and Entertainment Marketing Advanced Sports and Entertainment Marketing RECOMMENDED COURSES Advanced Marketing Entrepreneurship Any Business and Computer Science Course Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Business Administration Executive Coaching Expert Saes Management Project Management Visua Merchandising COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Accounting Advertising Brida Consutant Business Economics Communication Graphic Arts Hospitaity Administration Management Marketing Professiona Saes Sport Management Trave/Tourism CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA Marketing Research Anayst Bacheor Degree needed $61,464 annua saary 210 annua average openings in Georgia Pubic Reations Speciaist Bacheor Degree needed $48,672 annua saary 120 annua average openings in Georgia Recreation Worker Short-Term On-the-Job-Training needed $21,570 annua saary 260 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Advertising Account Executive Agent Brand Manager Cashier Communications Speciaist Customer Service Representative Demonstrator and Product Promoter Desktop Pubisher Entertainment Marketer Entrepreneur Fashion Retaier Market Research Anayst Marketing Speciaist Media Buyer Product Deveopment Management Pubic Reations Speciaist Purchaser Retai Buyer Retai Saesperson Saes Saes Representative Sign Maker Sports Marketer Website Designer Web Deveoper Webmaster

46 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HUMAN SERVICES FOOD AND NUTRITION PATHWAY 45 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Chef and Head Cook Work experience needed $31,304 annua saary 110 annua average openings in Georgia Empoyment in this fied is expected to grow faster than average through 2014 as a resut of the increasing emphasis on disease prevention through improved dietary habits. A growing and aging popuation wi increase the demand for meas and nutritiona counseing agencies in hospitas, residentia care faciities, schoos, prisons, community heath programs, and home heath care. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Food, Nutrition, and Weness Food for Life Food Science RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Any Science Eective Word Language Human Growth and Deveopment for Eary Chidhood Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Cuinary Arts Food and Beverage Management Food Production Assistant, Worker, or Apprentice Hote/Restaurant/Tourism Management COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Dietetics/Dietician FACS Education Food, Nutrition and Weness Studies Food Science and Technoogy See for additiona information. CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FCCLA Dietician/Nutritionist Bacheor Degree needed $42,619 annua saary 80 annua average openings in Georgia Food Scientist and Technoogist Bacheor Degree needed $55,869 annua saary 10 annua average openings in Georgia Food Services Manager Work experience needed $46,384 annua saary 400 annua average openings in Georgia Heath Education Master Degree needed $53,290 annua saary 90 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Agricutura Engineer Biochemist Chemica Technician Consumer Representative Dietetic Technician Famiy and Consumer Science Teacher Favorist Food Inspector Food Service Manager Geriatric Food Designer Heath Educator Heath Inspector Microbioogist Product Evauation Scientist Research and Deveopment Speciaist Sensory Scientist Teacher Educator Technica Writer Toxicoogist

47 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner HUMAN SERVICES PERSONAL CARE SERVICES COSMETOLOGY PATHWAY 46 TOP CAREERS CHOICES The Persona Care Services Cosmetoogy pathway is formuated for students who desire to become icensed cosmetoogists. A participating students are required by the Georgia State Board of Cosmetoogy to obtain a tota of 1500 unit hours to be eigibe for both the written and practica state test. Students benefit from the program because it aows the student the opportunity to obtain at east haf of the required state board hours. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Persona Care Services Cosmetoogy Services II Cosmetoogy Services III RECOMMENDED COURSES Advanced Cosmetoogy Services Chemistry Cosmetoogy Services - Core IV Word Language Internship I, II, III, IV, V Licensure and Empoyment Opportunities Science of Advanced Skincare Science and Art of Makeup POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Barber License Cosmetoogy Instructor License Cosmetoogy License Esthetician License Master Cosmetoogy License COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Cosmetoogy CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS SkisUSA Saary ranges from $15,530 to $42,460 per year. In order to obtain a icense in cosmetoogy, nai technoogy, or skin care in the state of Georgia, students must compete the requirements isted beow. Pease contact the Georgia State Board of Cosmetoogy for more information. Requirements: COSMETOLOGIST: 1500 Hours, Apprenticeship 3000 Hours HAIR DESIGN: 1325 Hours, Apprenticeship 2650 ESTHETICIAN: 1000 Hours, Apprenticeship 2000 Hours NAIL TECHNICIAN: 525 Hours, Apprenticeship 1050 Hours ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Barber Styist Chemica Texture Speciaist Coor Speciaist Chemist Cosmetoogist Cutting Speciaist Editoria Speciaist Esthetician Hair Coor Speciaist Hairstyist Make-up Artist Master Cosmetoogist Nai Technicians Permanent Wave Technician Patform Artist Receptionist Saon Owner Shampoo Tech Wig Styist

