Career Technical Education

Career Technical Education (CTE) is committed to helping with a bright future after high school. Today, students need a broad education and 21st-century skills to ensure successful long-term careers.  CTE provides hands-on, unpaid training designed to furnish students with entry-level marketable skills. CTE instructors have extensive career experience. 

Career Technical Education (CTE) classes are taught through a series of lectures, group activities, project-based learning, and job-related internship experiences. Students will learn résumé writing, application completion, communication, interview skills, and job search techniques. Career and technical standards infused with academic standards and workplace learning prepare students for success in the workplace as well as post-secondary education.

CTE is available for all high school students throughout the San Juan Unified District regardless of race, sex, color, ancestry, religion, marital or parental status, gender, or disability.

As a CTE student, you earn 10, 15, or 20 elective credits (depending on the class and hours) just as you would if you were taking three traditional scheduled or two-block scheduled classes on campus. Many classes are articulated with local colleges, which means you can earn high school credit and college credits simultaneously.

The CTE classes are held at various high schools throughout San Juan Unified. After an initial training phase, you could be placed at a community training site (i.e., a local business) in an unpaid or internship position.

Yes! There are former CTE students in our community who are teachers, nurses, dental assistants, lawyers, doctors, accountants, bakers, chefs, entrepreneurs, engineers, computer techs, mechanics, law enforcement officers, vet techs, etc.

Every year, the graduates are surveyed so that CTE is updated on their employment and educational status. To date, nearly all persons responding to the survey have indicated they felt their training in the various CTE programs was good to excellent. Almost nine out of ten people also stated that their CTE training served as an influencing factor in their present work or educational pursuits.

The unemployment rate of CTE graduates has consistently been less than half of the rate of the general population for the same age group.

Students would sign up with their school counselor. 

Some CTE classes are articulated or dual enrolled with the local community colleges, allowing you to earn college credit.

 Students enroll in CTE courses to fulfill many different personal and professional goals.

Gain valuable real-world experience that employers want.

Schedule of Meetings

2023-24 dates to be determined

Member Qualifications

Potential candidates should be outstanding leaders representing business, education, the local community, and government.  The qualities necessary for members are as follows:

• Advocacy - San Juan Unified School District’s CTE Advisory members are expected to be willing and enthusiastic advocates of the CTE vision for all students in the district.  Each member will seek every appropriate opportunity to promote the CTE system and its benefits within the community.  This could include making presentations to parent groups, service organizations, and chambers of commerce.
• Awareness - In order to be effective, a member must be aware of the connection between economic vitality and education and demonstrate a willingness to learn about related problems and solutions.
• Commitment - The member is dedicated to our CTE’s mission and believe that the function he/she performs is a worthwhile one which will ultimately produce results which justify his/her contribution of time, talent, and resources.  In addition, each member is expected to attend and participate in the scheduled Advisory board meetings.
• Leadership- Each member should be a leader in his/her own field and recognized by the community as such, one who can speak for their organization and can commit resources.
• Partnership Skills  - Each member should recognize and accept the need and obligation for partnership building and be able to connect activities that make a program effective.

CTE Non-Discrimination Statement (English)

College & Career Readiness, Career Technical Education Department

San Juan Unified School District offers career and technical education programs in Agriculture, Broadcast and Video; Building and Construction Trades; Business and Finance; Computer Science; Emergency Response; Engineering Design; Entrepreneurship; Health Science; Hospitality & Tourism; Information Technology; Performing Arts; Public Safety; Manufacturing; Networking; Transportation.  Admission to these programs is based on enrollment and seat availability.

Cooperative education, internships and on-the-job training is available to students in grades 11 and 12.  Job shadowing and other career exploration opportunities are available to students in grades 9-12.   Not all programs are available at all schools.  The mission of Career & Technical Education is to help empower students for effective participation in an international economy as world-class workers and citizens, through preparation for further Career & Technical Education and initial employment.

The San Juan Unified School District Board of Education is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. District programs, activities and services shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, and/or bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics of race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America, or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. If you believe you have experienced unlawful discrimination, please contact: Equity Compliance Officer, Fhanysha C. Gaddis, (916) 971-7110, LegalServices@sanjuan.edu; Title IX Coordinator, Katie Fabel, (916) 971-7110, TitleIX@sanjuan.edu; Section 504 Coordinator, Dominic Covello, (916) 971-7220; ADA/Title II Coordinator, Michelle Fischer, (916) 971-7036

Declaración de no discriminación  (Spanish)

El Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Juan ofrece programas de educación profesional y técnica en agricultura, transmisión y video; Oficios de Edificación y Construcción; Negocios y Finanzas; Ciencias de la Computación; Respuesta de emergencia; Diseño de ingeniería; Emprendimiento; Ciencia de la salud; Hospitalidad y turismo; Tecnologías de la información; Las artes escénicas; Seguridad Pública; Fabricación; Redes; Transporte. La admisión a estos programas se basa en la inscripción y la disponibilidad de asientos.

El Distrito Unificado de San Juan está comprometida con la igualdad de oportunidades para todas las personas en los programas y actividades del distrito. Los programas, actividades y servicios del distrito estarán libres de discriminación ilegal, acoso (incluido el acoso sexual), intimidación y/o acoso basado en características reales o percibidas de raza o etnia, color, ascendencia, nacionalidad, origen nacional, estado migratorio, etnia identificación de grupo, edad, religión, estado civil o paternidad, embarazo, discapacidad física o mental, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, información genética, afiliación con Boy Scouts of America, o sobre la base de la asociación con una persona o grupo con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas. Si cree que ha sufrido discriminación ilegal, comuníquese con: Oficial de Cumplimiento de Equidad, Fhanysha C. Gaddis, (916) 971-7110, LegalServices@sanjuan.edu; Coordinadora del Título IX, Katie Fabel, (916) 971-7110, TitleIX@sanjuan.edu; Coordinador de la Sección 504, Dominic Covello, (916) 971-7220; Coordinadora de ADA/Título II, Michelle Fischer, (916) 971-7036