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Career and Technical Education Links 

1. McHenry County College (MCC)
2. Illinois State Board of Education
3. McHenry County Regional Office of Education
4. Association for Career and Technical Education
5. Center for Occupational Research & Development (CORD)
6. The Center on Education and Work
7. National Center for Research in Vocational Education
8. National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
9. Illinois Career Resource Network
10. National Tech Prep Network
11. Job Direct
12. K-12 Education Online/Career Quest
13. GetTech.org
14. Career Exploration Guides and Resources for Younger Students
15. Project Lead the Way (Pre-Engineering)

Other Education and Related Links 

1. American Society for Training and Development
2. Business Coalition for Education Reform
3. Education Commission of the States
4. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
5. Pathways to School Improvement
6. Character Counts
7. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
8. Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
9. Youngbiz
10. Vocational Information Centers

Student Career Planning Information

1. America's Job Bank
2. Career Directions
3. Career Magazine
4. Career Path
5. Career and Resume Management for the 21st Century
6. Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center
7. JobWeb
8. Occupational Outlook Handbook
9. MyFuture
10. CareerWeb
11. America's Career InfoNet

College Planning Links

1. College Board Online
2. College Guides and Admissions
3. College PowerPrep
4. CollegeBound.Net
5. FastWeb

Other Links

1. Career Voyages
   This web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on high growth, high demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.  It contains hundreds of streaming videos as well as well as links to career assessment tools and organizational websites.
2. Choices Planner
   Free to all Florida residents, this site includes an interest inventory, values profiler, career and school search, portfolio section and much more.  By creating a free account, your information is stored on the site’s server for future use.
3. College View Career Center
   Web site is designed to help students get their careers on track and to provide them with tools to start planning the future. The site includes a wealth of information on resume writing, interviewing skills, best-paying and fastest-growing fields and careers.
4. Florida Tech Prep Network
   This website is sponsored by the association of Tech Prep practitioners throughout Florida. FTPN focuses on uniting the Tech Prep Consortia throughout the state by sponsoring an annual Symposium, Special Development Project Awards for teachers, and maintaining this website.
5. Fun Factory
   In addition to giving information about various careers in major clusters, this site suggests fun activities to try, lists other resources for more related information and includes some "cool facts" about careers.  Teachers can register to receive lesson plans and activity ideas.
6. Labor Market Statistics
   Power Point presentation of the fifteen Highest Paying Jobs and the Jobs in Most Demand based on the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor
7. National Tech Prep Website
   NTPN assists its members in planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving Tech Prep programs by pooling the resources of the country's leading practitioners to provide a network of communication for new and existing programs.
8. Occupational Outlook Handbook
   Office of Employment Projection's web site containing the Occupational Outlook Handbook; Career Guide to Industries; Occupation Outlook Quarterly; tomorrow's jobs overview; and how industries differ plus much more.
9. Seeing Beyond High School
   Interactive program for teens to help them prepare for the future world of work. Running time is about 14 minutes and students can print a Career Action Plan and Certificate of Completion
10. Virtual Mentor
    Look up information about careers or look at the Knowledgebase of questions posted by students and answered by volunteer mentors who are experienced in their field.  Students who belong to member schools can post their own questions or discussions.