Get Schooled
teaching, they say, is the profession that makes all
other professions possible. the people who work in education
& training instill the knowledge and skills everyone from preschoolers to
adult learners needs to succeed. these caring, capable, and committed
professionals help prepare their students for the many rewards and challenges
that personal, professional, and civic life brings. if you yearn to learn, feel a
calling to teach, or would like to work in a favorite subject area, then education
& training could be the right career cluster for you.
Hot Career Areas

governor rick perry has
launched a strategic plan that
Texas wIll need
targets state efforts on six
more THan 82,000
industry clusters that economists
say will be the engines of
new TeacHers bY 2008.
economic growth in texas.
TeacHIng Is projecTed To be
as you plan your future, think about a career in
one of THe fasTesT-growIng
one of these new and emerging sectors.
occupaTIons over THe nexT
10 Years and beYond.
• Advanced technologies & Manufacturing
- Molecular technologist
- Sensor/robotics engineer
• Aerospace & Defense
- Aerospace engineer
- Unmanned autonomous vehicle engineer
• Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Bioinformatics specialist
- Biocontainment technician
• Information & Computer technology
- System integrator
- Computer game developer
• Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products
- Petrochemical engineer
- Refinery process design engineer
• Energy
- Wind/solar energy engineer
- Geophysical (oil and gas) prospector
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