What Are You Thankful For? Elementary School Students Answer! (Family, Friends, & Fortnite?)
Overview of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs
Structure of Career Spheres and pathways
Integration of academic content and technical skills
Importance of social-emotional learning in vocational training
Methods for student engagement and relevancy in curriculum
Concurrent enrollment and college credit opportunities
Industry-recognized credentials (CNA, OSHA 10)
Mentorship programs and community partnerships
Student experiences with engineering and healthcare pathways
Impact of experiential learning and field trips
Full Document Analysis
Notable Quotes (4)
Our goal is really to give students access to courses that they can deploy their technical skills also academic content and really see the relevancy of that.
Woodworking for example gave me insight into how you actually use these tools... I as an engineer could design a product and have a better understanding of how this might actually be produced.
I think it's important that I got that early on and now I feel like I'll be ready for what's ahead in my future.
This year we have 117 community based mentors and roughly... about 20 of those mentors are former students that have now come back to kind of pay it forward.
People (4)
Zach NelsonHostFacilitating discussion on CTE programs with school staff and students.
Facilitating discussion on CTE programs with school staff and students.
Scott TorterCTE CoordinatorOversees the CTE department and Compass mentorship program.
1 quote
Oversees the CTE department and Compass mentorship program.
“It allows a student to take an intro course and find out and when you're 16, finding out that something is a fit is equally valuable to figuring out like, hey, that is totally not for me.”
Discussing the value of CTE pathways in helping students explore interests.
NoahSeniorParticipates in engineering and computer programming pathways.
1 quote
Participates in engineering and computer programming pathways.
“I was gaining experience engineering, coding, some electrical engineering, mechanical engineering. While I'm still in high school, I was working with NASA.”
Describing his internship experience facilitated by the Compass program.
ReeSeniorParticipates in the healthcare pathway, certified as a nursing assistant.
1 quote
Participates in the healthcare pathway, certified as a nursing assistant.
“I've now been working as a CNA for 6 months... and it's just ignited my passion for helping people.”
Discussing the impact of early professional certification on her career goals.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (1)
- Inside Wisetta podcast episode recording