CTE Programs and Courses
CTE Programs
CTE Programs offer a variety of opportunities for students to explore, articulate interests, and prepare for careers and college. Students will also have opportunities to develop leadership and employability skills and earn college credit in the high school through Tech Prep articulations.
CTE Courses by High School and CTE Pathways
CTE Courses are listed for each high school, by pathway. The foundation CTE courses that all high schools should offer are called universals.
Universals
Universals are CTE foundation courses that should be offered at every high school to provide students a broad exposure to career and technical education for career and college planning.
Exploratory Courses
Introductory CTE courses in which students demonstrate the application of Essential Academic Learning Requirements and Grade Level Expectations in the context of preparing for living, learning and working; demonstrate foundational and occupational-specific skills required to meet current industry standards; explore and demonstrate knowledge of career options within the related pathway; and demonstrate leadership and employability skills.
Preparatory Courses
CTE courses in which students demonstrate mastery of competencies including the application of EALRs and GLEs as required to meet industry-defined standards needed for a specific career; demonstrate leadership skills and employability skills; be employment ready and/or be prepared for postsecondary options. These courses frequently lead to industry-based certifications.
Career Pathways & Programs of Study
Career pathways are a simple but comprehensive way for students to make their initial introduction to the world of careers. Seattle’s career pathways break the world of work into five areas around which CTE classes cluster. This helps students, families, counselors and teachers grasp the work world as it is addressed by Career & Technical Education, and if students’ interest leads them there, choose classes accordingly.
There are numerous careers in each pathway and many are interrelated. Entrepreneurship, leadership/management and technology opportunities exist in all pathways. Here are the five pathways:
- Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (A&ES)
- Arts, Communications and Media (AC&M)
- Business, Marketing and Information Technology (BM&IT)
- Health and Human Services (H&HS)
- Science, Engineering and Industry (SE&I)
