Career & Technology Education

About Career & Technology Education

Mission Statement

The mission of Career & Technical Education is to provide all students with educational opportunities through balanced and diversified career and technical education programs.  The programs are designed to increase knowledge, to develop skills, and to refine attitudes necessary to prepare students for a place in the labor force or for further education.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides high school and community college students an opportunity to pursue a sequential technical and academic program of study leading to advancement in career field. High school CTE programs are designed into clusters to give students the opportunity to transition smoothly into further education or postsecondary education to earn college credit and/or industry credentials in a career field of interest.