1. Career and Technical Education Month
Edith K. Pickens
Director
Secondary Programs
February 20, 2014

2. Celebrating Career and Technical Education Month
Career programs are offered for students in middle grades programs and in high school.
There are sixteen nationally recognized career clusters.
Huntsville City Schools prepares students for further education and jobs in each of the career clusters.

3. Huntsville City Schools Career Academies
Biomedical Science
International Baccalaureate Career-Related Certificate (IBCC)
Biotechnical Engineering and Research
Interior Design
Computer Science
Johnson Magnet Law Academy
Construction/Building Science and Drafting
Lee Magnet Fine Arts Academy (Visual Arts, Music, Creative Writing, Dance, Theatre, Video and Broadcast/Photo Video, Computer Graphics)
Culinary
Logistics Technology
Cyber Security
Manufacturing Technology (Drafting Design, Precision Machining, Welding)
Entertainment Technology Academy
Microsoft Information Technology Academy
Esthetics
Project Lead the Way – Engineering Academy
Finance
Public Safety and Security Technology
Health Science
Full Implementation:

4. Celebrating Career and Technical Education Month
The theme of 2014 Career and Technical Education month is “Celebrate CTE Superheroes.”
We want to thank our teachers and directors who work daily to support student learning goals through their work with our career programs.
We have many student superheroes earning college credits, credentials and certifications through our career programs.
Tonight, you will hear from several of our
exemplary students representing career
programs in Huntsville City Schools.

5. Career & Technical Education Student Spotlight
Student: Savitha Venkatesh
Eighth Grade: Challenger Middle School
Program: Project Lead the Way
Design & Modeling: Students in this course learn the engineering design process and apply it to the problem based curriculum. As part of the design and modeling process, students generate computer assisted drawings which they then use with a 3-D printer to create working prototypes of their designs.

6. Career & Technical Education Student Spotlight
Student: Jaquala Hammonds
Senior: Johnson High School
Program: Law Academy
Mock Trials: Students in the Johnson Law Academy participate in mock trials in Birmingham. This experience, as well as the other opportunities in the Johnson Law Academy, have helped Jaquala choose to pursue a career as an attorney.

7. Career & Technical Education Student Spotlight
Student: Tyler Tomlin
Senior: Huntsville High School
Program: Microsoft IT Academy
Microsoft IT Academy: The Microsoft IT Academy is a four year program to prepare students in a business related career. Students earn MS Office Specialist certifications through completion of the program and qualifying scores on certification exams. Tyler has earned certifications in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.