CTE Career Awareness Night:

Join us on October 22, 2009 for our annual Career Awareness Night.

  • Timeline of the night:
    • CTE Fair - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
    • Career Awareness Program - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
    • CTE Fair - 7:30pm - 8:00pm

The CTE fair will be held in the Senior Cafe in the Arts and Humanities building. A light snack will be provided. Each of our CTE programs will be represented or will be there to showcase.

Learn about the numerous career electives and hear student testimonials to help incoming freshmen make the most of their Pinkerton experience. The Career Awarness Program will be held in the Stockbridge Theatre.

CTE Facts:

  • CTE graduates are 10-15% more likely to be in the labor force, and earn 8-9% more than graduates of academic programs, according to a 2001 Russell Sage Foundation Study. (1)
  • Secondary students who graduate with a CTE concentration are 21/2 times more likely to be employed while pursuing post secondary education than are “college prep” students according to SREB(2).
  • Nearly one-third of the fastest growing occupations will require an associates degree or a postsecondary vocational certificate according to a 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report (3).
  • CTE Programs motivate students to get involved in their learning and goal setting early by engaging them in problem solving activities that construct knowledge and by providing hands-on activities that enable them to apply knowledge.
  • CTE students are more interested and motivated in their coursework because of its connection to the real world, and have lower dropout rates than traditional students. Just having the option of being able to concentrate in CTE in high school results in more young people staying in school because more individually relevant choices are available to them.
  • CTE brings students and adults together in a setting of collaborative learning; and offer opportunities for students to interact with community members, potential employers, and teachers who share similar career interests

Resources

1 - Rosenbaum, J.E. Beyond College for All.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.
2 - Bosel, D., National Assessment of Vocational Education Final Report to Congress. 1994
3 - Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. 2006