Construction
Building Futures and Pioneering Sustainable Horizons: The Construction Career Cluster focuses on professions involved in designing, planning, managing, and executing projects in the built environment. It emphasizes sustainable building practices to ensure that structures are both environmentally responsible and resilient. Careers in this Cluster are pivotal in creating durable infrastructure that meets present needs without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own, covering a range of roles from architects and engineers to construction managers and skilled tradespeople.
Pathway Design Sheets
Pathway Design Sheets are Kansas CTE guides that act like blueprints, showing the required and optional courses, the skills students must learn, and the order in which classes should be taken to meet state pathway standards. They also include industry‑aligned competencies, CIP codes, and program requirements that help schools design and maintain approved pathways, ensure curriculum matches Kansas expectations, and support compliance with Perkins funding and improvement planning.
Teacher Resources
Facility Guidelines: Trade and Industry classrooms and labs must be safe, clean, and large enough for hands‑on work. Kansas requires at least 15 square feet of usable space per student, and class sizes should stay small—usually no more than 18 students—to keep activities safe. These spaces also need proper utilities, storage, and access for all learners.
Kansas FFA: Future Farmers of America makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. For more information please visit the Kansas FFA website.
SkillsUSA Kansas: SkillsUSA improves the quality of America's workforce through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training. SkillsUSA helps each student excel. For more information please visit the SkillsUSA Kansas website.
Kansas TSA: Technology Student Association (TSA) is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of students interested in technology. For more information please visit the Kansas TSA website.
