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[|America's Career Resource] This Web site serves as an online hub for career development professionals, parents, and students who want information on how career development encourages and enhances solid academic achievement. ACRN helps learners identify their skills and interests, and plan an education and training pathway that makes the most of their natural abilities and leads directly to fulfilling work. For teachers and counselors, ACRN provides guides and curricula that help them incorporate career development into a high-quality academic program

[|Career Clusters] Plans of Study available online to be customized for use when creating a Program of Study and/or Student Success Plan. Plans are organized by the 16 nationally recognized career clusters.

[|CT Career Paths] Connecticut Career Paths provides information on about 150 occupations in the state with narrative descriptions, number employed, job openings, salary information, training required and education and training sites. Also includes articles on using the Internet for career and job development, hot jobs in Connecticut, health occupations, Connecticut's school-to-career initiative, and programs and resources that are available to help people with job and career decisions.

[|CT Department of Labor Youth Employment Page] Access interest, skills and values assessments; resume writing tips for youth; workplace labor laws and regulations (including where to work and hours of employment); interviewing skills and tips for filling out job applications.

[|CT State Department of Education Career and Technology Education Programs] Connecticut Career and Technology standards as well as information on programs. Includes Perkins, Professional Development matrix, Work Based Learning forms and guidelines.

[|Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board] The state of Connecticut has five Workforce Investment Boards who serve the purpose of providing linkages to programs that will help their community strive in the labor market. This local workforce board serves all of eastern Connecticut, and more specifically provides meaningful grant funded opportunities for work readiness, basic skills instruction and career counseling for under-privelaged youth.

[|Governor's Prevention Partnership] The state of Connecticut has invested resources into assisting schools with establishing mentoring programs. Youth from grades K-16 can benefit from having an adult spend an hour a week socializing and tutoring them. This link will provide schools with various mentoring programs, best practices, publications and trainings.

[|Occupational Outlook Handbook] Published bi-annually by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, this tool is a meaningful resource for providing technical, up to date information on hundreds of different types of jobs. It includes a description, general working condition, the associated career pathway and related occupations, salary, outlook and education and training.