A Practical Guide to Developing Career Pathways
This career pathways framework has been developed for local, regional, and state stakeholders in Michigan to assist them in the process of designing and implementing career pathways programs and integrated career pathways systems.
The toolkit outlines an eight-step process map for developing career pathways (the approach also includes sub-steps). These steps include:
1. Conduct exploratory research about the occupations in the industry
2. In ongoing conversations, discuss key occupations and pathways with industry partners and with other sector partnership partners
3. Develop career pathway maps and refine with industry partners
4. Conduct an education and training gap and oversupply analysis
5. Begin the education and training development and modification process with public partners
6. Identify and address related resource, policy, and other needs and barriers
7. Finalize education and training programming design and develop an implementation and assessment plan
8. Implement education and training programming, evaluate outcomes, and adjust approaches as necessary.
Employers; workforce professionals
Research conducted by the State of Michigan