48 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAY 47 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Empoyment of computer programmers is expected to increase 12 percent from 2010 to 2020, about as fast as the average for a occupations. Careers in Computer Science ead individuas to create, modify, and test codes - a whie inventing and designing new approaches to computing technoogy and finding innovative uses for existing technoogy. Career area focus requires soving compex probems in computing for business, medicine, science, and other fieds. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Digita Technoogy Computer Science Principes or AP Computer Science Principes AP Computer Science RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Any Advanced Math Course Any Word Language Entrepreneurship POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Computer Engineering Technoogy Eectromechanica Engineering Technoogy Teecommunications Engineering Technoogy Industria Engineering Technoogy Eectrica and Computer Engineering Technoogy Computer Engineering Technoogy Computer System Design Speciaist Network Design Technoogy Speciaist Network Speciaist Computer Programmers Bacheor Degree needed $75,400 annua saary 230 annua average openings in Georgia Computer System Anaysts Bacheor Degree needed $73,800 annua saary 810 annua average openings in Georgia Software Deveopers, Appication Bacheor Degree needed $86,300 annua saary 340 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Computer Programmers Computer and Information Systems Managers Computer Hardware Engineers Computer Network Architects Computer System Anaysts Database Administrators Information Security Anaysts Network and Computer Systems Administrators Software Engineers Video Game Designers COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Computer Systems Engineering Bacheor of Arts with a Major in Appied Computer Science Bacheor of Science with a Major in Computer Science Bacheor of Science with a Major in Computer Game Design and Deveopment CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA

49 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 48 NETWORKING PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES Computer Operator On-the-Job experience needed $33,821 annua saary 90 annua average openings in Georgia This pathway teaches the student about the functionaity of hardware components as we as best practices in computer maintenance and safety issues. Students are provided with in-depth technica information augmented with hands-on experiences. Emphasis is paced on communication skis and the professionaism needed to become successfu in the computer industry. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Digita Technoogy Networking Fundamentas Networking Systems and Support RECOMMENDED COURSES Advanced Agebra/Trigonometry Cacuus Computer Appications Entrepreneurship Word Language Introduction to Animation and 3D Design Physics Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES See for additiona information. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES See for additiona information. CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA SkisUSA Computer Speciaist Associate Degree needed $55,640 annua saary 80 annua average openings in Georgia Computer Support Speciaist Associate Degree needed $42,765 annua saary 800 annua average openings in Georgia Computer Systems Anayst Bacheor Degree needed $74,443 annua saary 890 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Artificia Inteigence and Robotic Computer and Information Science Data Processing Computer Graphic Computer Networking Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Support Speciaist Computer Systems Anayst Computer Teecommunication Database Management Game Design and Deveopment Information Technoogy LAN and WAN Management Web Deveopment Web Management

50 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING PATHWAY 49 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Computer Programmers Bacheor Degree needed $73,674 annua saary 330 annua average openings in Georgia The Programming pathway gives many opportunities to strengthen probem soving skis, and provides needed skis in a discipines. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Digita Technoogy Computer Science Principes Programming, Apps, Games and Society RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Broadcast/Video Production Word Language Introduction to Engineering Drawing and Design Introduction to Graphics and Design Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Business Information Systems Computer Forensics Computer Information Systems Computer Programming Computer Software Engineering Computer Science Information Science Information Technoogy Mathematics Computer Software Engineers Bacheor Degree needed $77,022 annua saary 730 annua average openings in Georgia Computer System Anaysts Bacheor Degree needed $74,443 annua saary 890 annua average openings in Georgia Computing and Information Systems Managers Bacheor Degree pus experience needed $101,400 annua saary 530 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Actuaries Computer Scientist Computer Software Engineer Computer Systems Anayst Database Administrator Mathematician COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES See for additiona information. CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FBLA SkisUSA

