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Is Career and Technical Education right for you?

 

Career & Technical Education is no longer just about teaching students a specific set of skills so they can get an entry-level job after high school. It is about helping students build the academic knowledge and technical skills needed to pursue postsecondary training or college after high school and be fully prepared to enter a career field!

Not only do career and technical education programs help you learn new skills you'll use later, you can experience the day-to-day work and workplaces for yourself AND meet people who may help you get a job after you graduate.

Check out the links below to see if a career and technical education program might be the path for you!

• Check out the 16 Career Clusters 
  
  
• See the eight Career and Technical Student Organizations in Kentucky  
  
  
• Check out the Career and Technical programs are available in Kentucky
  • Agriculture
    
  • Business and Marketing
  • Construction Technology
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Health Science
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Media Arts
  • Transportation (Auto repair)
• View Kentucky's Work-Based Learning Manual to get information on the various types of work-based learning experiences such as cooperative education, entrepreneurial program, internship, mentoring, school-based enterprises, service learning and shadowing.
  
  
• Read about Kentucky's TRACK (Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky) program to see if there are opportunities to become an apprentice in your area.

 

• LEARN MORE:
• STEP 1: BE A PAIN
• STEP 2: PUSH YOURSELF
• STEP 3: FIND THE RIGHT FIT
  • CAREER PATHWAYS
  • CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
  • EXPLORE YOUR INTERESTS
  • SAMPLE CAREER PLAN
• STEP 4: PUT YOUR HANDS ON SOME CASH