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FWISD Celebrates CTE Month
Spotlighting its course offerings is how the Fort Worth ISD is celebrating Career and Technical Education Month this February.
The District’s CTE Department kicked off the month with two videos offering a glimpse of the opportunities available to students in the Broadcast Journalism and Media Technology Program at Southwest High School and Eastern Hill High School’s Fire Science Technology Program. Officials with the department intend to inform others about what Fort Worth ISD’s CTE programs have to offer throughout February.
Additionally, Fort Worth business professionals connected with the future workforce through a campus tour at Trimble Tech High School, February 11. The tour, organized by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and Fort Worth ISD’s Strategic Communications Division and Career and Technical Education Department, is intended to create more opportunities for business leaders to engage with the District’s Programs of Choice and CTE programs and also see how students are being educated and trained for future careers.
CTE Month is a public awareness campaign observed nationally throughout the country in February. It celebrates the value, achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs around the nation.
According to the Association For Career and Technical Education, CTE courses introduce students nationally to multiple career options through 16 career clusters and nearly 80 pathways.
CTE programming allow students to complete high school with advanced technical college credits, professional certifications and licenses. Students in the Fort Worth ISD have opportunities to explore career options in the following fields:
- Agriculture, food and natural resources
- Architecture and construction
- Arts, audio/visual technology and communications
- Business management and finance
- Education and training
- Government and public administration
- Health science technology
- Hospitality and tourism
- Human services
- Information technology
- Law enforcement and public safety
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
- Transportation, distribution and logistics
- Cosmetology
Nearly 36,000 FWISD are currently enrolled in CTE programs. FWISD students earned 2,505 industry certifications/ licensures in workplace skillsets the 2018-2019 school year.
For more details about the FWISD’s CTE offerings, visit www.fwisd.org/cte.
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