Ohio Virtual Academy has an active Career-Technical Education Department with ten (10) state approved programs. The programs listed are available to interested sophomore, junior, and senior students, if the application requirements are fulfilled, they are on track for graduation, and until the cap for each program is met. 

The available career-technical education programs include:

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management

• Finance

• Programming and Software Development

• Network Systems

• Interactive Media

• Media Arts

• Engineering and Design

• Allied Health

• Natural Resources

• Early Childhood Education 

Career-Technical Education Overview

• Career Technical Education not only teaches skills for a specific career field, it also teaches skills for life.

• Career-Technical Education prepares students for a wide range of careers that may require varying levels of education—from high school to post-secondary certificates to two-and four-year degrees.

• Career-Technical Education is an integral part of the educational process for over 12.5 million students in the United States.

• Career-Technical Education students are significantly more likely than other students to report that they develop problem-solving, project completion, research, math, college application, work-related, communication, time management, and critical thinking skills as a result of participating in a Career-Technical Education class in high school.

• Career-Technical Education students are more likely to graduate.

• Career-Technical Education students achieve in academic subjects, like reading, math, and science, when integrated into the Career-Technical Education classroom.

• Career-Technical Education is critical in ensuring that the United States leads in the global economy.

• Career-Technical Education prepares students to succeed in further education and careers.

• Career-Technical Education is a results-driven system that demonstrates a positive Return on Investment.

• Career-Technical Education is delivered through comprehensive Programs of Study aligned to the National Career Clusters framework.

• Career-Technical Education partners with employers to design and provide high quality, dynamic programs.