Career Technical Education (CTE)
What is CTE?
Expose, Explore, Experience
CTE provides students of ALL AGES with the academic and technical skills, knowledge, and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners.
CTE prepares these learners for the world of work by introducing them to workplace competencies, and makes academic content accessible to students by providing it in a hands-on context.
EXPOSE K-5
Kindergarten - Grade 2
Students learn about different kinds of work
Students learn about goal setting and decision making
Students learn what it means to be a good worker
Students learn about interest inventories
Students are introduced to HIDOE 13 Career Pathways
Grades 3 - 5
Students use informal career inventories to identify possible occupations
Students use assessment tools to explore their skills
Students are introduced to career decision-making models
Students learn about occupations in the various career clusters
Students continue to develop good work-place (employability) skills
Students continue to develop awareness of HIDOE 13 Career Pathways
Students will be made aware of CTSO (Career Technical Services Organization) opportunities
Students begin the transition process into middle school
EXPLORE in Grade 6
Students begin career exploration activities, including identification of learning opportunities in the community
Students are introduced to Programs of Study in each Career Pathway: HIDOE CTE 13 Pathways and Programs of Study.jpg
Students take a career related assessment
Students begin to identify jobs within career pathways requiring different levels of education
Students identify and explore sources of career information
Students continue to develop employability skills
Students identify the steps of the career decision-making process: Who am I? Where am I going? and How am I going to get there?
Students will be made aware of CTSO (Career Technical Services Organization) opportunities
Students begin the transition process into high school
