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

Kim Moody
Owner of Trend & Kim Moody Design
Trend
Richmond, VA
Kim Moody Design
Blackstone, VA
Nottoway County Public Schools

Intern

Trae’vis Sumler
Pharmacy Intern
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Virginia Beach, VA
Norfolk City Public Schools

Active Military Personnel

Brittney Taylor
U.S. Army Sergeant

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator
Fort Irwin, CA
Franklin County Public Schools

Professional Development

2017-18 Training Sessions for Administrators

For information about the 2017-18 and 2016-2017 Video Training Sessions for Administrators, visit the Professional Development. You can also find the link in the menu to the right under Administrative Support.

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.


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 2013-14 (PDF) – summarizes statewide demographics and student performance.