February designated as Career-Technical Education Awareness Month

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008

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Chatham county, NC - Chatham County young people get their start each year in exciting and rewarding careers through secondary Career-Technical Education (CTE) courses. Whether students plan to further their education in community colleges, technical schools, or four-year colleges and universities, receive on-the-job training, or pursue careers in the military, secondary Career-Technical Education can be the first step in a pathway toward productive employment and citizenship.

The mission of Career-Technical Education is to help empower students for effective participation in an international economy as world-class workers and citizens. CTE programs are designed to contribute to the broad educational achievement of students, including basic skills such as reading, writing, and mathematics, as well as to their ability to work independently and as part of a team, think creatively and solve problems, and utilize technology.

In the 2006-2007 school year, nearly 5,000 enrollees in Career Technical Education courses from grades 6-12 in Chatham County Schools. (Students enrolled in more than one CTE course count multiple times in the total.) These courses were taught by more than fifty teachers and with the assistance of support personnel in special populations and career development.

For more information about Career-Technical Education in Chatham County, please contact Robin Parks, CTE Director for Chatham County Schools, at 663-0152 or rparks@chatham.k12.nc.us.