51 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WEB DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY 50 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Computer Speciaist Associate Degree needed $55,640 annua saary 80 annua average openings in Georgia The Web Deveopment pathway instructs students on the basics of designing a web page and eads to advanced web design and 3D animation. Web design can be found in every area of business and industry, as we as in individuas persona ife. Students wi have the opportunity to earn skis that wi hep them create web pages, gaming and other digita media features. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Digita Technoogy Computer Science Principes Web Deveopment RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Art Broadcast/Video Production Word Language Introduction to Graphics and Design Marketing Principes Work-Based Learning Yearbook/Journaism POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Computer Animation and Mutimedia Computer Simuation Digita Media Internet Speciaist - Web Site Design Printing and Graphics Technoogy Web Site Designer COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Animation Computationa Media Computer Science Graphic Designer Desktop Pubisher Post-Secondary Vocationa Training needed $30,680 annua saary 30 annua average openings in Georgia Graphic Designer Bacheor Degree needed $44,034 annua saary 160 annua average openings in Georgia Muti-Media Artist and Animator Bacheor Degree needed $44,554 annua saary 40 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Computer Service Technician Database Deveoper Graphic Designer Hep Desk Support Iustrator Internet Speciaist Mutimedia Deveoper Network Anayst Network Engineer Programmer Project Manager Video Game Deveoper Web Deveoper Webmaster Website Designer Software Trainer CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA SkisUSA

52 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner MARKETING 51 MANUFACTURING PATHWAY TOP CAREERS CHOICES The Manufacturing Pathway provides students with opportunities to become famiiar with manufacturing careers and deveop fundamenta technoogica iteracy as they earn about the history, systems, and processes of manufacturing. Students wi aso earn about computer aided design (CAD), computer numerica contro (CNC), robotics, computer assisted manufacturing (CAM), programmabe ogic controers, automated guided vehices (AGV), and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). In the end students wi have the understanding of how to design and impement a production system. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Introduction to Manufacturing and Materias Science Robotics and Automated Systems Production Enterprises RECOMMENDED COURSES Agebra Any Science Eective Computer Appications Word Language (German) POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Weding Certificate Manufacturers produce numerous products in daiy demand by customers. Peope empoyed in manufacturing dea with such areas as panning, managing and performing the processing of materias into intermediate or fina products. They aso dea with reated professiona and technica support activities such as production panning and contro, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering. Pant Manager $50,000 - $130,000 annua saary annua openings per year Manufacturing Engineer $60,000 - $140,000 annua saary annua openings per year Manufacturing Supervisor $40,000 - $120,000 annua saary annua openings per year ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Contro System Anayst Department Manager Production Supervisor Quaity Supervisor Technician Weder COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Manufacturing Engineering Industria Engineering Manufacturing Technoogy Industria Technoogy and Management Production Design CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TSA FIRST Robotics

53 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner MARKETING FASHION, MERCHANDISING & RETAIL MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 52 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Advertising and Promotions Manager Bacheor Degree needed $100,300 annua saary The Fashion Marketing pathway introduces students to the retai industry incuding the fundamentas of fashion marketing, key marketing concepts essentia to every business, types of businesses invoved in the industry, and an array of career opportunities. Students wi deveop skis in such areas as fashion economics, marketing segmentation and target marketing, product seection and buying, and inventory systems. Additionay, students wi deveop skis necessary for managing the foowing marketing eements: pricing, visua merchandising, advertising, specia promotions, professiona saes, and customer service. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Marketing Principes Fashion,, Merchandising, and Retaiing Essentias Advanced Fashion, Merchandising, and Retaiing RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science course Word Language Marketing and Management Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Saes Professiona Certificate Visua Merchandising Associate Certificate Retai Manager Retai Merchandise Management Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing Whoesae and Retai Buyers Bacheor Degree needed $58,800 annua saary 80 annua average openings in Georgia Onine Merchants Bacheor Degree needed $66,000 annua saary ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Brand Managers Divisiona Merchandise Managers Entrepreneurs/Company Owners Fashion Designers Financia Anaysts Genera Merchandise Managers Merchandise Anaysts Manufacturer s Saes Representatives Manufacturer s Store Coordinators Product Deveopers Retai buyers Visua Merchandisers Work-Based Learning COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Fashion Marketing and Management Fashion Design Pubic Reations Advertising and Marketing Communications Fashion Journaism Textie Deveopment and Marketing CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA

