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Business -- Finance (CTE Career Cluster)

The Finance Cluster prepares learners for careers and/or continuing education opportunities in financial and investment planning, banking, insurance and business financial management. Career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy and require specific skills in organization, time management, customer service and communication.

The Finance Cluster pathway was based primarily on the national business, management and entrepreneurship career cluster pathways and responsive to Kansas business and industry needs.

Finance Pathway Design Sheets with Competencies

The pathway design sheets listed below include a list of the course options within each pathway and the competency profiles for each of those courses.

Statewide Articulation Agreements

Statewide articulation agreements have been developed for all clusters. To see those available for this cluster's pathways, click on the following link.
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Wage & Employment

The Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) program provides annual employment and wage estimates by occupation. Data is collected through a semi-annual survey conducted by the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) in partnership with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS calculates employment and wage estimates for each of the states, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Balance-of-State areas within each state. To better meet the needs of local users, KDOL’s Labor Market Information Services (LMIS) division produces employment and wage estimates for geographic areas not produced by the BLS; these include Local Workforce Investment Areas, projection regions, and counties. Due to confidentiality and quality criteria, LMIS cannot produce estimates for every occupation in every geographic area. State created areas are not validated by BLS, and therefore, are not official BLS data series. However, the LMIS staff feels that they provide additional information that is useful to the users of Kansas data. Please visit the Kansas Labor Information Center (KLIC) website. Link below.

Business Education
Consultant
Kathy Camarena
(785) 296-3152
kcamarena@ksde.org

Deputy Commissioner:
Division of Learning Services

Dr. Ben Proctor
(785) 296-2303
bproctor@ksde.org

Director: 
Career, Standards and Assessment

Beth Fultz
(785) 296-4639
bfultz@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Natalie D. Clark
(785) 296-4351
​ndclark@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Curricular Standards

Vacant

 

Assistant Director: 
Assessment

Julie Ewing
(785) 296-2325
jewing@ksde.org

Assistant Director: 
Kansas Volunteer Commission

Dr. Jessica Dorsey
(785) 296-3163
jdorsey@ksde.org

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