"Your efforts to provide leading edge instruction to Utah’s students are greatly appreciated."
– Mary Shumway, State Director of Career and Technical Education
Utah CTE Pathways:
Connecting High School to College and Career
– Mary Shumway, State Director of Career and Technical Education
Utah CTE Pathways:
Connecting High School to College and Career
- The Utah Major's Guide is one resource where students can find information on post-secondary training in any of the Career Pathways. In addition to discovering where program are offered, students can review descriptions of the programs and majors and find out more about the colleges in Utah.
- The Utah High School to College and Career Pathways Educator’s Guide is your resource for implementing Pathways in your school.
- Pathways will help students clearly recognize the opportunities available to them in high school, and will ease the transition to employment and educational opportunities beyond high school. In this effort, grade appropriate publications and resources have been developed for students in the following grades:
- 7th Grade:
- CTE Introduction – A Guide for Students and Parents
Awareness, Exploration, Skill Building, CTE Careers Pathways
- 8th grade:
- Utah High School to College and Career Pathways Student Guide
An interactive guide to help put students on the path to personal success. - Utah CTE Pathways: Connecting High School to College and Career Parent-Student Guide Pathways information for parents and students, along with career activities.
- 9th-12th grade:
- CTE Career Pathways Passport
A tool for school counselors to use during the SEOP process. This passport will serve as a guide to each student’s future career success. - CTE Pathways video
A 20 minute video, with narration, highlighting students working in CTE Pathways. - Skill Certificate
A certificate awarded to students after testing to verify skill attainment in a CTE Pathway.
- 9th grade:
- Nontraditional Careers
An interactive brochure encouraging students to think about nontraditional careers - Nontraditional Careers DVD
This DVD is a companion piece to the Nontraditional Careers brochure.
- 10th grade:
- Utah CTE Pathways: Connecting High School to College and Career Parent-Student Guide
Pathways information for parents and students, along with career activities.
- 11th grade:
- Utah Student Career Planning Guide
Career information and resources
- 12th grade:
- CTE Pathway Completer Recognition Award – For more information, talk to the Pathways Coordinator in your region.
- CTE Scholarships and Tuition Awards
- Helping students understand their interests, talents and skills, and how these might best be applied in the labor market, will increase chances for personal fulfillment in the workplace. Pathways will enhance individualized planning through the Student Education Occupation Plan (SEOP).
- UtahFutures is Utah’s Career Information System to assist students in planning for their future.
- Post-secondary CTE Pathways will ease the transition for students from high school to college and career by effectively connecting high school CTE Pathways to related certificate or degree programs offered through Utah’s post-secondary institutions. The close coordination between high schools and higher education helps to ensure that students have the skills necessary to succeed, while minimizing the duplication of coursework.
- Utah colleges partner with high schools to identify specific high school courses that could be accepted for credit at their institutions. The courses that meet these high standards are carefully defined in an "articulation agreement" between the cooperating college and high school.
- Other post-secondary options include an apprenticeship and on-the-job training
- CTE Introduction – A Guide for Students and Parents