54 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner MARKETING MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT PATHWAY 53 Students deveop knowedge and skis in the foundationa areas of marketing (economics, human reations and business basics) and the functiona areas of marketing (product and service panning, marketing information management, purchasing and pricing, seing and promotion, risk management, financing and distribution/ogistics), as we as internationa marketing, management and entrepreneurship. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Marketing Principes Marketing and Entrepreneurship Marketing Management RECOMMENDED COURSES Any Business and Computer Science Course Word Language Sports and Entertainment Marketing Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Business Administration Entrepreneurship Expert Saes Management Fashion Design and Marketing Retai and Merchandising COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Accounting Advertising Business Economics Communication Graphic Arts Hospitaity Administration Internationa Business Management Marketing Professiona Saes Rea Estate Risk Management and Insurance CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS DECA FBLA TOP CAREERS CHOICES Chief Executive Bacheor Degree pus experience needed $155,168 annua saary 850 annua average openings in Georgia Human Resources, Training and Labor Reations Speciaist Bacheor Degree needed $53,061 annua saary 150 annua average openings in Georgia Marketing Manager Bacheor Degree pus experience needed $94,307 annua saary 310 annua average openings in Georgia Marketing Research Anayst Bacheor Degree needed $61,464 annua saary 210 annua average openings in Georgia Persona Financia Advisor Bacheor Degree needed $75,754 annua saary 470 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Advertising Account Executive Advertising Executive Agent Airine Customer Service Agent Art Deaer and Director Automobie Saesperson Barber and Saon Owner Brand Manager Cashier Communications Speciaist Creative Director Customer Service Representative Demonstrator and Product Promoter Desktop Pubisher Entertainment Marketer Entrepreneur Fashion Retaier Fora Designer Funera Director Insurance Agent Interior Designer Landscape Architect Logistics Speciaist Market Research Anayst Marketing Speciaist Media Buyer Mortgage Broker Painter and Iustrator Product Deveopment Management Pubic Reations Speciaist Purchaser Rea Estate Agent Retai Buyer and Saesperson Saes Representative Sign Maker Sports Marketer Trave Agent Website Designer Web Deveoper

55 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY 54 TOP CAREERS CHOICES Civi Engineer Bacheor Degree needed $56,259 annua saary Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) is a high schoo eve course that is appropriate for 9th or 10th grade students who are interested in design and engineering. The major focus of the IED course is to expose students to design process, research and anaysis, teamwork, communication methods, goba and human impacts, engineering standards, and technica documentation. IED gives students the opportunity to deveop skis and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and probem-based (APPB) earning. Used in combination with a teaming approach, APPB-earning chaenges students to continuay hone their interpersona skis, creative abiities and understanding of the design process. It aso aows students to deveop strategies to enabe and direct their own earning, which is the utimate goa of education. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Foundations of Engineering and Technoogy Engineering Concepts Engineering Appications RECOMMENDED COURSES Agebra/Geometry Trigonometry/Physics Eectrica Engineer Bacheor Degree needed $52,990 annua saary Industria Engineer Bacheor Degree needed $47,720 annua saary Materias Engineer Bacheor Degree needed $51,420 annua saary Mechanica Engineer Bacheor Degree needed $47,900 annua saary ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Civi Engineer Designer Drafter Machinist Manufacturing Mechanica Engineer Quaity Contro Inspector POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES State Registered Apprenticeships Specia Purpose Schoos On-the-Job Training Miitary COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES See for additiona information. CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FIRST Robotics TSA

