Topic: Career Pathways

Credentials of Value

Jahana.Martin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:36:00 +0000

Identifying and Promoting Credentials for Good Jobs

Individual and economic success are contingent on preparing students with skills valued in the workforce. Microcredentials and certificates have become a widespread tool to validate skills and prepare students to enter the workforce more quickly.

States should have well-defined systems in place to ensure the credentials they offer students are indeed valuable.

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Pathways by Design: A Guide to Connecting Learning to Career

Jahana.Martin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:33:00 +0000

A successful career pathway should be designed to align labor market demand, curriculum development and continuous improvement to ensure students gain the skills, credentials and employment needed for career success. This guide aims to establish a structured, collaborative process while remaining flexible to meet state- and region-specific needs.

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Our Labor Market Data Hub

Beth Day — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 02:14:00 +0000

Connect Education to Local Careers

Explore our interactive dashboard with detailed data on occupations in each SREB state and workforce region.

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Students deserve a clear pathway to careers in their communities.

Local labor market data can help schools be sure the career pathways they offer lead to high-wage, high-demand, high-skill careers. See how your education programs connect to certificates, career pathways and state priorities.

Career Pathways

Beth Day — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:41:00 +0000

SREB defines career pathways as connected sequences of education that prepare to attain postsecondary credentials and employment.

This document details the six elements for successful career pathways and provides indicators states and schools can use to evaluate their own. Alignment of the elements is foundational.

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In-Demand Career Pathways and High-Priority Occupations

Jahana.Martin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:32:00 +0000

This policy brief is the first of several publications to be produced by the Southern Regional Education Board’s Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials, chaired by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

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Career Pathways Offer a Better Approach to Postsecondary Education

Jahana.Martin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:10:00 +0000

A quality education and workforce system includes career pathways that combine rigorous academic and technical content that prepare students for both college and career.

To provide career benefits to students and meet workforce demands, postsecondary options for Americans must be purposeful, and students need clearer guidance to ensure that the training and education they receive and pay for is giving them skills they need for careers they want.

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SREB’s Student Success Framework

Jahana.Martin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:13:00 +0000

The Southern Regional Education Board’s Student Success Framework is grounded in over 15 years of SREB research, providing a comprehensive approach to ensuring that all students can access and complete postsecondary credentials that lead to lifelong learning, fulfilling careers and economic strength.

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Gov. Kemp Announces SREB Commission to Strengthen High-Demand Career Pipelines

Beth Day — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:29:00 +0000

Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp, SREB chair, announced a commission bringing together leaders from across the South to improve education pathways that lead to valuable credentials and rewarding careers. Governor Kemp will chair the SREB Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials, which intends to make policy recommendations in late 2025. View the release at Georgia.gov >

Prepping Students for What’s Next in Nursing

Beth Day — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:19:00 +0000

Phoebe Partners for Career Pathway in South Georgia

Phoebe Putney Health System has launched a program to get more students into health care jobs and prepare them to continue their education toward higher levels in the nursing career.

When high school students graduate, they will have not only a diploma but also a CNA, or certified nursing assistant credential, plus as many as 30 dual enrollment hours and a year’s experience through a paid internship. It’s a firm foundation to start a career immediately or get a big jump-start on a four-year nursing degree.

With support and guidance from SREB, Phoebe worked with the “4C” Commodore Conyers College and Career Academy, Albany Technical College, Albany State University and the Georgia Department of Education to align education offerings with hands-on skills and critical thinking.

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Partnerships to Align Education and Careers

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 17:26:00 +0000

Report of the Commission on Strategic Partnerships for Work-Ready Students

This commission report offers a vision of education connected to local careers and shows how to make it a reality through partnerships and policy. With 11 recommendations to help states build strategic industry sector partnerships, the report covers policies, funding and building the capacity of educators. It also spotlights innovative solutions from around the nation.

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Designing a Ready Workforce

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Mon, 11 May 2020 15:13:00 +0000

Opportunities for state leaders to align ESSA, Perkins V and WIOA funds

To support states as they finalize their new Perkins V and WIOA plans and consider updates to their ESSA plans, SREB reviewed a sample of states’ existing plans and identified six ways states have missed opportunities in the past to align work funded by the three federal statutes. For each missed opportunity, SREB provides questions for policymakers to consider and gives examples from states of well-aligned plans.

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