Early Childhood Education

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Career and Technical Education will continue to serve more than 6,000 ACPS students yearly in grades 6-12. All CTE classes will return to in-person instruction due to the essential hands-on, project-based learning needed to attain course competencies and obtain valuable industry credentials and/or licenses. As with all other in-person classes, CTE teachers and students will follow the most current safety guidelines available. Additionally, Work-Based Learning (WBL) experiences will resume for students. In addition, Economics and Personal Finance, a course required for graduation, will be the only online CTE course available on the Virtual Virginia platform.

The CTE career clusters below require in-person classroom instruction, specialized equipment, direct supervision of hands-on activities, and/or specific materials and technology:

● Architecture and Construction Cluster: Technical Drawing & Design and Architectural Drawing & Design ● Arts, Audio/Visual Technology, and Communications Cluster: TV & Media Production and

Commercial Photography ● Business Management and Administration Cluster: Business Law and Business Management ● Education and Training Cluster: Early Childhood and Teachers for Tomorrow ● Finance Cluster: Accounting and Academy of Finance (courses) ● Government and Public Administration Cluster: Army JROTC ● Health Science Cluster: Introduction to Health & Medical Science, EMT, Pharmacy Tech, Sports

Medicine, Sterile Processing, Surgical Tech, Medical Lab Tech, Medical Terminology, Nurse Aide,

Biotechnology Foundations, and Health Informatics ● Hospitality and Tourism Cluster: Culinary Arts, Hospitality & Tourism Marketing, Sports &

Entertainment Marketing, and Sports & Entertainment Management ● Human Services Cluster: Family & Consumer Sciences (grades 6, 7, and 8), Cosmetology and

Child Development ● Information and Technology Cluster: Make It Your Business (grade 6), Computer Solutions (grade 7), Digital Technology Foundations (grade 8), Digital Applications, Network Hardware

Operations, Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Electronics, and

Graphic Design and Multimedia ● Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Cluster: Criminal Justice ● Marketing Cluster: Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Careers, and Fashion Marketing ● Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Cluster: Introduction to

Technology (grade 6), Inventions & Innovations (grade 7), Technological Systems, (grade 8),

Technical Drawing and Design, Engineering Drawing & Design, Engineering Explorations,

Engineering Analysis and Applications (Robotics), Aerospace, Electronics, Biotech and Forensics

Foundations, Electronics, and Sustainable and Renewable Technologies ● Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Cluster: Automotive Technology