The twenty-first century global economy places a premium on innovation, customization, new business models, and new ways for organizing work. To succeed in this new environment, individuals and organizations must continually acquire new skills and new ways of managing knowledge and information. Depth of knowledge and refinement of skills must continually increase for workers to be more productive; find and keep high-skill, high-wage jobs; and advance in careers.

The goal of Central High School’s Career Technical Education curriculum is to provide students access to a flexible system of rigorous school- and work-based learning, planned collaboratively by students, parents, educators, and employers. This system will result in graduates having industry-recognized credentials and preparation for advanced study or employment. The courses are designed to provide content that is student-centered; allowing career pathways that include academic and Career/Technical Education courses specifically directed to students’ key interest and required skills. Upon graduation, students are prepared for postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, employment; as well as individual, family, employer, and community success.

Central High School’s Career/Technical Education curriculum keeps pace with the rapid changes in business and industry by offering students high caliber learning experiences that are in a continuous process of review and improvement.

The curriculum is designed to address students’ needs both now and for the future.

Career Technical Director/Assistant Principal : Lisa B.Coleman