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Career & Technical Education (CTE)

Career Success Stars

For more information about other CTE students who have found inspiration and exciting careers, go to Student Profiles.

Active Military Personnel

Bryan Wallace
2nd Lieutenant, Medical Service Corps Officer
United States Air Force
Essex High School
Essex County Public Schools

Entrepreneur

Axel Vasquez
Founder
Axel Makeup Academy
Chantilly Academy
Fairfax County Public Schools

Apprentice

Daniel Louis McCloud
CMC Operative Level 3
Rolls-Royce Crosspointe
Chesterfield Career and Technical Center
Chesterfield County Public Schools

Career and technical education (CTE) programs in Virginia public schools serve more than 640,000 students in one or more CTE courses 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.

Curriculum for Military Science

All curriculum frameworks are available through VERSO from the CTE Resource Center: 

• Military Science Course Listing-This is a Word document. (Word)

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