Career & Technical Education (CTE)

All of our high schools and middle schools have CTE course options.  We offer more than 90 different classes each year throughout the district.

Yes!  We have Dual Credit agreements for select classes with South Puget Sound Community College, Grays Harbor Community College, Pierce College, Bates Technical College, and Clover Park Technical College.

Yes! We have more than 25 student-run entrepreneurial businesses across the district, ranging from coffee stands to banner/shirt printing to tiny home construction to video production to turf farming.  Our opportunities for students are growing each year!

ll of the district's educators are members of at least one CTE Advisory Committee.  Each advisory committee is a partnership between educators and industry leaders in that field.  Committees meet multiple times per year to discuss industry trends, workplace skills, and current certification options.

The most current list of CTE Advisory Committees includes: 

• Agriculture/Horticulture
• American Sign Language
• Automotive Technology
• Broadcasting & Video
• Business/Career-Choices
• Construction & Applied Technology
• Electronics
• Drafting
• Family & Consumer Science
• Marketing
• Commercial Art
• Robotics
• Sports Medicine
• Material Sciences
• Technical Theatre
• Welding

Our Work-Based Learning program is available for students at all four district high schools.

Work-Based Learning is a learning experience for a student at an employer's worksite. While on the job, a student's learning experience consists of four elements:

• A planned program of job training/work experience supporting student's career goals.
• Acquire skills increasing in degree of difficulty.
• Exposure to a broad spectrum of employability skills.
• Development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Students: Contact your school counselor or a work-based learning teacher in your school to find out if you are qualified for the program.