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Explore careers, build skills, earn credentials, and gain real-world experience while you’re at OHVA. Find opportunities that connect your interests to what comes next.
Each CTE Pathway consists of four courses, which count as elective credit towards graduation requirements. In addition to coursework, students in our CTE program have many opportunities to further their skills through opportunities that include:
Work-Based Learning (WBL)
Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs)
Career Tech Student Organizations (CTSOs)
WebXams (Ohio's state end-of-course exams for CTE courses)
Regularly Scheduled Career Development Sessions
Potential College Credit (CTAGs)
Your Pathway, Your Timeline — Start in Grades 9–12
Your Pathway, Your Timeline — Start in Grades 9–12
Students can join OHVA’s CTE program at different points in high school. Your coursework will depend on when you join.
Grades 9–10
Students who join CTE in 9th or 10th grade begin with Foundations of CTE before moving into their pathway-specific courses.
Grade 11
Students who join CTE in 11th grade go directly into pathway-specific courses and begin building skills in their chosen career field.
Grade 12
Seniors can still join CTE! Students who begin a pathway in 12th grade take one pathway-specific course rather than completing the full pathway course sequence.
CTE PATHWAY COURSE PROGRESSION
CTE PATHWAY COURSE PROGRESSION
9TH GRADE PATHWAY START
9TH GRADE PATHWAY START
9th Grade: Foundations of CTE
10th Grade: Pathway Course 1
11th Grade: Pathway Courses 2 and 3
12th Grade: Pathway Course 4
10TH GRADE PATHWAY START
10TH GRADE PATHWAY START
10th Grade: Pathway Course 1
11th Grade: Pathway Courses 2 and 3
12th Grade: Pathway Course 4
11TH GRADE PATHWAY START
11TH GRADE PATHWAY START
11th Grade: Pathway Courses 1 and 2
12th Grade: Pathway Courses 3 and 4
12TH GRADE PATHWAY START
12TH GRADE PATHWAY START
12th Grade: Students take one pathway course, which is designated on the pathway details document for each pathway below.
OHVA's State Approved CTE Pathways
OHVA's State Approved CTE Pathways
*Please note - While we do our best to keep our website updated with accurate pathway information, our program courses and credentials are subject to change, as we are continually working to provide students with the most relevant skills and opportunities to be successful in the future.
Agriculture and Environmental Systems:
Animal Science and Management
Caring for Creatures, Cultivating Careers.
The Animal Science and Management program will prepare students for careers in training and marketing domesticated and exotic animals. Students will gain the necessary technical and academic skills in anatomy and physiology, nutrition, reproduction, health, genetics, and behavior.
Pathway Overview Video
Agriculture and Environmental Systems:
Natural Resource Management
Preserving the planet’s resources for generations to come.
The Natural Resource Management program will prepare students for careers in environmental management, energy, parks and recreation, wildlife and forestry. Students will gain the necessary technical and academic skills in extraction, processing, protection, use and/or renewal of soil and water, mineral resources, plants, non-domesticated animals and aquatic life.
Arts and Communication:
Media Arts
Where creativity meets innovation by partnering with technology to communicate ideas.
The Media Arts program will prepare students for careers in fields such as media design, film & video production, photography, and broadcast journalism. Students will gain technical knowledge, skills, and experiences in digital image editing, motion graphics, and audio and video broadcast and production.
Business and Administrative Services:
Business Logistics Management
Driving efficiency to keep the world moving.
The Business Logistics Management program will prepare students for technical and professional level careers in business management, operations management, distribution and logistics, and supply chain management.
Education and Training:
Early Childhood Education
Education: A Journey that Makes Dreams Take Flight
The Early Childhood Education program will prepare students for professional careers in both public and private childcare and educational environments.
Engineering and Science Technologies:
Engineering and Design
Innovating solutions to build a better world.
The Engineering and Design program will provide students with the necessary technical and academic skills to research and create product models with features/functions that meet the needs of the customer, manufacturing, quality and the overall business.
Finance:
Finance
Mastering the art of managing money to fuel growth and success.
The Finance Program will prepare students for careers dealing with the management of money. Students will gain technical and academic skills in accounting and financial services.
Health Science:
Allied Health
Empowering tomorrow's healers to improve lives through knowledge and care.
The Allied Health Program will prepare students with the mathematics, science and technical skills to provide clinical assistance in patient care, emergency interventions (CPR, first‐aid, AED), nutrition, dentistry, and surgery.
Hospitality and Tourism:
Culinary Arts
From Kitchen to Career: Where Passion Meets Plate
The Culinary Arts program will prepare learners for careers in the art and science of food preparation and presentation as well as the skills needed for restaurant management.
Pathway Overview Video
Information Technology:
Cybersecurity
Preparing Digital Defenders for Tomorrow.
The Cybersecurity Program will prepare students for careers using technical and academic skills to design, develop, implement, and test secure information technology systems.
Pathway Overview Video
Information Technology:
Programming and Software Development
Transforming ideas into reality through the power of code.
The Programming and Software Development program will prepare students for careers using technical and academic skills to design, develop, test, document, implement and maintain computer software and database systems.
Law and Public Safety
Criminal Justice
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Pathway Overview Video
Pathway Overview PDF
Pathway Details
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