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Career and Technical Education

CTE provides students of all ages with the academic and technical skills, knowledge and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners.

Career and Technical Education

Career Clusters

The National Career Clusters® Framework provides a vital structure for organizing and delivering quality CTE programs through learning and comprehensive programs of study. In total, there are 16 Career Clusters in the National Career Clusters Framework, representing more than 79 Career Pathways to help students navigate their way to greater success in college and career

More information about each of the national clusters can be found here:
https://www.careertech.org/career-clusters

A "peak" into CTE at Apex High School

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These are the CTE Course Offerings that are currently being taught face-to-face at Apex High School. Students who complete at least 1 completer course (could have 1 or 2 prerequisites) in 1 Career Pathway (and take the Work Keys)  are eligible for the CTE Concentrator Honor Cord at graduation!  Benefits Here!

A complete list of our Clusters/Pathways can be found here: 
Career Pathways

CTE Honor Cord - Career Pathways - Apex High School


To complete the Pathway, the student must take the class indicated with an asterisk (*) and all required pre-reqs for that completer course.
Plant Systems
Agriscience Applications, Horticulture I, Horticulture II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Drafting Architectural
Drafting I, Drafting II* - Architectural Honors, Drafting III – Architectural Honors,  CTE Advanced Studies
Carpentry
Core and Sustainable Construction, Carpentry I, Carpentry II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Interior Design
Interior Design I, Interior Design II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Accounting
Accounting I Honors, Accounting II*Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship I Honors, Entrepreneurship II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Management
Business Management I Honors, Business Management II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Healthcare Professional
Health Science I, Health Science II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Travel and Tourism
Sports & Entertainment MKTG I or Marketing, Hospitality and Tourism* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies 
Culinary Arts Applications
Culinary Arts & Hospitality I, Culinary Arts & Hospitality II, Culinary Arts & Hospitality III* Honors, Culinary Arts & Hospitality IV, CTE Advanced Studies, Culinary Co-op
Food Products & Processing Systems
Food and Nutrition I, Food Science and Technology II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Computer Engineering
CompTIA IT Fundamentals, Computer Engineering Technology I, Computer Engineering Technology II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Python Programming
Python Programming I, Python Programming II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
SAS Computer Programming
AP Computer Science Principles, SAS Base Programming* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science*, CTE Advanced Studies
Apparel and Textile Production
Apparel & Textile Production I, Apparel & Textile Production II* Honors, CTE Advanced Studies
Automotive Services
Automotive Service Fundamentals, Automotive Service I, Automotive Service II* Honors, Automotive Service III Honors
 

Community College Credit for CTE Courses!


LOCAL ARTICULATED CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM & WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
CRITERIA TO AWARD COLLEGE CREDIT (Active 2019-2022)

The following criteria will be used to award college credit for identified high school courses:
1. Grade of B or higher in the course (80 or higher), &;
2. A scaled score of A (90 or higher) on the CTE post assessment (either provided by NC DPI or an approved third party), &;
3. Students must enroll at Wake Tech within two years of their high school graduation date (Students can add these credits free of charge while taking a Dual Enrollment Course in High School!).
** No state final exam during field test year. Grade of B (80) or higher in courses with no post-assessment.
The list of qualifying Apex High CTE Courses for Wake Tech can be found here:
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Steps to apply for the credit (CDC can assist with all of these!):
  1. You need verification of Final Grade and the Exam Grade for the Course (Unofficial Transcript and Report Card)
  2. You need to print out a copy of the corresponding List/Articulation Agreement above and highlight the courses that you have earned credit for.
  3. You need to get all of this information to the Transcript Evaluation Team at Wake Tech (generic form letter). Contact info:
Wake Tech Community College
Mrs. Lorianne Robinson, Transcript Evaluation
Main Campus, Students Services Building
Room SSB-243
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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College and Universities that have accepted these transfer credits from WTCC before:
There are several colleges and universities that will accept these transfer credits from Wake Tech once they have been added to the Wake Tech Transcript.  The student must take at least 1 Wake Tech course to generate this transcript! Every educational institution has its own policies as it relates to transferring in course equivalencies, but the links below show which Apex High School Articulated CTE credits (By CTE Content Area) have previously been accepted at 4 year colleges and universities in the NC Area! 
  • Marketing
  • Health Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Business and Finance
  • Drafting
  • Interior Design
  • Construction

Interested in which Career Cluster best fits your interests?

We have compiled a list of different careers (in alphabetical order) based on student responses and sorted them by which Career Cluster they most closely align with at Apex High School.  If a career that interests you is listed on the link below, please find the Cluster in Column B and use the list of course offerings above to find the best CTE classes for you!
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​The complete list can be found here: ​https://goo.gl/J5xD0r
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