OHVA CAReer technical education Program Application

Inerested in applying?

Thank you for your interest in OHVA's Career Technical Education Program! Students entering 9th -12th grade for the 2024-25 school year are welcome to apply to any pathway.

• The application window opened on 2/12/2024 for students who will be 9th graders during the 2024-25 school year. 

• The application window will open on 3/20/2024 for students who will be 10th-12th graders during the 2024-25 school year. 

Please Note: Due to the comprehensive programming of our CTE pathways, the application window closes early prior to the start of the school year. The application deadline for the 2024-25 school year is Monday, August 12th, 2024.  

If you have any questions, please email careerlearning@ohva.org.

For general information about CTE pathway offerings, click the button below.

Click HERE to view Informational Videos about each CTE Pathway offered at Ohio Virtual Academy!

Note: In order to apply, you must either view the info session recording/slide deck to receive the password required to complete the CTE program application.

Rising 9th Grade Recording Link

Rising 9th Grade Slide Deck

Rising 10th and 11th Grade Recording Link 

Rising 10th and 11th Grade Slide Deck 

Rising 12th Grade Recording Link 

Rising 12th Grade Slide Deck 

Career Technical Education Program Internal Policy

An excerpt of our Career Technical Education Program policy has been placed below to bring attention to the high expectations placed on students that apply to, and are accepted into, OHVA's Career Technical Education Program as a pathway student. By choosing to participate in this program, effort and consideration needs to be given in regards to class attendance, coursework completion, and CTSO participation. We pride ourselves on providing a flexible academic experience at OHVA, which is why included in this policy is the opportunity for pathway students to communicate and work with their teachers to meet the outlined expectations while still providing the flexibility our students may need.

Career Technical Education Program Expectations of Class Attendance, Coursework Completion, and CTSO Participation:

The vision of the Career Technical Education Program at OHVA is to give hope by empowering students to be engaged, responsible, productive members of the community, providing them with the experience, readiness, and resources to remove barriers, close the skills gap, and make a positive impact in society. Two of the most important components of this vision are engagement and responsibility.  To that end, each student that chooses to apply, and is accepted, to one of our state approved CTE pathways must adhere to certain expectations that are stated below .

OHVA CTE Program Pathway Students are expected to:

• Commit to participating for the duration of the pathway (no dropping mid-year)

• Attend ALL Newrow Sessions for their pathway courses

• Complete coursework for the pathway courses by the due date

• Maintain passing grades in all pathway courses

• Participate in: 

  1. • Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) 

     • Work-Based Learning (WBL) activities that are tied to an approved learning agreement and recorded in supported tracking platform (accumulation of a minimum of 250 hours is expected during program completion)

     • Quarterly conferences with school counselor during which a career/graduation plan will be completed and updated annually

• Prepare for and Take:

  1. • WebXam pretests for each pathway course at the beginning of the year 

     • WebXam posttests for each pathway course at the end of the year

• Earn at least one 1-point valued Industry Recognized Credential test within the program

• Create a Portfolio by building a Tallo profile or personalized website to store documentation of CTE achievements  (WBL, CTSO, IRC, Resume, letters of recommendation, etc.)

The CTE Program Administration reserve the right to remove a student from the program for failure to meet the CTE Program requirements set forth by OHVA. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Failure to attend more than three ClassConnect Sessions in a semester for pathway courses, without notifying the teacher of the absence PRIOR to the class, and watching the recording promptly after the absence 

• Failure to complete coursework by the due date three times in a semester, without notifying the teacher that the work will be late PRIOR to the due date  

• Failure to take a WebXam pre or posttest 

• Attending less than 75% of virtual CTSO meetings 

• Failure to have an approved WBL plan in place by the end of year one in a program 

• Failure to attempt at least one Industry Recognized Credential test

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