Find out what Career and Technical Education (CTE) can do for you.
- Expands your educational options!
Career and Technical courses add a new dimension to learning. A CTE course relates academic subjects to the “real world” and show how reading and math are important in everyday situations. - Provides three educational opportunities in college prep, tech prep, and job preparation.
Most Career and Technical programs include academic subjects needed to meet the entrance requirements of four-year colleges and universities. They include technical subjects that meet entry-level job requirements of employers in fields related to the program. - Offers you a job-prep path.
Fifty percent of all those who begin a four-year college program never complete it, with 25% leaving or flunking out during their first year. CTE is insurance for success! CTE provides the knowledge and skills to continue your education or to find a job. “Workforce” indicates 70% of jobs require some technical skills to perform the needed work. - Challenges you academically and mentally.
Career and Technical courses and programs challenge students to apply theoretical knowledge –learned in academic and technical classrooms – to practical problems in technical laboratories and shops. CTE teaches basic lifetime skills. - Helps you pay for college!
The skills acquired in CTE programs concentrate on a particular field to help you get a better, higher- paying job. Work full-time and earn more money quicker to pay for college. Or, work part-time to earn more money while attending college. - Broadens your lifelong work and study options.
Go to work or go to college or do both. Choose a suitable career, regardless of stereotypes. CTE programs prepare you for high-paying careers in fields that used to be closed to them such as technology and trades for women and office and health occupations for men. - Helps you acquire lifelong skills and habits to apply to any career. Self-confidence. Self- awareness. Good work habits. Practical problem solving. Punctuality. Reliability. Teamwork.
Career and Technical Education programs instill the desire to learn, a sense of accomplishment, and that breeds the self-assurance needed to achieve your own goals.
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