Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

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The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.

Architecture and Construction

Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

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Business Management and Administration

Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.

Education and Training

Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.

Finance

Executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels.

Government and Public Administration

Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

Health Science

Hospitality and Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.

Hospitality and Tourism

Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs.

Human Services

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Information Technology

Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.

Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security

Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

Manufacturing

Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives.

Marketing

Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

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