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WHAT IS CTAE?
Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education
Preparing Tomorrow's Workforce Today
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) is education about and for careers. CTAE was formerly known as vocational education. "The mission of CTAE is to educate Georgia's future workforce by engaging students in experiences that will prepare them for workplace success. Through CTAE, students see the relevance of their high school efforts to their future career goals..." (GaDOE).
In Cartersville City Schools, at the primary and elementary school level, attention is focused on career awareness and exploration. At the secondary level (Grades 6-12), the goal of the Cartersville Career Technical Aviation Academy (CCTAA) is to help students learn more about their career interests and prepare them with foundational career skills that will enable them to be successful as they transition from Cartersville High School to post-secondary opportunities. We want students to graduate from high school with a workable plan for their futures that will allow them to become self-sustaining, productive members of society.
CTAE provides students with specialized classes, internships, and networking opportunities with members of their community. CTAE programs prepare students for a wide range of high-wage, high-skill, in-demand careers. Opportunities are offered for students to earn industry-recognized credentials like the Microsoft Office Specialist certifications and the Georgia Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) license. Students can also earn college-level credit as part of CCTAA Pathway completion if they pass the End-of-Pathway Assessment at a certain level with specific requirements met.
Each year 75% or more of our students are enrolled in CCTAA courses. The graduation rate for students involved in CCTAA pathways in Georgia is 97.18%. At CHS, the graduation rate for CTAE Concentrators is 98% or higher each year. When involved in CCTAA, students are engaged and able to see the relevance of their education. Students participating in CCTAA have a variety of postsecondary education options including the following:
- Four-year college/university
- Two-year college
- Technical college
- Armed Forces
- Registered Apprenticeships
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CTAE PROGRAMS
Career Pathways are state-approved career enhancement programs defined as a coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career-related courses usually starting in the ninth grade and can lead to an associate degree, and/or an industry-recognized certificate or licensure, and/or a baccalaureate degree and beyond.
CTAE provides all Georgia students with the opportunity to select at least three sequenced electives in a Career Pathway, along with recommended academic coursework, to prepare them to continue their education at any level or to enter the world of work.
Selection of a Career Pathway is based on self-awareness, a student’s YouScience results, and the investigation of occupations plus related educational levels aligned with the Career Pathway. Cartersville Career Technical Aviation students can participate in the CTAE Pathways listed below. Students may also participate in co-curricular Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) related to program areas.
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CAREER PATHWAYS
-Athletic Training
-Allied Medicine
-Light Repair and Maintenance (Automotive Repair)
-Graphic Design
-Flight Ops/Embry Riddle Dual Enrollment
Arts, AV Technology, and Communications
-Audio-Video Technology and Film I
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
-Criminal Investigations
-Teaching as a Profession
-Army
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CTSO’s/ STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
HOSA
FBLA
1st Robotics
Aviation Club
TAP- Teacher As a Profession
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WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL)
Work-Based Learning (WBL) programs are structured experiences that connect students’ career goals and classroom learning with a productive work environment. Work-Based Learning provides students the opportunity to know what they like to do and also an opportunity to develop work skills and personal qualities and to explore the world of work directly linked to their career interests.
Work-Based Learning includes student placement in positions that may be paid or unpaid. WBL placement experiences give students opportunities for instruction not only in academics but also in occupational skills, career exploration, and guidance in identifying employment and educational goals. Students truly have the opportunity to connect what they learn in school with work-site application, enabling a smooth transition into the workforce and/or education beyond high school.
There are three interlocking components of Work-Based Learning:
- Student Career Goal
- Related Coursework
- Structured Work Experience
Employers aid students’ education by creating relevant curriculum, developing occupational skill standards specific to business and industry, and assessing student performance.
