Career & Technical Education (CTE)

  • Health & Medical Sciences Exploratory

    Students in this course explore health and medical sciences careers and related career clusters, participate in interactive activities, and receive an overview of the healthcare industry. Course content includes the criteria for entering various healthcare careers, and students will gain communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. This CTE course aligns with Virginia’s required student tasks…

  • Make It Your Business

    Students in this course design, establish, and operate a small-group or class business, producing a service or product that meets an identified school or community need. Emphasis is placed on the introduction and application of business terminology, basic entrepreneurship concepts, and fundamental business principles. Basic academic skills (mathematics, science, English, and history/social science) are integrated…

  • Introduction to Early Childhood Education

    Students in this course prepare to be primary providers of childcare services by focusing on the planning, organizing, and conducting of meaningful play and learning activities. Course topics include child monitoring and supervision, record-keeping and referral procedures, and work-based learning experiences. Students also prepare for continuing education leading to careers in early childhood fields (e.g.,…

  • Introduction to Health & Medical Sciences

    This course introduces the student to a variety of healthcare careers and develops basic skills required in all health and medical sciences. It is designed to help students understand the key elements of the U.S. healthcare system and to learn basic healthcare terminology, anatomy and physiology for each body system, pathologies, diagnostic and clinical procedures,…

  • Principles of Business & Marketing

    In this course, students explore the role of business and marketing in the free enterprise system and the global economy. Students are prepared to make decisions as consumers, wage earners, and citizens. Instruction includes banking and credit, business and marketing economics, the free enterprise system, and business operation.