Career Technical Education (CTE) is available to all high school students in the Santa Ana Unified School District.  The majority of the courses are offered on high school campuses during the school day.  

To learn more, please visit https://www.sausd.us/CTE.

SAUSD CTE (as well as your school counselor) can also process work permits - visit their website to learn more.

SAUSD CTE’s vision includes providing exemplary CTE programs and pathways that prepare all students for “College and Career Success.” While our classrooms include 21st-Century skills including aspects of critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration through work-based learning experiences, the best training for career success is employment. 

To learn more about getting jobs, internships, and work permits, please visit https://sites.google.com/sausdlearns.net/sausd-get-jobs/.

OC Pathways has created a helpful online resource to link students from different career goals to local community colleges that offer programs in those careers. Take a look at their zine to learn more.

Using your Xello account, you can take the Matchmaker quiz to learn more about careers that would match with your interests and skills. 

Using your CaliforniaColleges.edu account, you can take a career interest quiz to learn more about what careers may align with your interests and skills. You can also learn about different college programs that will help you to pursue future careers.

The California CareerZone can help you learn which careers are a fit for you and discover the next steps to pursuing a job, college or university, by completing activities and doing research.

The O*NET Interest Profiler (IP) is a family of self-assessment career exploration tools that can help people discover the type of work activities and occupations that they would like and find exciting. You can identify and learn about broad interest areas to explore the world of work.

What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Visit the link through the USC Career Center website.

This is a free version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.  The results from the 10 minute personality test will link you to career and education pathways you can explore.