Welcome to Career Pathways!
•A Pathway is a sequence of courses within your areaof interest.
•A Pathway connects from high school to college for aspecific degree and/or career.
•Many courses within a Pathway offer concurrentenrollment credit.
•A Pathway will save you time and money toward acollege degree.
What Is a Pathway?
Top 5 Reasons to Participate inCTE Career Pathways:
1. To acquire technical skills training.
2. To participate in hands-on learning.
3. To jumpstart your future career.
4. To earn college credit while in high schoolthrough concurrent enrollment credit.
5. To save time and money!
Why Pathways?
Sampling of Pathways Within Eight Areas of Study
Agricultural Systems Technology
Marketing Management
Firefighting
Accounting & Finance
Interior Design
Child Development
Nursing
Travel & Tourism
Pre-Engineering
Digital Media
Biotechnology
Drafting/CAD
Electronics
Animal Science
Food Sciences & Culinary Arts
CTE Career Pathways
• WHAT do I want to be doing in 5 years?
Asking, “Do you want fries with that?”
OR
Developing a new medication?
• WHAT do I want to be doing in 10 years?
Ask Yourself…
•WHAT classes should I take to get ready forcollege?
•WHAT does it cost to go to college?
Ask Yourself…
• WHY should I plan?
• WHY should I graduate from high school?
• WHY should I study?
Ask Yourself…
• HOW can CTE Career Pathways help me?
•HOW do I find the options that areright for me?
• HOW do I find a satisfying career?
Ask Yourself…
Education Level
Average Weekly
Income for
Full-Time Work
Unemployment Rate
High School Dropout
$454
14.6 percent
High School Diploma
$626
9.7 percent
Education Pays!
Associate Degree
$761
6.8 percent
Bachelor’s Degreeor Higher
$1,025
5.2 percent
Earning Power
90% of jobs require additional trainingbeyond high school.
Did You Know?
Classroom instruction connects to the REAL world ofwork and future career opportunities.
Statistics indicate that CTE graduates are worth higherwages because they are more productive than otherworkers.
CTE: Keeping It Real
CTE Pathways:
• Will help you plan for life after high school—
before graduation.
• Will jumpstart your future career.
• Will give you unlimited opportunities.
• Will save you time and money.
Your career is the trip of a lifetime—get directions!
Remember…
For more information aboutCTE Career Pathways,
log on to www.UtahCTE.org.
Explore CTE Pathways!
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