CTE

[Unkotare]

Seen a lot of people here for a long time going on about their admiration for vocational school and the German apprenticeship program, etc. Well, it seems as if trends are taking a turn (again).

The AFT has lately been big on promoting CTE enthusiastically.

What now?

 

[Unkotare]

Career and Technical Education

 

[Unkotare]

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This is consistent with your support of wrestling as a HS sport, eh?

Don't be scared of athletic people just because you have never been one.

 

[Unkotare]

Connecting high schools with businesses in a practical, productive way seems to check many of the boxes that people calling for more vocational education have mentioned.

 

[Unkotare]

Perhaps the tide is turning in the direction many posting here have been hoping for. Let's hope the law of unintended consequences doesn't kick in.

 

[braalian]

Career and Technical Education

You can’t really expect any of us who don’t work in the field to know what that is off the top of our heads. Is it the same thing as vocational schools?

 

[Unkotare]

You can’t really expect any of us who don’t work in the field to know what that is off the top of our heads. Is it the same thing as vocational schools?

Sort of. More on the model of colleges that have internship programs as part of an undergraduate degree. Perhaps a bit of both.

 

[braalian]

I’m still of the opinion that a large chunk of high school class time should be devoted to career training and learning a trade.

Maybe as much as a third. Why not?

It doesn’t have to all be shop or auto mechanics. Practical nursing, CNA, medical assistant, clerical work, some beginning business classes could all be taught at the secondary level

 

[Unkotare]

I’m still of the opinion that a large chunk of high school class time should be devoted to career training and learning a trade.

Maybe as much as a third. Why not?

It doesn’t have to all be shop or auto mechanics. Practical nursing, CNA, medical assistant, clerical work, some beginning business classes could all be taught at the secondary level

That's basically the idea.

 

[The Duke]

You can’t really expect any of us who don’t work in the field to know what that is off the top of our heads. Is it the same thing as vocational schools?

I would say so.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Career and Technical Education

You should have made that clear in your OP.

 

[Unkotare]

There is a varied and successful CTE program in Salem, MA that has been operating for quite some time.