56 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, & LOGISTICS MASTER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIAN PATHWAY 55 TOP CAREERS CHOICES The auto mechanics of the past were sef-taught, earning from oca auto shops or deaerships. Empoyers are now hiring empoyees with good peope skis and backgrounds in eectronics, computers and communications, aong with math and probem-soving skis. This program wi teach head skis and hand skis to prepare the student for the word of automotive technoogy careers and to meet the needs of prospective empoyers. PATHWAY CONCENTRATION COURSES Basic Maintenance and Light Repair Maintenance and Light Repair 2, 3 Automobie Service Technoogy 4, 5, 6 Master Automotive Service Technoogy 7, 8 Automobie Service Technoogy Internship RECOMMENDED COURSES Advanced Agebra/Trigonometry Business Essentias Computer Appications Engine Performance Concepts Entrepreneurship Word Language Heating Ventiation and Air Conditioning Concepts Money Management Physics Preventative Maintenance Inspection Work-Based Learning POST-SECONDARY DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, AND CERTIFICATES TECHNICAL COLLEGES Automotive Technoogy/Technician Weding ASE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Education Business Management Automotive Engineering CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS SkisUSA Automotive Service Technician and Mechanics Post-Secondary Vocationa Certification $34,549 annua saary 1,000 annua average openings in Georgia Bus and Truck Mechanic/Diese Engine Speciaist Post-Secondary Vocationa Certification $36,504 annua saary 380 annua average openings in Georgia Eectrica and Eectronics Repairers, Commercia and Industria Equipment Post-Secondary Vocationa Certification $47,611 annua saary 130 annua average openings in Georgia Vocationa Teacher, Post-Secondary Schoo Bacheor Degree or higher pus work experience $44,637 annua saary 250 annua average openings in Georgia ADDITIONAL CAREER CHOICES Auto Manufacturer Saes Auto Manufacturer Service Auto or Body Technician Automotive Engineer Automotive Mechanist Automotive Parts Saes Automotive Saes Body Shop Manager Deaership or Shop Owner DOT Savage Inspector Insurance Adjuster Parts Professiona Quaity Contro Technician Retai Service Advisor Service Director Deaership Speciaized Technician Teacher Technician (ASE Certified) Warranty Cerk Waste Management (EPA)

57 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner SPECIALTIES WORK-BASED LEARNING 56 WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL) is a structured experience that connects a student s career goa and cassroom earning with a productive earning environment. Workbased earning provides students with opportunities for instruction in occupationa skis and career exporation, and guidance in identifying empoyment and educationa goas. Students have the opportunity to connect what they earn in schoo with work site appication. REQUIREMENTS FOR WBL 16 years of age or oder and rising junior or a senior in good standing with the schoo system A vaid picture ID A Georgia Driver s License and proof of auto insurance in order to provide your own dependabe transportation or abiity to provide your own dependabe transportation On track for graduation and wiing to utiize the Work-Based Learning Program as an eective credit Career, technica, and agricuture education (CTAE), academic, fine arts, or word anguage coursework reated to a career goa and job pacement A good attendance and discipine record Parenta support and consent Wiing to submit to a heath reated screenings required by the sponsoring empoyer (ex.pre-empoyment drug screenings, etc.) WBL COORDINATORS The FCS foows the state mode for Career Deveopment Coordinators where each high schoo has one Career Deveopment Coordinator. The coordinator is required to attend GADOE trainings, as we as a region meetings. Some responsibiities of the coordinator incude: propery pacing students in the right course number, finding job or internship pacements for students, creating business partnerships, conducting empoyer/mentor training, visiting jobsites four times annuay, using CNet to record a data such as job visits and wage/hour reports, teaching empoyabiity skis, coordinating shadow day, being active in community groups such as the Chamber of Commerce. The Work-Based Learning (WBL) program is designed to provide experiences and activities that support a schoo to career transition. This simpy means that students are aowed to work off campus in the business community in order to earn more about a chosen career. Once a student has met a requirements for WBL, the WBL Coordinator wi determine the correct WBL pacement for the student. The students wi earn one unit of credit for each competed WBL course. WBL IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS Agricuture, Food, and Natura Resources Architecture and Construction Arts, A/V Technoogy, and Communications Business Management and Administration Education and Training Finance Government and Pubic Administration Heath Science Hospitaity and Tourism Human Services Information Technoogy Manufacturing Marketing Science, Technoogy, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Transportation Distribution and Logistics OTHER PATHWAYS Advanced Academic Pathways Fine Arts Pathways Word Language Pathways CAREER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATORS Emiy Henderson Lambert High Schoo Dianne King North Forsyth and West Forsyth High Schoos Debra Moore Forsyth Centra and South Forsyth High Schoos

