Career Technical Education CTE
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What is Career Technical Education?
CTE programs are multiyear sequences of courses that provides students with the academic and technical skills, knowledge, professional practices, and training necessary to succeed in future careers as well as develop skills they will use throughout life.
CTE Courses allow students a chance for early career exploration, hands on learning, and the development of soft skills.
Career Technical Education helps our nation meet the very real and immediate challenges of economic development, student achievement and global competitiveness. Some 14 million students are enrolled in CTE—encompassing every state, with programs in nearly 1,300 public high schools and 1,700 two-year-colleges. Go to www.cde.ca and www.careertech.org for here more information on CTE.
The Video Production students created a video on the CTE programs and the amazing opportunities!
Vista del Lago High School offers the following CTE Pathways and Courses:
| CTE PATHWAY | COURSE 1 | COURSE 2 | COURSE 3 | CTSO |
| Animation | Animation 1 | Animation 2 | SkillsUSA | |
| Biotechnology | Medical Biotechnology | Advanced Medical Biotechnology | SkillsUSA | |
| Child Development | Child Development & Guidance | Developmental Psychology of Children | Careers with Children | SkillsUSA |
| Engineering & Design | Engineering Technology | Advanced Engineering Technology | SkillsUSA | |
| Film/ Video Production | Video Production 1 |
Video Production 2 |
Video Production 3 | SkillsUSA |
| Photography | Fine Art Photography 1 | Fine Art Photography 2 | SkillsUSA | |
| Product Innovation & Design | Careers in Advanced Manufacturing & Trades | SkillsUSA | ||
| Software and Systems Design | Computer Science & Programming | AP Computer Science A | SkillsUSA |
*Courses must be taken in sequence. Skipping of CTE courses are not permitted.
As a CTE pathway, these courses emphasize career readiness and professional development, focusing on essential skills such as collaboration and communication, timeliness and professionalism, responsibility and organization, safety practices, problem-solving, dependability, productivity, and prompt task completion.
How can these courses help you fulfill graduation requirements?
CTE courses are considered electives as well as CTE courses and can be used in several ways:
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CTE credits can be used to fulfill the CTE/3rd year science graduation requirement
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You need 50 credits of electives, of which all could be CTE courses.
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Most Courses meet UC A - G requirements
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Students who complete a 2 or 3 course pathway are eligible to earn a CTE Pathway Completion cord upon graduation.
Career Technical Education Teachers:
| Brittney Valtierra |
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| Brian Ellis & Doug Lewin |
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| Connor Frost |
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| Daria Muller |
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| Eric Sweet |
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| Mindy Nardinelli |
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| Rachael Roosa |
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| Janice Johnson |
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| Pablo Castellanos |
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