Welcome to Career Pathways!

• A Pathway is a sequence of courses within your area of interest.

What is a Pathway?

• A Pathway connects from high school to college for a specific degree and/or career.

• Many of the Pathway classes offer concurrent enrollment credit.

• A Pathway will save you time and money towards a college degree.

Why Pathways?

Top 5 reasons to participate inCTE Career Pathways

1. Acquire technical skills training.

2. Hands-on learning.

3. Jump-start future career.

4. Earn college credit while in high school.

5. Save time and money!

CTE Pathways

Sampling of Pathways Within Eight Areas of Study.

Agricultural Systems Technology

Marketing Management

Firefighting

Accounting & Finance

Interior Design

Child Development

NursingTravel & Tourism

Pre-Engineering

Digital Media

Biotechnology

Drafting/CAD

Electronics

Animal Science

Food Science & Culinary Arts

• WHAT do I want to be doing in 5 years?

Ask yourself?

Asking, “Do you want fries with that?”

OR

Developing a new medication?

• WHAT do I want to be doing in 10 years?

• WHAT classes should I take to get ready for college?

Ask yourself?

• WHAT does it cost to go to college?

• WHY should I plan?

Ask yourself?

• WHY should I graduate from high school?

• WHY should I study?

• HOW can I make a lot of money?

Ask yourself?

• HOW do I find a career?

• HOW can Pathways help me?

Earning Power

Education Level Average weeklyincome for

full-time work

Unemployment Rate

High School Dropout $ 522 7.1 percent

High School Diploma $ 704 4.4 percent

Education Pays!

Earning Power

Associate Degree $ 846 3.5 percent

Bachelor’s Degreeor Higher

$ 1,393 2.1 percent

Did you know?

90 percent of jobs require additional training beyond high school.

Classroom instruction connects to the REAL world of work and future career opportunities.

CTE, keeping it real.

Statistics indicate that CTE graduates are worth higher wages because they are more productive than other workers.

CTE Pathways

• Will help you plan for life after high school,before graduation.

• Will jump-start your future career.

• Will give you unlimited opportunities.

• Will save you time and money.

Your career is the trip of a lifetime: Get Directions!

Remember . . .

Check out CTE

For more information aboutCTE Career Pathways

Log on to www.utahcte.org

Career Pathways = Opportunity, Money, and Security!

To-Do List

Make appointment with school counselor

Talk to teacher

Surf www.utahcte.org

Tell parents about CTE

Text friends about CTE

Pick-up Pathways brochure from teacher

Career and Technical Education