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Your Journey to Career: Exploring Career & Technical Education (CTE)

You may not have heard the term "Career & Technical Education," but chances are that you are familiar with one of the programs offered at Idaho's high schools and career technical colleges.

Category
Preparing for College & Career, Job & Career Training
Topics
Career & Technical Education (CTE), College Credit, Job Training, Technical Schools, Exploring College Options

Get Technical

 

Seventeen Idaho Career Technical Schools (CTS) and six technical colleges across the state provide robust career-focused instruction to students in grades 8-12. The curriculum is made available to students attending regular Idaho high schools as well, often via CTE Digital.

When you enroll in a CTE program, you learn by doing and gain real-world skills that employers are seeking.

Find out which CTE program and/or student organization is right for you, and ask your school counselor about the possibilities.

Do you love:

Working with plants and or animals?
Ask about programs in Agriculture & Natural Resources and FFA

Dreaming up and starting new businesses?
Ask about programs in Business & Marketing and BPA & DECA

Figuring out how things work or designing them to be better?
Ask about programs in Engineering & Technology and TSA

Making gourmet food, designing clothes, or helping children grow?
Ask about programs in Family & Consumer Sciences and FCCLA

Helping people feel healthier?
Ask about programs in Health Sciences and HOSA

Building, fixing, or making things?
Ask about programs in Skilled & Technical Sciences and SkillsUSA

If the program you are passionate about isn’t available at your high school, there are six technical colleges in Idaho, waiting for you when you graduate:

College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls

College of Western Idaho, Nampa

College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls

Idaho State University College of Technology, Pocatello

Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston

North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene

If you want to find out more about getting into a technical college program, contact a transition coordinator, who can answer your questions and get you going in the right direction.

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