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Welcome to Career Pathways!. What is a Pathway?. A Pathway is a sequence of courses within your area of interest. A Pathway connects from high school to college for a specific degree and/or career. Many of the Pathway classes offer concurrent enrollment credit. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Welcome to Career Pathways!
• A Pathway is a sequence of courses within your area of interest.
What is a Pathway?
• A Pathway connects from high school to college for a specific degree and/or career.
• Many of the Pathway classes offer concurrent enrollment credit.
• A Pathway will save you time and money towards a college degree.
Why Pathways?
Top 5 reasons to participate inCTE Career Pathways
1. Acquire technical skills training.
2. Hands-on learning.
3. Jump-start future career.
4. Earn college credit while in high school.
5. Save time and money!
CTE Pathways
Sampling of Pathways Within Eight Areas of Study.
Agricultural Systems Technology
Marketing Management
Firefighting
Accounting & Finance
Interior Design
Child Development
NursingTravel & Tourism
Pre-Engineering
Digital Media
Biotechnology
Drafting/CAD
Electronics
Animal Science
Food Science & Culinary Arts
• WHAT do I want to be doing in 5 years?
Ask yourself?
Asking, “Do you want fries with that?”
OR
Developing a new medication?
• WHAT do I want to be doing in 10 years?
• WHAT classes should I take to get ready for college?
Ask yourself?
• WHAT does it cost to go to college?
• WHY should I plan?
Ask yourself?
• WHY should I graduate from high school?
• WHY should I study?
• HOW can I make a lot of money?
Ask yourself?
• HOW do I find a career?
• HOW can Pathways help me?
Earning Power
Education Level Average weeklyincome for
full-time work
Unemployment Rate
High School Dropout $ 522 7.1 percent
High School Diploma $ 704 4.4 percent
Education Pays!
Earning Power
Associate Degree $ 846 3.5 percent
Bachelor’s Degreeor Higher
$ 1,393 2.1 percent
Did you know?
90 percent of jobs require additional training beyond high school.
Classroom instruction connects to the REAL world of work and future career opportunities.
CTE, keeping it real.
Statistics indicate that CTE graduates are worth higher wages because they are more productive than other workers.
CTE Pathways
• Will help you plan for life after high school,before graduation.
• Will jump-start your future career.
• Will give you unlimited opportunities.
• Will save you time and money.
Your career is the trip of a lifetime: Get Directions!
Remember . . .
Check out CTE
For more information aboutCTE Career Pathways
Log on to www.utahcte.org
Career Pathways = Opportunity, Money, and Security!
To-Do List
Make appointment with school counselor
Talk to teacher
Surf www.utahcte.org
Tell parents about CTE
Text friends about CTE
Pick-up Pathways brochure from teacher
Career and Technical Education