58 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner SPECIALTIES HONORS MENTORSHIP PICKUP AN APPLICATION from the Counseing Office or emai 57 HONORS MENTORSHIP COORDINATORS Emiy Henderson Lambert High Schoo Debra Moore South Forsyth High Schoos Greg Wakup Forsyth Centra, North Forsyth and West Forsyth High Schoos ARE YOU READY? Honors Mentorship is a year-ong bended earning experience for inteectuay gifted or artisticay taented 11th and 12th grade students! THIS EXPERIENCE IS FOR STUDENTS WHO: Woud ike to expore their passion for a profession! Woud ike to stand out in a competitive coege appication and job market! Seek to gain vauabe networking skis and contacts! WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH A COMMUNITY MENTOR! Are ready to research a specific career fied, buid a career portfoio, and present a cuminating capstone project to a community pane! WHAT IS IT? The Honors Mentorship Program is an instructiona program designed to provide inteectuay gifted and artisticay taented high schoo students chaenging and enriching career-based educationa opportunities. The program gives motivated, mature students a career mentorship designed around the individua student s interest in a specific fied or career. Participants are matched with a Community Mentor and wi work with that mentor for the duration of the schedued cass whie engaging in reaife career experience aong with the atest information and technoogy in the fied. WHY SHOULD I BE PART OF THE HONORS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM? 1. Being part of this program is a great addition to your coege appications. 2. This internship program wi introduce you to career skis in the fied. 3. This program wi hep you to differentiate yoursef when appying for coege and future job opportunities. 4. This program wi hep you determine if this is the fied you want to continue, as we as, deveop contacts for future job opportunities. WHO CAN APPLY? We encourage any inteectuay gifted or artisticay taented rising 11th and 12th grade students who desire a chaenging, enriching, and career-based internship opportunity to appy. Student MUST be highy motivated and mature to be accepted in to the program. Note: Each participant wi be responsibe for his/her own transportation to the worksite of his/her assigned mentor and to the off-campus cassroom. WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS? After competing an appication, students are seected into the program based on their abiities, aptitudes, and career goas. In addition, students are required to answer essay questions and incude teacher and community member references. The seection committee wi use a written evidence and data gathered in the appication to make their seection. You wi be contacted by May 2018 if you are seected into the program. WHAT WILL I DO IN THE HONORS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, AND HOW WILL I BE GRADED? First, you wi be paired with a mentor who is an expert and/or professiona in the fied of your choice. Once you have been paired, you wi begin an internship that wi occur 4-5 hours per week for a fu schoo year. In addition, you wi compete weeky assignments through itsearning. The majority of your grade wi be from your capstone portfoio project, which you wi be researching and working on throughout the year. DO I ACTUALLY COME TO CLASS EACH DAY? No. We wi have monthy face to face meetings, but a other coursework and communication wi happen through a virtua environment via itsearning. WHAT FIELDS/CAREERS ARE OFFERED IN THE HONORS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM? We are currenty offering any type of career fieds. As ong as we can secure a community mentor for you to intern with, the possibiities are endess!

59 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 58 SPECIALTIES CAREER PATH PARTNER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contact or visit today! DO YOU KNOW OF BUSINESS/INDUSTRY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED AS A CAREER PATH PARTNER? Forsyth County Schoos is committed to buiding a strong base of business, industry, and community support that can hep provide career deveopment opportunities for our students! These partnerships aow students to go beyond the cassroom and into the community to consider different career fieds, earn basic workpace behavior, and deveop specific skis within an industry. Through career deveopment opportunities, students can appy what they are earning in the cassroom as they prepare to transition into post-secondary education and training. Here are some ways to get invoved: Career Path Partners Opportunities for Participation Advisory Counci Curricuum Deveopment Teacher Externships Faciities/Equipment Job Shadowing Pacement Work-Based Learning Pacement Cassroom Speaker CTSO Support Competitive Event Judging Awards/Recognition Career Transitions for Students with Specia Needs and/or At-Risk Students WE ARE LOOKING FOR BUSINESS/INDUSTRY THAT WILL BE WILLING TO: Commit to work with schoos for the schoo year and have active participation in a career pathway. Attend a one-hour pathway advisory counci meeting (once a semester). Dispay your Career Path Partnership, such as a deca or partnership certificate in your pace of business. Like and foow FCS/Coege & Career Deveopment on Facebook and Twitter. Share photos, stories of success, and events. Report vounteer activities in our Career Path Patform. Maintain an active working reationship with pathway eadership and system career deveopment coordinators.

