Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

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This Cluster spans careers aimed at fostering learning from early childhood to adulthood, including teaching, instructional design, counseling services, community engagement, learner support, and educator training.
This Cluster emphasizes quality education standards and lifelong learning, preparing individuals for success through all life stages by nurturing knowledge, skills, and critical thinking and encouraging personal and societal growth in a constantly evolving world.
Sub-Cluster
Code
Occupation
Early Childhood Development39-9011.00Childcare Workers Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
Early Childhood Development21-1099.00Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook
Early Childhood Development11-9031.00Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Early Childhood Development39-9011.01Nannies Bright Outlook
Early Childhood Development; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2011.00Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Early Childhood Development; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9049.00Teaching Assistants, All Other
Early Childhood Development; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9042.00Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education
Early Childhood Development; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9043.00Teaching Assistants, Special Education
Education Administration & Leadership11-9039.00Education Administrators, All Other
Education Administration & Leadership11-9032.00Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Education Administration & Leadership13-1111.00Management Analysts Bright Outlook
Education Administration & Leadership15-2041.00Statisticians Bright Outlook
Education Administration & Leadership19-3022.00Survey Researchers
Education Administration & Leadership; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation11-9033.00Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Education Administration & Leadership; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation19-3099.00Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Learner Support & Community Engagement25-4011.00Archivists Bright Outlook
Learner Support & Community Engagement21-1021.00Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Learner Support & Community Engagement25-9099.00Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
Learner Support & Community Engagement21-1012.00Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Learner Support & Community Engagement43-4199.00Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Learner Support & Community Engagement25-4022.00Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
Learner Support & Community Engagement43-4121.00Library Assistants, Clerical
Learner Support & Community Engagement25-4031.00Library Technicians
Learner Support & Community Engagement39-9041.00Residential Advisors
Learner Support & Community Engagement19-3034.00School Psychologists
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2059.01Adapted Physical Education Specialists
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation27-3091.00Interpreters and Translators
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2059.00Special Education Teachers, All Other
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2056.00Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2055.00Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2057.00Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2051.00Special Education Teachers, Preschool
Learner Support & Community Engagement; Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2058.00Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-3011.00Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1041.00Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation19-3091.00Anthropologists and Archeologists Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1061.00Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1031.00Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1062.00Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1121.00Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1051.00Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1042.00Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1011.00Business Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2023.00Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1194.00Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2032.00Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1052.00Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1122.00Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1021.00Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1111.00Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1063.00Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1081.00Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2021.00Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1032.00Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1123.00English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1053.00Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1192.00Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9021.00Farm and Home Management Educators
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1124.00Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1043.00Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation19-3092.00Geographers
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1064.00Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1071.00Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation19-3093.00Historians Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1125.00History Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9031.00Instructional Coordinators
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2012.00Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1112.00Law Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1082.00Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation19-4099.00Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1022.00Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2022.00Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1072.00Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1126.00Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1054.00Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1065.00Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1199.00Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1066.00Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1193.00Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-2031.00Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-3021.00Self-Enrichment Teachers
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1069.00Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1113.00Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-1067.00Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-3031.00Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-3099.00Teachers and Instructors, All Other
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-9044.00Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Teaching, Training, & Facilitation25-3041.00Tutors

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).