Technical Education

The Technical Education cluster consists of a wide variety of courses that provide students with

specialized skills, experiences, and technical knowledge necessary for further education and training at

the postsecondary or apprenticeship-level and/or entry-level employment. Based upon interest and

needs, students may choose to pursue a career objective in a related occupation.

Related occupations with similar characteristics are grouped together to form career majors.

The primary goals of the Technical Education program are as follows:

          ●  To introduce students to technical careers

          ●  To develop employability skills

          ●  To reinforce basic skills

          ●  To encourage participation in postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, and/or

            employment

The Technical Education curriculum is organized and structured in accordance with the National Skill

Standards Board's common framework that encompasses three tiers of skill standards: core,

concentration, and specialty. Program learning objectives, curriculum content, instructional strategies,

teaching materials, classroom and worksite activities are based, as appropriate, on the requirements of

existing nationally recognized, industry-based skill standards and occupational certifications. This

foundation facilitates students' acquisition of portable, transferable knowledge and skills and increases

their prospects for entry into rewarding, upwardly mobile employment opportunities that offer

established career ladder progressions. In addition, students are better prepared for further, higher-level

job preparation education and training activities such as completion of an apprenticeship project or

attainment of a postsecondary degree.