This segment is sponsored by Prince
Georges County Public Schools.
February is CTE month and in this case, CTE
stands for career and technical education.
So in celebration, Prince George's
County Public Schools is highlighting the
programs that are available for students
to jump start their future careers
while they're still in high school.
This morning, I am joined by
instructional supervisor Amy Rock
along with Doctor Jean Paul Cadet,
who is the Prince Georges
County Public School.
CTE director thank you both for being here.
Good appreciate it.
So people here CTE sometimes we think,
right the brain injury is something else.
In this case, what is CTE? So
CTE and Prince George's County
Public Schools stands for
career and technical education.
And through our department,
we provide over 30 rigorous programs
that meet the criteria of high skill,
high wage and high demand for our students.
And through our programs,
students are able to gain immediate access
to institutions of higher education trade.
Those military or of course the
workforce to setting them up for success.
Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.
You sorry interrupting you.
No, you're fine. So
and our our students,
the benefit of going through CTE is
that they gain transferable skills
and they also gain college credits
and in some cases and associates
degree all while earning like
different they earn college credits
additionally and then they're also
set up to do whatever they want to do.
If they go to college they
can work because they're fully
credentialed upon graduation.
Wow, that is really amazing.
You mentioned all of these
different CTE programs.
What are some of them that
you could be exploring,
right. Once we're highlighting today
are ones that are under enrolled. And
so we're just a little surprised
by that. And one of those
is our construction trades programs.
We offer five different
construction trades programs.
That when you leave us from our
programs and if you go into an
apprenticeship, you can leave that
apprenticeship with zero debt,
having earned money and starting
wage around $100,000. Wow. And so
this is kind of our display for
this one, right? The hard hat.
Ladies, right now only
11% of the construction industry.
Is, is has roles held by women.
And so we really want our young
ladies to to look at the construction
trades as a viable option.
Yeah, yeah. And our teacher Academy,
we all know that we are understaffed, right?
We do across the country that
we have a teacher shortage.
And so we really want to
encourage our young men,
particularly our young men of color,
African American young males,
Hispanic young males,
we are in need of them in our classrooms
and in Prince Georges County if you
come out of our Teacher Academy of
Maryland or our early childhood.
Education program earn your teaching
credential you are guaranteed a job with
Prince Georges County Public Schools
starting salary of at least $60,000.
Oh that's wonderful is that
this one or which which what
is this one here this table.
So
it's a Little Mix of all because we we
offer pathways to cover every profession
that a child could have interest in.
So that's one of the things why we
always say CTE is for every student
because no matter what you want to do in
your in your future we have a pathway.
We have the resources to help provide
students to access that that information.
OK. I mean I even see some bread here.
Does that assume we're doing some cooking?
Not today. OK. But we do have, we do
have a world renowned culinary program
where our students are matched with
Michelin star chefs and they learn how
to cook in the top tier restaurants
and to design foods of their own.
And I also see of course
the computers and things.
I'm sure that that is a major
field you you're trying to
get students interested in.
Absolutely. So one of the things that
we also might like to share is that CTE
today is not CTE before we are very much
into a high tech stem steam model, right.
We also, we also infuse entrepreneurship.
We also infuse innovation because we
want to make sure that our students
come out and they are ready to
take control of their life,
control of their destiny and they're
able to have that personal and
financial impact in your life,
OK? And I know there's so many
benefits to it besides this,
you have some of those.
I mean what what else do you
see from your students who come
out of this? So statistically,
students that are enrolled in CTE programs,
they graduate at 93% higher rate than not,
their peers that don't participate
in CTE and then of that 93% they
graduate and go on to college,
91% of them graduate within
three to four years.
Again, because many of our
programs have the dual credit,
they have dual credit option,
the early middle college option and students
are graduating with their associates.
So thanks.
Thanks to the unwavering support of our CEO,
doctor Monica Goldstein,
and the Board of Education and our
Amazing team of CTE staff and educators,
we were able to provide our students
with access to unimaginable resources
that were not previously allowed
or available in earlier times.
Wow, and so many options here.
I know they don't have
long to sign up, right?
There's a deadline here
if you want to apply.
Thank you both for being here.
The CCT application is open
now through February 17th.
Students and parents can
learn about specific.
Programs and also complete the
application on their web page which is
www.pgcps.org/CTE.
You will gain transferable skills,
work readiness and get a jump
start on college while exploring
a career option at no cost.