k-12 cte programs

Get a head start on your future. Take specialized classes with mentoring and gain work experience in fields where jobs are in demand.

Find Your Future

Colorado Career & Technical Education (CTE) leverages workforce and education systems to give secondary school students, those in middle and high school, the opportunity to figure out what they are passionate about and want to pursue after high school.

Prepare for the Real World

Explore a range of career options through hands-on experience, learn how to develop a resume, and interview for a job.

Earn a Paycheck

Many programs offer paid internships, apprenticeships, and job opportunities.

Get More From School

CTE students have a significantly better high school graduation rate (90%) than the national average (75%), and they often save thousands of dollars towards a college degree.

Invest in Tomorrow

There are a growing number of scholarships designed to help CTE students.

Career & Technical Education in Colorado Overview

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Explore Career and Technical Programs

We’ve developed programs in several areas, or clusters, that are important to the Colorado economy and that provide great career opportunities. Our programs are designed to provide education and training that is relevant, responsive, and real.

Programs include food production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.

Animal Science
Agribusiness Systems
Environmental Services Systems
Food Products & Processing Systems
Natural Resources
Plant Science
Power, Structural & Technical Systems

Alternative Cooperative Education (ACE) Career & Technical Education (CTE) is a multi-occupational pathway that facilitates individualized, developmentally appropriate programming necessary to support CTE students successfully. This includes students identified as Special Populations.

ACE CORE
ACE Cluster Based
ACE Specialized

Business and Marketing Education programs are designed to meet the labor market needs of Colorado’s business and industry.

Administrative Services
Business Information Technology
Corporate / General Management
Human Resources Management
Operations Management
Accounting
Banking Services
Corporate Finance
Insurance
Securities & Investments
Foreign Services
Governance
Legal Services
Planning
Public Management & Administration
Regulation
Marketing Communications
Marketing Management
Marketing Research
Merchandising
Professional Sales/Sales Management

From the western slope to the northeastern plains, Career and Technical Education programs in Colorado’s high schools and Community Colleges can get you started on your way to a career in healthcare.

Therapeutic Services
Diagnostic Services
Supportive Services
Health Informatics
Biotechnology Research and Development
Correction Services
Emergency & Fire Management Services
Law Enforcement Services
Security & Protective Services

Programs stimulate students to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society. Our unique focus is on families, work and their interrelationships.

Catering and Culinary Arts
Child & Adolescent Development
Early Childhood Education
Fashion Design & Merchandising
Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition
Interior Design
Life Management
Relationships
Teen Choices
Teen Parent

Preparing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to compete & succeed as the future workforce in a global economy.

Construction
Design & Pre-construction
Maintenance & Operations
Production / Process Technology
Manufacturing Production
Maintenance, Installation & Repair
Quality Assurance
Health, Safety & Environmental Assurance
Logistics & Inventory Control
Facility & Mobile Equipment Maintenance
Health, Safety & Environmental Management
Logistics, Planning & Management Services
Transportation/Systems Infrastructure
Planning Management & Regulation
Warehousing & Distribution Center Operations

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are driving our global marketplace. We need to ensure today’s learners and tomorrow’s leaders are passionate about all the possibilities these areas of study hold.

Audio / Video Technology & Film
Journalism & Broadcasting
Performing Arts
Printing/Publishing
Telecommunications
Visual & Design Arts
Information Support & Services
Interactive Media
Network Systems
Programming & Software Engineering
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics