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Career & Technical Education
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Mission
Our mission is to provide our students with in-demand technical skills and the academics needed for post-secondary education and/or careers in the global workforce in order to become active members within their community. Our CTE program will bridge the employability, academic and technical skills that prepare our students for successful leadership roles in the professional world.
Vision Statement
The Wimberley High School CTE Department goal is to empower students to successfully transition into professional careers and to become leaders within the professional community and the community with which they reside. Whether that be through college graduation or Industry Based Certifications.
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CTE Endorsement Areas
Wimberley High School offers the Five Endorsements that TEA requires for all Career and Technical Education Departments. The five Endorsements include: Business and Industry, Public Service, Arts and Humanities, STEM and Multidisciplinary studies.
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Business and Industry Endorsement
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Cluster
The Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster® focuses on the essential elements of life—food, water, land, and air. This career cluster includes a diverse spectrum of occupations, ranging from farmer, rancher, and veterinarian to geologist, land conservationist, and florist. It also includes non-traditional agricultural occupations like wind energy, solar energy, and oil and gas production.
Arts, A/V Technology and Communications
The Arts, A/V Technology and Communications (AAVTC) Career Cluster® focuses on careers in designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. Careers in the AAVTC Career Cluster require a creative aptitude, a strong background in computer and technology applications, a strong academic foundation, and a proficiency in oral and written communication.
Business, Marketing and Finance
The Business, Marketing, and Finance Career Cluster® focuses on careers in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.
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Public Service Endorsement
Education and Training
The Education and Training Career Cluster® focuses on planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services. All parts of courses are designed to introduce learners to the various careers available within the Education and Training career cluster.
Health Science
The Health Science Career Cluster® focuses on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development. To pursue a career in the health science industry, students should learn to reason, think critically, make decisions, solve problems, communicate effectively, and work well with others.
Human Services
The Human Services Career Cluster® focuses on preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to family and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care services, and consumer services.
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Arts and Humanities Endorsement
The Arts and Humanities endorsement is an endorsement that allows students to focus on courses directly related to fine arts, English literature, foreign languages, and social studies. This would be appropriate for students who are interested in a career in the entertainment industry. The Arts and Humanities endorsement can be attained by completing a coherent sequence, or series of courses, selected from one of the following:
- Social studies
- Four levels of the same language other than English
- Two levels each of two languages other than English
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Courses from one or two categories (art, dance, music, and theater) in fine arts
- English electives that are not part of business and industry
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S.T.E.M. Endorsement
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Cluster® focuses on planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services, including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.
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Multidisciplinary Endorsement
This endorsement supports occupations that are multidisciplinary in nature but is also recommended for students who are unsure of their career path. The Multidisciplinary Studies Endorsement can be earned by completing a coherent sequence, or series of courses, selected from the following:
- Four advanced courses that prepare a student to enter the workforce successfully or postsecondary education without remediation from within one endorsement area or among endorsement areas that are not in a coherent sequence
- Four credits in each of the four foundation subject areas, to include English IV and chemistry and/or physics
- Four credits in AP®, IB®, or dual credit selected from English, mathematics, science, social studies, economics, languages other than English, or fine arts
CTE Non-Discrimination Statement
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Annual Public Notification of Nondiscrimination
Wimberley High School offers career and technical education programs in Business and Industry, Public Services, Arts and Humanities, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and Multidisciplinary Studies. Admission to these programs is based on student choice and availability.
It is the policy of Wimberley High School not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Wimberley High School and Wimberley Independent School District will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator Lori Pharis, at lori.pharis@wimberleyisd.net and/or the Section 504 Coordinator Elizabeth Riley, at Elizabeth.riley@wimberleyisd.net.
Wimberley High School
100 Carney Lane,
Wimberley, Tx 78676
512-847-5729
(En Espanol)
Annual Public Notification of Nondiscrimination
FORMULARIO DE MUESTRANotificación Publica de No Discriminación en Programas de Educación Técnica y Vocacional.
Wimberley ISD ofrece programas de educación técnica y vocacional en servicios públicos, artes y humanidades, ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería, matemáticas y multidisciplinar. La admisión a estos programas se basa en elección y disponibilidad de estudiantes.
Es norma de Wimberley ISD no discriminar en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales y brinda igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Es norma de Wimberley ISD no discriminar en sus procedimientos de empleo por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda; y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
Wimberley ISD tomará las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y vocacionales.
Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos de quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX en Lori Pharis, lori.pharis@wimberleyisd.net, 512-847-2414, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504 en Elizabeth Riley, elizabeth.riley@wimberleyisd.net, 512-847-2414.
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