You can find out more
about C3 by contacting
your child’s school counselor.
CTAE Programs
All CCSD high schools
already offer a variety of
Career Pathway classes
through the Career, Technical
& Agricultural Education
(CTAE) program,
ranging from agriculture to
computer science to healthcare
science to transportation.
CCSD’s career education
program begins in
preschool and elementary
school with awareness,
continues in middle school
with electives exploration,
and expands even further
in high school with the
CTAE program’s Career
Pathways and Work-Based
Learning opportunities.
All CCSD high schools
offer a variety of CTAE
Career Pathway courses,
with catalog choices determined
by student interest.
Many classes include the
opportunity to earn professional
industry certification
such as welding certificates,
Microsoft expert status,
Certified Nursing Assistant
licenses and automotive
industry pre-requisites.
Career Pathways
offered at Cherokee High
School include: Audio/
Video Technology & Film,
General Automotive Technology,
Carpentry, Computer
Science, Early Childhood
Care & Education,
Electrical, Engineering &
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Technology, Financial
Services, JROTC-Air Force,
Nutrition & Food Science,
Plant & Floriculture Systems,
Teaching as a Profession,
Therapeutic Services/
Patient Care and Welding.
Creekview High
School’s Career Pathway
choices include: Agricultural
Mechanics, Audio/Video
Technology & Film, Computer
Science, Engineering
& Technology, Equine/
Veterinary Science, Graphic
Design/Communications,
JROTC-Army, Law Enforcement
Services/Forensic
Science/Security &
Protective Services, Marketing
& Management,
Nutrition & Food Science,
Teaching as a Profession,
Therapeutic Services/Allied
and Health & Medicine/
Sports Medicine.
Career Pathways
available at Etowah High
School include: Architectural
Drawing & Design,
Audio/Video Technology &
Film, Carpentry, Collision
Repair, Computer Science,
Engineering Graphics &
Design, Internet of Things,
JROTC– Air Force, Law
Enforcement/Criminal
Investigations, Nutrition &
Food Science, Plant &
Floral Design Systems,
Therapeutic Services/Allied
Health/Sports Med/
Exercise Physiology and
Veterinary Science/Small
Animal Care.
River Ridge High
School’s Career Pathway
options include: Audio/
Video Technology & Film,
Business & Technology,
Computer Science, Engineering
& Technology,
JROTC—Air Force, Law
Enforcement Services/
Forensic Science, Marketing
& Management, Nutrition
& Food Science and
Diagnostics/Clinical Lab.
Career Pathways
available at Sequoyah High
School include: Architectural
Drawing & Design,
Audio/Video Technology &
Film, General Automotive
Technology, Computer
Science, Engineering
Drafting & Design,
JROTC—Air Force, Marketing
& Management, Nutrition
& Food Science,
Teaching as a Profession,
Therapeutic Services/
Patient Care and Web and
Digital Design.
Woodstock High
School’s Career Pathway
choices include: Audio/
Video Technology & Film,
Computer Science, Early
Childhood Care & Education,
Engineering & Technology,
Fire & Emergency
Services/Firefighting,
Graphic Design, Internet of
Things, JROTC—Navy, Law
Enforcement Services/
Criminal Investigations
and Nutrition & Food
Science.
Career-focused learning
extends beyond the school
day through the numerous
extra-curricular CTAE
programs for high school
students, which include
opportunities for learning,
community service, leadership
and regional, state and
national competition.
These extra-curriculars
align with the catalog of
career courses, giving, for
example, healthcare science
students the option of
participating in HOSA
– Future Health Professionals
club and veterinary
science students the option
of participating in FFA.
Work-Based Learning
Through CCSD’s Work-
Based Learning (WBL)
program, students also can
leave campus to spend part
of their school day, as well
as after-school hours,
exploring a career field of
their choice. These partnerships,
such as one with
Northside Hospital Chero-
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General Automotive Technology is a Career Pathway offered at two
CCSD high schools, as well as Collision Repair at a third.