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62 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 61 SPECIALTIES DRESS FOR SUCCESS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contact or visit today! Throughout career and technica education curricuum in Forsyth County, occupationa dress codes are studied as part of the pathway. In addition, students are taught and shown exampes of proper interview attire in preparation for community Mock Interview Weeks, CTSO events, schoarship interviews, graduation ceremonies, and other important times during their high schoo careers. Because of the emphasis paced on appropriate dress, a high schoos impement Dress for Success Days severa times each schoo year. Overa, this program seeks to remind students that cothing and appearance are important parts of making a good impression. DRESS FOR SUCCESS DAYS ALLOW STUDENTS TO: Foster confidence and continue to deveop a positive sef-image Understand the importance of dressing we for an interview Anayze various types of attire for the workpace Describe components of acceptabe dress for an interview Expain various definitions of business casua dress and discuss why companies have different definitions of business casua ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS DAYS: Campus Impact: Students around the schoo campus not invoved in a career pathway or CTSO earn more about the importance of ooking your best! Famiy/Community Connections: Loca business/industry are abe to demonstrate and speak to casses about proper interview attire and bring sampes for students to see. CTSO Connection: Students earn how proper dress wi impact them in student competition reated to their career pathway. Service Learning Projects: Students are encouraged to organize service earning projects around dressing successfuy. This may come through organizing a professiona interview cothing drive or seing awareness braceets, stickers, etc. to support their CTSO.

63 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 62 SPECIALTIES CAREER & TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS CTSO CORE VALUES DECA Distributive Education Cubs of America DECA is a co-curricuar organization for students who have a career interest in marketing, finance, hospitaity and tourism, entrepreneurship, management, or business administration. DECA aows students to compete and earn about marketing skis needed to be successfu in today s business word. DECA currenty operates in the over 4,000 high schoos in many different countries incuding Mexico, Germany, Puerto Rico, and Canada. As an organization, DECA hods an annua Fa Leadership Conference that sharpens the skis and techniques of the attendees. At the annua state conference, students are aso aowed to compete in a range of areas incuding Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Appare and Accessories, Automotive, Restaurant Management, Accounting and many more. There is over $300,000 of schoarship money from DECA s corporate sponsors avaiabe to its members. DECA gives students the chance to work with rea business partners and can open the door for future empoyment opportunities. DECA aows its members to grow as eaders who can positivey impact their community. FBLA Future Business Leaders of America Georgia FBLA is a nonprofit student organization committed to preparing today's students for success in business eadership. With over 50 years of experience, Georgia FBLA is the premiere organization for student eaders. Georgia FBLA is an affiiate of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc., the argest student business organization in the word with more than 250,000 members. Georgia is aso the argest FBLA chapter in the nation with over 20,000 members. FBLA is an important partner in the success of schoo-to-work programs, business education curricuums, and student eadership deveopment. FBLA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and Labor as an integra part of a co-curricuar approach to business and eadership education. The FBLA mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working reationship through innovative eadership and career deveopment programs. We bring our mission to ife through the appication of our motto: Service, Education, and Progress. Career and Technica Student Organizations (CTSO) are designed to buid character and deveop eadership abiities of high schoo students. CTSO s promote active community invoveemt, providing service to others, and participation in competitive events with other high schoo students across the state. Invovement in CTSO s provide vauabe ife essons and educaitona experiences to prepare students for success in today s society. Commitment To create among members, educators and business and industry an adherence and appreciation for a Career, Technica and Agricutura Education Programs. Conviction To deveop patriotism through knowedge of our nation s heritage and practice of democracy. Education To create enthusiasm and empower students to become ifeong earners. Integrity To dea honesty and fairy with one another. Leadership To deveop eadership abiities through participation in educationa, professiona, community and socia activities. Professionaism To promote high standards in career ethics, workmanship, schoarship and safety. Recognition Appreciation of the vaue of achievement. Service To cutivate a desire to contribute to the benefit and wefare of others Teamwork To enhance the abiity of students to pan together, organize and carry out worthy activities and projects through the use of the democratic process.

