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| ACADEMY | A school within a school. A career that has a theme like technology, nursing, culinary |
| ADVOCATE | To promote or support |
| APPRENTICESHIP | A system of training someone in a skill like carpentry, plumbing, and other fields |
| ASSOCIATE DEGREE | This two year degree is awarded by a community college |
| BACHELOR'S DEGREE | A college or university awards this four year degree for completing course of study |
| MASTER'S DEGREE | A degree awarded after receiving bachelors degree |
| CAREER | A chosen profession, field of work or calling usually pursued throughout a lifetime |
| CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION | Student organizations like FBLA, HOSA, DECA |
| CAREER CLUSTERS | an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction based on common knowledge and skills shared by groups of occupations/career specialties |
| COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA | CFNC is an agency that provides low-interest loans to pay for college |
| COMMUNITY COLLEGE | an educational institution that awards certificates and two year associate degree |
| COLLEGE | a postsecondary educational institution that offers a four year degree |
| COOPERATIVE EDUCATION | a structured combination ofacademic and career technical education with work experience |
| EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS | Skills such as punctuality, responsibility, dependability, honesty, teamwork, and integrity |
| ENTREPRENEUR | person has own business |
| ENTRY-LEVEL WORKERS | individuals who are new to the work in a particular occupation |
| GREEN CAREER | A career that works toward reducing the use of fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency |
| INTERNSHIP | Structured on-the-job training that provides experience for students to help determine a career |
| INTERVIEW | A conversation between 2 people where one is asking questions |
| JOB | a particular task or assignment performed as par of one's occupation |
| JOB SHADOWING | A temporary, unpaid work experience where students learn a job by spending a workday with an experienced worker |
| JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER'S TRAINING CORPS | JROTC |
| MOCK INTERVIEW | a practice interview that simulates a real job interview |
| NONTRADITIONAL CAREER | an occupation where less than 25% of the workers are of one gender |
| OCCUPATION | A classification of work with distinct tasks that separate it from other occupations |
| ON THE JOB TRAINING | OJT a way to learn skills in a work environment rather than in a classroom |
| PATHWAY | A subgroup of the 16 clusters |
| PORTFOLIO | A collection of creative work, photographs of products, awards, and other materials |
| POSTSECONDARY | education following high school graduation |
| PRIVATE SCHOOL | funded through tuition, fundraising, private grants and donations |
| PUBLIC SCHOOL | funded primarily by tax dollars |
| SALARY | consistent payment made to an employee for completing a regular term of work |
| SERVICE LEARNING | educational strategy that includes community service with hands-on work experience |
| STEREOTYPE | Oversimplified opinion, generalization, attitude, image, or idea of a particular type of person that is often unfair or misleading |
| UNIVERSITY | a postsecondary educational place often consisting of several colleges that offers bachelors, masters and phd degrees |
| WAGE | Money that is paid for regular work or services, usually calculated by hour, day, or week |
| WORK BASED LEARNING | WBL - This learning takes place in work situation, away from school |
