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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Summer camp registration opens Monday, April 15, at 9 a.m.!
Online registration for Char-Em ISD's five summer camps opens at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024, at this link. This year's camps include options for students in grades kindergarten through 11th, including a new K-2 STEM class during Career Academy for Kids!...
Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates regional program receives state ‘Excellence in Practice’ Award
Char-Em ISD, Northwest Ed, Wexford-Missaukee ISD, Networks Northwest, partner to help students succeed in and after high school A Northwest Michigan regional program in local schools that prioritizes career and college readiness activities with middle and high...
Aviation Science & Technology program receives donations to support student flight training
ALANSON - The Aviation Science and Technology program, a Char-Em ISD Career and Technical Education offering hosted by Alanson Public Schools, is providing more students the chance to earn their pilots’ licenses in high school, thanks to a number of recent...
Summer camp registration opens Monday, April 15, at 9 a.m.!
Online registration for Char-Em ISD's five summer camps opens at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024, at this link. This year's camps include options for students in grades kindergarten through 11th, including a new K-2 STEM class during Career Academy for Kids!...
Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates regional program receives state ‘Excellence in Practice’ Award
Char-Em ISD, Northwest Ed, Wexford-Missaukee ISD, Networks Northwest, partner to help students succeed in and after high school A Northwest Michigan regional program in local schools that prioritizes career and college readiness activities with middle and high...
Aviation Science & Technology program receives donations to support student flight training
ALANSON - The Aviation Science and Technology program, a Char-Em ISD Career and Technical Education offering hosted by Alanson Public Schools, is providing more students the chance to earn their pilots’ licenses in high school, thanks to a number of recent...
Career Tech to Careers: Irish Boat Shop with East Jordan grad Jason Dean
Jason Dean has some advice for high school students thinking about what’s next after graduation - keep an open mind about possible career paths. “I wasn’t thinking about going into a career of working on boats, but it sounded like fun and I gave it a shot, and I...
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!
