CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Career and Technical Education is a program of study which purpose is to provide students with the skills, attitudes and competencies to be successful in post-secondary study, the workforce, and as adult consumers.
A comprehensive CTE program in conjunction with academic study will most effectively prepare a student for lifelong success.
NYS CTE
New York Career and Technical Education is committed to providing high-quality CTE opportunities for all students. New York State’s CTE delivery system consists of over 1,100 CTE providers, serving over one million students in school districts, BOCES, and postsecondary institutions.
CTE studies are organized in New York in the following content areas:
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Agricultural education
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Business & Marketing education
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Family & Consumer Sciences education
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Health Occupations education
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Technology education
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Trade, Technical & Industrial education
The CTE team also oversees activities in Perkins grant administration, Civil Rights, Workplace Learning, and Driver Education.
Did you know?
According to research provided by the Association for Career and Technical Education, CTE students are significantly more likely than their non-CTE counterparts to report that they developed problem-solving, project completion, research, math, college application, communication, time management, and critical thinking skills during high school.
​Work-based Learning
Work-based learning (WBL) is the “umbrella” term used to identify activities which collaboratively engage employers and schools in providing structured learning experiences for students. These experiences focus on assisting students develop broad, transferable skills for postsecondary education and the workplace. A quality WBL program can make school-based learning more relevant by providing students with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to real world situations.
Work-based learning is supported in the school and at the work site. While school-based learning focuses on academic and career and technical preparation as part of the classroom curriculum, work site learning occurs, away from school, in a business or community organization.
Our Internships
The Career Exploration Internship Program is a school-business partnership initiative that provides high school students, age 14 and above, the opportunity to obtain non-paid, on-site, career exploration experiences. The focus of the program is meaningful, hands-on, career exploration rather than skill development. Students may earn ¼ to 1 unit of elective or CTE sequence credit.
This program must be registered with the New York State Education Department, and must be coordinated by a CTE teacher who possesses an extension as a Diversified Co-op Coordinator or as a Coordinator of Work-based Learning Programs for Career Development.