Program of Study / Pathway / Goals
GPA / College / Zell Miller Scholarship
HOPE Scholarship / Program Concentration / Post secondary
Gacollege411 / Peach State Pathway / University
Core Curriculum / End of Course Test / HOPE Grants
Life Roles / CTSO’s / Bachelor’s Degree
Career Clusters / CTAE / Associate Degree
Financial Aid - is the term referring to any program that offers money to assist with the costs associated with being a student at a post secondary institution.
Goals- things that you want to accomplish, achieve or do in a certain period of time
Program of Study – the major content area that a study selects for their degree.
GPA – Grade Point Average
Gacollege411- the free website provide to students in Georgia. It contains self assessments, goals, future activities, program of study and employment seeking aids.
End of Course Test – The exam given at the end of the academic courses in grade 9-12 in Georgia.
Zell Miller Scholarship – a scholarship for students with a 3.7 to 4.0 GPA along with a 1200 on the SAT or a 26 ACT composite. It will pay 100% tuition cost at Georgia public colleges and universities.
HOPE - Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally – a scholarship for students with 3.0-3.7 GPA in all four academic areas plus foreign language. It pays a percent of last year’s tuition cost to Georgia Public Schools.
Core Curriculum – the required basic academic course work needed to complete a degree in high school or college.
Career Clusters – groupings of related careers into one area; there are 16 national career clusters
Life Roles all the different facets to a person that change with time, personal, community member, family member, work roles, etc. ,
Outlook – what is predicted to happen in the future or at a future date
Self-selected – something that you as the individual selects for yourself
CTSO’s – Career Technical Student Organizations – extracurricular activities that go along with CTAE coursework
CTAE – Career Technical Agriculture Education – coursework leading to advancement in particular career areas
Post Secondary Options – opportunities available after high school such as technical college, university, military, apprenticeships, on-the-job training
Peach State Pathways – three specific courses that are interrelated to an occupational area in the CTAE Concentrations at the high school level
Program Concentrations – Groupings of related pathways for similar occupational interest to make up the eleven concentrations in Georgia at this time.