Career & Technical Education (CTE)
Career Success Stars
For more information about other CTE students who have found inspiration and exciting careers, go to Career Clusters .
Entrepreneur
Trend
Richmond, VA
Kim Moody Design
Blackstone, VA
Nottoway County Public Schools
Intern
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Virginia Beach, VA
Norfolk City Public Schools
Active Military Personnel
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator
Fort Irwin, CA
Franklin County Public Schools
News & Announcements
Virginia Schools Once Again Dominate the National List of Working in Support of Education (W!SE) 100 Best High Schools
First published in 2013, the 100 Best W!se High Schools national ranking recognizes the top 100 performing high schools in W!se’s national network of 48 states and showcases excellence in financial education. For 2017, 45 of the top 100 schools were Virginia schools with 11 ranked in the top 30. A complete listing of the 100 Best W!se High Schools
is available.
Virginia’s Workplace Readiness Skills: Framework for the Future
In collaboration with the Demographics Research Group of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, the research report Virginia's Workplace Readiness Skills: Framework for the Future-This is a PDF document. is being shared with school divisions. The purpose of this research was to evaluate Virginia's current 21 Workplace Readiness Skills and to make certain they are up-to-date and aligned with the needs of employers. For more than 30 years, in each decade since the 1980s, hundreds of employers throughout the Commonwealth have been interviewed or surveyed to determine the most essential workplace skills for entry-level workers.
Career and technical education programs in Virginia public schools serve more than 550,000 students in grades 6-12. These programs are designed to prepare young people for productive futures while meeting the commonwealth's need for well-trained and industry-certified technical workers.
Virginia acknowledges the importance of career and technical education to students and the commonwealth through diploma seals awarded by the Board of Education, by recognizing industry credentialing in its diploma requirements, and through the use of Career Pathways as an integral part of the newly required Academic and Career Plan.
Sample Academic and Career Plans of Study
Career Clusters Sample Plans of Study – a resource to assist CTE administrators and school counselors in developing student academic and career plans of study for successful transitions between secondary and postsecondary education for each pathway within a career cluster. The sample plans of study template meets all the state and federal requirements.
CTE Performance Trends
Career and Technical Education (CTE) actively partners with business and industry to design and provide high quality, dynamic programs to meet current, emerging and projected labor market needs. Virginia’s 16 career clusters help students investigate careers and design a rigorous and relevant plan of study to advance their career goals. Each career cluster contains multiple pathways that represent a common set of academic, technical and employability skills. Career pathways lead to credentials that qualify students for a range of career opportunities from entry to professional level.
For assistance with the CTE Performance Trends files, contact cte@doe.virginia.gov.
Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative (PDF) – provides a snapshot of the number of industry credentials earned by students in career and technical education over the past several years.
Virginia’s Credentialing Performance Trends (PDF) – connects the value of earning industry credentials and degrees with fulfilling employer needs in high-wage high-skill, and high-demand jobs.
Virginia Career and Technical Education: Program Highlights 2016-17 (PDF) – summarizes statewide demographics and student performance.
PHOTOS: photography used on this web page is provided by Virginia Business Publications LLC.