CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION Career and technical education is provided in the four area high schools and at the Career & Technical Education Department located at Parkside High School. Business, accounting, marketing programs, computer science, and interactive media are housed in the comprehensive high schools as well. Students from the area high schools may elect to attend as full-time or part-time students at Parkside High School in order to participate in the programs offered at the CTE Center. The Career & Technical Education Center is a time-shared facility that currently offers 27 different programs within the arts, media & communication; business management & finance; consumer services, hospitality & tourism; construction & development; environmental, agricultural & natural resources; health & biosciences; human resource services; and information technology clusters. The program is designed to promote integration and blended instruction between the academic, career and technical programs. Generally, high school students attend the CTE Center for 1-3 periods daily depending on the program chosen. The facility was completed at Parkside High School in September 1997 and is attended by approximately 1313 students coming from all county high schools. Programs offered are as follows: • Accounting and Finance • Advanced Technology • Automotive Technology • Business Administrative Services • Carpentry • Child Development Associate • CISCO Networking • Collision Repair • Computer Science • Cosmetology • Criminal Justice • Culinary Arts • Electricity • Fire Fighter/EMT • Health Occupations • High Performance Manufacturing • HVAC • Horticulture • Interactive Media • JROTC • Marketing • Masonry • Nail Technician • Nursing Assistant • Pre-Engineering (PLTW) • Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM) • Welding An exploratory program called Applied Technology Exploration (ATEX) is in place that allows 9th and 10th grade students to gain exposure to the technology offering by allowing them to rotate through four programs so as to select the one that best meets their career plan. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 2.4 35
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