Welcome to Career Pathways!

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

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

• Many courses within a Pathway offer concurrent enrollment credit.

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

What Is a Pathway?

Top 5 Reasons to Participate inCTE Career Pathways:

1. To acquire technical skills training.

2. To participate in hands-on learning.

3. To jumpstart your future career.

4. To earn college credit while in high schoolthrough concurrent enrollment credit.

5. To save time and money!

Why 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 Sciences & Culinary Arts

CTE Career Pathways

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

Asking, “Do you want fries with that?”

OR

Developing a new medication?

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

Ask Yourself…

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

• WHAT does it cost to go to college?

Ask Yourself…

• WHY should I plan?

• WHY should I graduate from high school?

• WHY should I study?

Ask Yourself…

• HOW can CTE Career Pathways help me?

• HOW do I find the options that areright for me?

• HOW do I find a satisfying career?

Ask Yourself…

Education Level Average WeeklyIncome for

Full-Time Work

Unemployment Rate

High School Dropout $454 14.6 percent

High School Diploma $626 9.7 percent

Education Pays!

Associate Degree $761 6.8 percent

Bachelor’s Degreeor Higher

$1,025 5.2 percent

Earning Power

90% of jobs require additional training beyond high school.

Did You Know?

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

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

CTE: Keeping It Real

CTE Pathways:

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

• Will jumpstart 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…

For more information aboutCTE Career Pathways,

log on to www.UtahCTE.org.

Explore CTE Pathways!

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Tell parents about CTE

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