WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CAREER

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WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CAREER TECHNICAL
EDUCATIONBUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION WORKFORCE

• CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) IN THE WASHOE
  COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Envision our community without

• Construction Workers, Nuclear Medicine Techs,
  Plumbers, Chefs or Brick Masons

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Consider a world without career and technical
professionals

• Registered Nurses, Computer Technicians,
  Childcare Professionals, Hospitality Experts, or
  Heating Air Conditioning Techs

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Imagine a thriving economy without

• Aircraft Pilots, Auto Technicians, Graphic
  Designers, Veterinary Assistants, Machinists,
  Motorcycle Techs or Dental Hygienists

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Heres the reality!

• Northern Nevada does NOT have enough well-trained
  employees and skilled workers to meet the demand
  of our community corporations, factories,
  hospitals or businesses. Many high-skill,
  high-wage jobs remain unfilled.

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The Educational challenge

• Todays knowledge-based, technology-saturated
  economy is fuelling a pace of change and
  technological advancements unparalleled since the
  early 20th century.

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How Washoe County School District Career
Technical Education

• IS MEETING THE CHALLENGE!

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Career Technical Education Classes

• Establish a clear goal of career and college
  readiness for all CTE students
• Engage students in specific career-related
  learning experiences that equip them to make
  well-informed decisions about further education
  and training and employment opportunities
• Support students in the acquisition of rigorous
  core knowledge, skills, habits and attitudes
  needed for success in postsecondary education and
  the high-skilled workplace
• Offer coursework with clearly articulated
  curricula which meet or exceed Nevada state
  standards and expectations
• Help prepare students with higher-level skills
  necessary in a fluid workplace economy in which
  workers need to be lifelong learners
• Prepare students who may choose to enter the
  workforce directly after high school with a level
  of skills and knowledge in a particular career
  area that will be valued in the marketplace

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Washoe County School District CTE course and
program offerings
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Middle SchoolExploratory Courses

• Home and Career Skills
• (LIVING SKILLS)
• Career Planning
• Personal Development
• Personal and Family Resource Management
• Foods/Nutrition

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High SchoolsSkill-Specific Courses

• BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
• Banking in the Work World
• Business Communication
• Business Management
• The Company
• Introduction to Business
• Desktop Publishing
• Information Technology/Multimedia
• General Business
• Marketing
• Business Law
• Personal Finance
• Success in the Work World
• Computer Accounting
• Computer Literacy/Applications
• CyberCorps/Networking/A Certification
• Web Site Design and Maintenance

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High Schools (continued)

• FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
• Clothing Construction
• Family Personal Psychology
• Fashion Design, Creation Marketing
• Foods
• Human Growth Development
• Interior Architectural Design
• Introduction to Culinary Arts
• Nutrition Food Science

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High Schools (continued)

• TRADE INDUSTRY EDUCATION
• Advanced Construction
• Automotive Technology
• Computer Aided Drafting Design
• Drafting
• Engineering Design
• Introduction to Construction
• Introduction to Engineering
• Metalworking Technology
• Small Engine Repair
• Woodworking Technology

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Advanced Job-Specific Courses

• 3D Design and Imaging
• Advanced CADD Year 1 2
• Advanced Culinary Arts
• Advanced Digital/3D Design/Multimedia 1 2
• Agriculture Leadership
• Business Computer Systems
• Commercial Baking
• Digital Video Production/Senior Memories
• Early Childhood Education
• Electronics
• Emergency Services/Police, Fire, Rescue
• Entrepreneurship, Marketing Hospitality
  Management
• Graphic Arts
• Health Occupations
• Medical Assistant
• Machine Tool/Manufacturing
• Plant and Environmental Horticulture Science
• Sports Medicine
• Veterinary Medicine Technician

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CTE LEARN and EARN PROGRAMWork-Based Learning
Experiences

• Job Shadowing
• Career Mentoring
• Internships
• Field Trips
• Guest Speakers

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CTE CHOICES PROGRAM

• Remember Being a Teenager?
• If you knew then just a little of what you know
  now, wouldnt it have been easier?
• CHOICES is an interactive decision-making
  workshop that empowers teens to achieve academic
  success in pursuit of their career and life
  aspirations. In two hour-long sessions, business
  and community volunteers take students through
  real-world exercises on academic self-discipline,
  time and money management, and goal setting.

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CTE CAREERS FOR ME PROGRAM

• THE STUDENTS LEARN THE MOST IMPORTANT STEPS IN
  FINDING AND KEEPING A GREAT JOB!
• This program moves the student through finding
  where they fit in, resume writing, successful
  interviewing, how to apply for a job, and finally
  teen work and money management.

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Tech-Prep Articulated Courses

• High School Students May Earn College Credits
  Through Successful Completion of CTE Articulated
  Courses.
• Truckee Meadows Community College
• Western Nevada College
• The Art Institute of Las Vegas
• Great Basin College
• The Nevada Hospitality Foundation

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CTE Student Organizations

• DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America)
• FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
• FCCLA (Family, Career Community Leaders of
  America)
• FFA (Agricultural Education)
• SkillsUSA (Trade Industry Education)
• SCHOLASTIC ARTS
• HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)

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Whats So Great About Career Technical
Education!?

• According to Nevada Department of Education
  statistics, Nevada high school students enrolled
  in Career Technical Education courses have a
  lower drop-out rate than the general high school
  population, and have a higher graduation rate.
• CTE programs help prepare students for the
  fastest growing occupations identified in the U.
  S. Department of Labors Occupational Outlook
  Handbook for 2007-2008.
• Research from the American Diploma Project shows
  that the skills needed for success in the
  workplace are often the same skills needed for
  success in postsecondary education.
• According to the Southern Regional Education
  Board (SREB), students who complete a rigorous
  academic core coupled with a career concentration
  have test scores that equal or exceed college
  prep students, are more likely to pursue
  postsecondary education, have higher grade point
  averages in college, and are less likely to drop
  out of college during the first year.

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Why Support Career Technical Education in the
Washoe County School District?

• CTE programs provide students with realistic job
  previews.
• CTE students recognize the value of developing
  job specific technical skills and employability
  competencies at a sufficient level to enable them
  to gain a foothold on the professional ladder
  within an occupation.
• Studies indicate that CTE graduates are more
  likely to be employed, more likely to access
  postsecondary training, and have higher incomes
  and professional standing than peers who do not
  experience CTE.

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Our Recommendation

• Career Technical Education is advocating for
  clearly focusing our community on the goal of
  preparing EVERY STUDENT for full participation in
  a spectrum of college opportunities, meaningful
  work, career advancement, and active citizenship
  through enrollment in CTE classes.