A great place to start planning a career
All schools within the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District offer a variety of experiences that help students explore careers and prepare for future education and the world of work.
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Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Megan Pickering, Boyne Falls High School graduate, at Boyne City Elementary School
When Megan Pickering was a kindergartner, her future career was already calling out to her. “One day we had a sub, and I told her that I was going to take charge of the class. I told her I was going to read a story to all the kids in the class, and I did,”...
Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Zach Piechan, Boyne City High School graduate, at Manthei Construction
At a “Trades Day” event in the spring of his senior year at Boyne City High School, Zach Piechan listened as Montana Moblo from Manthei Construction talked about his job as a lead diesel mechanic. Piechan knew he had an interest in working on heavy equipment after...
Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Logan LaHaie, Petoskey High School graduate, at Muller Electric / L&L Electric
You could say Logan LaHaie had an enlightening moment during his Construction Trades class at Petoskey High School during his senior year. In the class, students learn about every aspect of construction, from framing and drywalling to roofing and electrical...
Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Megan Pickering, Boyne Falls High School graduate, at Boyne City Elementary School
When Megan Pickering was a kindergartner, her future career was already calling out to her. “One day we had a sub, and I told her that I was going to take charge of the class. I told her I was going to read a story to all the kids in the class, and I did,”...
Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Zach Piechan, Boyne City High School graduate, at Manthei Construction
At a “Trades Day” event in the spring of his senior year at Boyne City High School, Zach Piechan listened as Montana Moblo from Manthei Construction talked about his job as a lead diesel mechanic. Piechan knew he had an interest in working on heavy equipment after...
Career Tech to Careers Signing Event: Logan LaHaie, Petoskey High School graduate, at Muller Electric / L&L Electric
You could say Logan LaHaie had an enlightening moment during his Construction Trades class at Petoskey High School during his senior year. In the class, students learn about every aspect of construction, from framing and drywalling to roofing and electrical...
Career Tech to Careers signing event: Collin Lang, Harbor Springs graduate, and Declan McNulty, Petoskey graduate, at Wentworth Builders
Career Tech to Careers signing event: Collin Lang, Harbor Springs graduate, and Declan McNulty, Petoskey graduate, at Wentworth Builders Two recent local graduates are adding to the construction workforce in Northern Michigan and to Wentworth Builder’s growing...
What is Career & Technical Education?
Career & Technical Education is an essential component of the total educational system and is critical to our workforce development. This education for the work place has been called many things over the years – vocational education, technical education, career education, occupational education and workforce training. We call it Career and Technical Education or CTE.
Career and Technical Education is provided in a variety of settings and levels including awareness of different jobs at the elementary level, middle school career exploration, secondary CTE programs, post secondary certificates and degrees, and whole community – students and families, teachers and schools, and businesses. It includes academics, work experience, occupational training, career counseling and joint activities between business and education.
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Start Working On Your Future Career Now!
Think about all the people you know who graduated from high school in the past few years. Very likely here’s what you’ll see:
- Some young grads may have earned a college degree and are now in satisfying careers.
- Others may have changed college majors two or three times. Likely they’re still in school trying to discover a good career “fit.”
- Others may have dropped out after a semester or two, disenchanted because they have no clear vision of the future.
- Still others may take other approaches leading to satisfying careers.
As you’ve watched the lives of other students unfold, likely you already know there are many different ways to prepare for a wide variety of satisfying careers. Today you can begin early in school.
Char-Em ISD provides opportunities for career exploration K-12. Throughout this website, you’ll see how we are reaching kids of all ages to encourage them to start thinking about and exploring careers!