64 FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Panner 63 SCHOOL KEY SYSTEM Forsyth Centra High Schoo Lambert High Schoo North Forsyth High Schoo South Forsyth High Schoo West Forsyth High Schoo SPECIALTIES CAREER & TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FCCLA Famiy, Career, and Community Leaders of America FCCLA is a nationa student organization that heps young men and women become eaders and address important persona, famiy, work, and socia issues through famiy and consumer sciences education. Through cooperative and competitive programs, FCCLA members deveop skis for ife incuding character deveopment, creative and critica thinking, interpersona communication, practica knowedge, and career preparation. Participation in nationa programs and co-curricuar chapter activities enabes FCCLA members to earn cooperation, take responsibiity, deveop eadership, and give service. FFA An Association of Agricutura Students FFA represents the reevancy to the core areas offering students opportunities that change ives and prepares students for premier eadership, persona growth and career success. Founded in 1928, the FFA organization represents a arge diversity of over 300 careers in the food, fiber, and natura resources industry. FFA is an integra part of a schoo system. FFA uses agricutura education to create rea-word success. Agricuture teachers become advisors to oca FFA chapters, which students join. More than 7,000 FFA chapters are currenty in existence; their programs are managed on a oca, state and nationa eve. Each chapter s Program of Activities is designed with the needs of the students in mind. Activities vary greaty from schoo to schoo, but are based in a we-integrated curricuum. Chapter activities and FFA programs concentrate on three areas of our mission: premier eadership, persona growth, and career success. The FFA motto gives members tweve short words to ive by as they experience the opportunities in the organization. Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. FIRST ROBOTICS For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technoogy FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young peope's interest and participation in science and technoogy. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit pubic charity designs accessibe, innovative programs that motivate young peope to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technoogy, engineering, and math, whie buiding sef-confidence, knowedge, and ife skis. FIRST is More Than Robots. FIRST participation is proven to encourage students to pursue education and careers in STEM-reated fieds, inspire them to become eaders and innovators, and enhance their 21 st century work-ife skis. HOSA Heath Occupations Students of America Heath Science Technoogy Education (HSTE) is a nationa student organization that provides a unique program of eadership deveopment, motivation, and recognition excusivey for secondary, post-secondary, coegiate, and adut students enroed in heath occupations education courses or instructiona programs. HOSA is an integra part of approved heath occupation programs. Heath Science Technoogy Education (HSTE) students who become active members in a oca HOSA chapter are eigibe for membership in state and nationa HOSA. The mission of HOSA is to enhance the deivery of compassionate, quaity heath care by providing opportunities for knowedge, ski and eadership deveopment of a heath occupations education students, therefore heping the students to meet the needs of the heath care industry. For more information, go to or SKILLSUSA Students Taking Action with Recognition Georgia SkisUSA members participate in oca, state, and nationa activities provided through trade and industria, technica, and heath occupations courses and programs. The mission of SkisUSA is to deveop eadership skis and workpace competencies that students wi need to success in a constanty changing goba workpace. The organization provides many opportunities for eadership deveopment and skis training. Competition in over 70 eadership, heath occupations, occupationay reated, and trade, industria, and technica contests is offered at the region and state eves, cuminating with the SkisUSA Championships in Kansas City, Missouri, in June. TSA Technoogy Student Association Georgia Technoogy Student Association (GA TSA) is committed to providing students with opportunities to exce and advance as part of their instruction in technoogy education. Georgia TSA promotes technoogy education as a means of preparing students for a dynamic word, inviting them to become critica thinkers, probem sovers, and technoogicay iterate eaders. The mission of GA TSA is to prepare its members to be successfu eaders and responsibe citizens in a technoogica society through co-curricuar activities with the technoogy education program, thereby deveoping communication, eadership, and competitive skis.

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