Rigorous and Relevant CTE Courses and Pathways for Today’s Students
With more careers than ever requiring specialized training, the demand for Career and Technical Education (CTE) is growing exponentially.
Edgenuity provides a catalog of highly relevant CTE courses that empower students to explore their interests by engaging with 16 Career Clusters, 11 Career Pathways, and 17 Certification Pathways including multi-year support for high-demand, high-interest careers and job certification readiness.
Career and Technical Education Proven to Support Student Success
- Increase graduation rates
- Improve academic outcomes
- Support post-secondary transitions
- Engage students in education
- Increase economic prospects
Empower Students to Explore Career Interests
Edgenuity’s career and technical education courses promote deep understanding and application through career-related tasks and projects.
Our CTE courses combine high-quality instruction with real-world examples that invite students to pursue interests spanning business, health sciences, engineering, arts, communications, information technology, entrepreneurship opportunities, and more. Hands-on projects enable students to apply and synthesize learning as they:
- Design a board game that incorporates each of Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development
- Design a tour company, incorporating all aspects of marketing, business, and logistics
- Discuss building LEED scores with builders or architects in their town or city
- Use 3D software modeling tools to design a simple product
- Establish a blog community or web page
- Create a sketch model of a toy for pets
- Develop a 3D video game
Edgenuity Career Clusters
Edgenuity CTE course offerings provide more than 100 career-focused course options*. The courses available through Edgenuity’s platform address all 16 Career Clusters® identified by Advance CTE**:
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- Architecture & Construction
- Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
- Business Management & Administration
- Finance
- Education and Training
- Government & Public Administration
- Health Science
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Human Services
- Information Technology
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
- Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Edgenuity Career Pathways
The wide variety of courses available through Edgenuity include hands-on, career-based projects and problem solving. These courses support career exploration, while also allowing students to deepen their experience by taking multiple related courses, including enrollment in a set of courses that are mapped to national Career Pathways**.
National Career Pathways** define the knowledge and skills students need to prepare for a specific focused career direction. Edgenuity CTE courses map to learning priorities defined for these pathways:
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- Animal Systems
- Business Management & Administration
- Business Information Management
- General Management
- Health Science
- Therapeutic Services
- Biotechnology Research & Development
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
- Human Services
- Early Childhood Development and Services
- Family & Community Services
- Information Technology
- Network Systems
- Programming & Software Development
- STEM
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Edgenuity Certification Pathways
Many career entry opportunities require a certificate or credential to demonstrate that candidates the requisite knowledge and skills. Edgenuity offers Certification Pathways that include a multi-year set of courses to help prepare students for success on national certification exams.
The certification exams are administered and scored by entities such as the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI®)***. These skills and knowledge assessments are typically aligned to entry-level career requirements.
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- Agricultural Biotechnology (NOCTI® Agricultural Biotechnology)
- Animal Systems (NOCTI® Animal Systems)
- Natural Resources (NOCTI® Natural Resource Systems)
- Business Management & Administration
- Business Information Management (NOCTI® Business Information Processing)
- General Management (NOCTI® General Management)
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Word 2016 (MOS Exam 77-725: Word® 2016)
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Excel 2016 (MOS Exam 77-727: Excel® 2016)
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (MOS Exam 77-729: PowerPoint® 2016)
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Access 2016 (MOS Exam 77-730: Access® 2016)
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Outlook 2016 (MOS Exam 77-731: Outlook® 2016)
- Health Science
- Nursing Assistant (NOCTI® Nursing Assisting, NHSA, AMCA Certified Nursing Assistant)
- Pharmacy Technician (Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT))
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Hospitality Management – Food and Beverage (NOCTI® Hospitality Management – Food & Beverage)
- Hospitality Management – Lodging (NOCTI® Hospitality Management – Lodging)
- Human Services
- Early Childhood Development (NOCTI® Early Childhood Development and Services, NOCTI® Early Childhood Education & Care – Basic)
- Family & Community Services (NOCTI® Family & Community Services)
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
- Criminal Justice (NOCTI® Legal Services, NOCTI® Criminal Justice)
*Edgenuity offers a set of more than 75 CTE Electives in our Enhanced CTE Bundle, with about a third of these releasing in November 2020. In addition, Edgenuity offers a suite of eDynamic Learning electives on a subscription basis, allowing students to pursue a large range of interests in language arts, creative arts, STEM, and CTE. These eDynamic Learning electives are priced separately by enrollment.
**Advance CTE is the national non-profit organization representing state CTE professionals. Advance CTE developed the Career Clusters Framework® which includes all 16 Career Clusters and 79 defined Career Pathways.
***Edgenuity does not provide certification exams.
