Curriculum-to-Market Snapshot
Review where K-12 courses align to what students are exploring and which curriculum updates should happen next semester.
Courses Well-Aligned
Up-to-date with career trends
Courses: Prepares students for: Software Development, Data Science, IT careers
Teaches relevant skills: Python, problem-solving, algorithm design. Status: Up-to-date with career trends.
Courses: Prepares students for: Nursing track, medical assisting, allied health roles
Teaches relevant skills: patient communication, medical terminology, clinical safety.
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Courses Partially Aligned
Needs targeted modernization
Coverage: Current focus: basic economics principles and supply/demand. Missing: digital marketing, data analysis, financial technology.
Add business analytics and digital tools module with Excel and market-data projects.
Coverage: Current focus: newspaper-style reporting. Missing: video production, podcasting, social media storytelling.
Shift to digital media and content creation aligned to modern communications careers.
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Courses Not Aligned
Outdated for current career demand
Current focus: Office basics and typing. Career reality: students exploring tech need coding and digital design.
Replace with Intro to Computer Science or Digital Design & Coding.
Current focus: document formatting and spreadsheets only. Outdated for data-driven business roles.
Rebuild as Applied Business Technology with analytics and automation basics.
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High Priority Actions
Add Intro to Programming elective (64% of students affected by coding gap)
Update Economics with financial technology unit (58% of business-focused students impacted)
Launch applied data analysis in Business pathway (52% of student career interests require it)
Medium Priority Actions
Add digital marketing to Business course (47% of marketing-interested students impacted)
Shift Journalism to Digital Media & Content Creation (41% of media-career students impacted)
Integrate AI literacy mini-unit across STEM (36% of students exploring AI-adjacent careers)
Lower Priority (Monitor)
Consider Game Design elective (23% of students exploring creative tech careers, +34% trend)
Evaluate Cybersecurity pathway expansion (19% of students and rising interest)
Pilot entrepreneurship incubator track (15% of students seeking startup pathways)
Emerging Student Interests
AI / Machine Learning Careers
+203%Current prevalence: 34%
Add AI & Ethics unit to Computer Science and pilot Intro to AI elective.
Cybersecurity Careers
+167%Current prevalence: 28%
Embed cybersecurity fundamentals in IT Foundations and create certification prep options.
Digital Marketing Careers
+121%Current prevalence: 31%
Modernize Business curriculum with SEO, social media analytics, and campaign tools.
Healthcare Informatics Careers
+94%Current prevalence: 22%
Extend Health Science with medical data and digital records modules.
Declining Student Interests
Traditional Journalism
-42%Current prevalence: 9%
Refocus to Digital Media & Content Creation with video, podcast, and social formats.
Clerical Office Support
-37%Current prevalence: 11%
Reduce standalone office-skills emphasis and replace with data and workflow automation.
Manual Bookkeeping
-29%Current prevalence: 14%
Update financial curriculum to cloud accounting and digital finance systems.
Print-Only Graphic Design
-24%Current prevalence: 16%
Shift design pathway toward digital-first branding and motion content.
Economics (Junior/Senior elective)
87 students exploring career paths
Current enrollment: 87 students. Critical gap: students want practical business skills but course focuses on theory. Recommended changes: add 3-week Excel/data analysis unit, replace historical units with fintech topics, and add mock-business project using real market data. Student impact: High. Effort: Medium. Timeline: Fall 2026.
AP Computer Science
64 students exploring career paths
Maintain strong alignment and add AI foundations + cloud development module to keep pace with emerging student interests.
General Technology Class
112 students exploring career paths
Current focus is outdated for tech-career intent. Replace with Intro to Computer Science or Digital Design & Coding. Student impact: High (112 students). Effort: High. Timeline: Fall 2026.
Intro to Journalism
53 students exploring career paths
Modernize journalism into Digital Media & Content Creation with video, podcasting, social publishing, and audience analytics.
Health Science Pathway
71 students exploring career paths
Keep pathway strong and add healthcare informatics mini-unit to support growing digital health career exploration.
Curriculum alignment for what students explore next
See what your current courses prepare students for, where programs are partially aligned, and which classes need immediate updates.