Career-Technical Education honors courses are designed to be developed and conducted to demand more challenging involvement than standard Career-Technical Education courses. They must be demonstrably more challenging than standard courses and provide multiple opportunities for students to take greater responsibility for their learning. CTE honors courses should be distinguished by a difference in the quality of the work expected rather than merely by the quantity of the work required.
Career-Technical Education honors courses should be designed for students who have demonstrated an advanced level of interest and achievement in a given subject area. The rationale for honors courses is not to provide a means to attract students to enroll in classes for additional credit, but rather to offer challenging, higher level courses for students who aspire to an advanced level of learning. Furthermore, students and parents should be informed that CTE honors courses are more demanding and have requirements beyond those of standard CTE courses. The aims of CTE honors courses are to promote opportunities for advanced work, rigorous study of CTE content areas, practical application of knowledge and skills and transfer of knowledge and skills to work-based situations.
Check with your guidance counselor and program area teacher for available CTE honors courses.