Personal Pathways to Success 

Empowering all students to shape our future! 

South Carolina high school students face many challenges as they prepare for a world far different from that of their parents.  With rapid advances in technology and global competition, jobs of the future will require greater levels of knowledge, advanced skills, and more flexibility than ever before. 

Eighty-five percent of today’s jobs require education or training after high school, but projections indicate that only 60 percent of South Carolina ninth graders will pursue advanced education or training.  In addition, many employees lack the knowledge and skills needed for the advanced technical jobs required within the state. 

For students to be successful in this global and highly technical economy, high schools must provide a curriculum that is challenging and relevant.  They must also offer a sequence of rigorous courses that will both present a clear pathway to college study and the workforce, and adequately prepare students for life in the 21^st century. 

The Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA) of 2005 was designed to implement changes in the South Carolina education system by developing a more focused curriculum organized around a career cluster system.  Under this system, which has been named “Personal Pathways to Success,” schools must offer student education in career choices as well as information about career and education opportunities.

For more information on Pathways go to:  http://www.teachscpathways.org/Powerpoints/IDEAIGP.ppt