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CTE Mission Statement:The mission of the CSCISD Career and Technical Education program is to develop and implement a comprehensive and challenging educational curriculum enhanced with practical experiences designed to empower students with academic and technical skills needed to be successful in the global workforce and/or in post-secondary education. 

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) ENDORSEMENTS

Business and Industry

Public Services

STEMMultidisciplinary

Arts and Humanities

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYA student may earn a business and industry endorsement

by completing foundation and general endorsement requirements and a coherent sequence of courses for four or more credits in CTE that consists of at least two courses in the same career cluster including at least one advanced CTE course which includes any course that is the third or higher course in a sequence.

The final course in the sequence must be selected from one of the following CTE career clusters:

Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Information Technology Business Management & Administration Hospitality &Tourism

AGRICULTURE, FOOD & NATURAL RESOURCESFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Wildlife Fisheries & Ecology Management

Range Ecology & Management

Practicum in Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

Ag Mechanics & Metal Tech

Ag Facilities Design & Fabrication

Principles of Floral Design

Landscape Design

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTIONFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Architecture & Construction

Construction Technology

Advanced Construction tech

Practicum in Construction Management

Mill & Cabinetmaking Tech

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Information Technology

Digital Interactive Multimedia

Web Technologies

Research in IT Solutions

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIONFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Business, Marketing & Finance

Touch System Data Entry

Business Information Management 1 & 2

Practicum in Business Management

Human Resources Management

Business Law

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISMFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

Restaurant Management

Culinary Arts

Practicum in Culinary Arts

Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness

PUBLIC SERVICESA student may earn a public services endorsement by

completing foundation and general endorsement requirements and a coherent sequence of courses for four or more credits in CTE that consists of at least two courses in the same career cluster including at least one advanced CTE course which includes any course that is the third or higher course in a sequence. The final course in the sequence must be selected from one of the following CTE career clusters:

Education & Training Health Science Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security

Or four courses in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)

EDUCATION AND TRAININGFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Education and Training

Human Growth and Development

Instructional Practice in Education and Training

Practicum in Education and Training

HEALTH SCIENCEFreshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Principles of Health Science

Health Science

Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness

Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA)

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONS & SECURITYFreshman Sophomor

eJunior Senior

Principles of Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

Law Enforcement 1

Correctional Services

Law Enforcement 2

Forensic Science

Practicum in Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

Security Services

Court Systems & Practices

STEM ENDORSEMENT A student may earn a STEM endorsement by completing foundation

and general endorsement requirements including Algebra II, Chemistry, Physics and (A ) or (B)

A. A total of five credits in mathematics by successfully completing Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and two additional mathematics courses for which Algebra II is a prerequisite :

Precalculus Calculus DC Math 1314 DC Math 1324 DC Math 1332 DC Math 1342

B. A total of five credits in science by successfully completing biology, chemistry, physics, and two additional science courses:

AP Biology Anatomy and Physiology Medical Microbiology DC BIOL 1306 DC BIOL 1307 DC BIOL 1308 DC BIOL 1309

MULTIDISCIPLINARYA student may earn a multidisciplinary studies

endorsement by completing foundation and general endorsement requirements and:

A. four advanced courses that prepare a student to enter the workforce successfully or postsecondary education without remediation from within one endorsement area or among endorsement areas that are not in a coherent sequence

B. four credits in each of the four foundation subject areas to include English IV and chemistry and/or physics

C. four credits in advanced placement, or dual credit selected from English, mathematics, science, social studies, economics, languages other than English, or fine arts

PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

A student may earn a performance acknowledgment for outstanding performance:

in a dual credit course (12 credit hrs or assoc. degree)

in bilingualism and biliteracy on an AP test on the PSAT, the ACT-Plan, the SAT, or the ACT for earning a nationally or internationally

recognized business or industry certification or license