Career and Technical Education (CTE)

2025-2026 CTE Courses

Customer Service

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a foundational program designed to teach the essential skills and principles of providing excellent customer support. The curriculum typically covers fundamental topics like understanding customer needs, effective communication (both verbal and written), handling complaints, and making positive first impressions. It aims to help participants build strong customer relationships and is suitable for both entry-level employees and business owners.

Intro to CTE

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a foundational class in Career and Technical Education that introduces students to different career paths, workplace skills, and hands-on learning. It helps students explore future careers, provides a broad knowledge base for a specific industry, and prepares them for further, more specialized CTE courses or post-secondary education.

Intro to Electrical

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides students with foundational electrical skills for careers in installation, maintenance, and repair of residential, commercial, and industrial systems. The curriculum typically covers electrical theory, safety, tool usage, and hands-on skills like wiring, circuit troubleshooting, and blueprint reading, balanced with classroom instruction and career development activities.

Intro to HVAC

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) systems through a combination of theory and hands-on practice. The curriculum typically covers basic refrigeration principles, electrical concepts, piping and tubing skills, safety procedures, and the installation, maintenance, and repair of various systems.

Intro to Plumbing

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a foundational understanding of the plumbing trade, covering safety, tool usage, and the installation and repair of various plumbing systems like water, waste, and gas. Key topics include reading blueprints, basic math calculations for plumbing, and hands-on skills for working with different pipe materials such as copper, PVC, and cast iron. The program aims to prepare students for entry-level jobs or further training in fields like plumbing, construction management, or engineering.