Career Exploration & Advising
By providing Career Exploration and Advising to students earlier, students have the opportunity make purposeful choices in their educational path.
Defined Careers
Defined Careers™ is a project-based solution that allows
students in grades 6-12 to explore and experience careers. It includes a career assessment that guides students towards real-world projects across recommended career pathways. Defined Careers empowers educators to provide all students with equitable access to careers.
Elevate Tennessee
Elevate TN seeks to create a pipeline of skilled workers in Tennessee. The statewide web portal is available for any educator that serves grades 8 - 12 in any subject area including CCTE programs of study. This portal provides students with job-shadowing and internship experiences, career exploration, and resume-building activities developed around local employer needs. Students can earn industry-recognized badges for their resumes while building skills that will support CCTE industry credentials.
MEEP
Sponsored by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, the MEEP program is designed to equip Tennessee educators to develop future ready talent. MEEP seeks to address the growing STEM skills gap in the manufacturing and engineering sectors by engaging K-12 Tennessee educators in paid summer externships with local companies in STEM industries. Previously, each externship experience lasted 3-5 days in the month of June. The specific schedule for the externship experience is flexible based on educator and provider preference.
