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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Work-Based Learning, aka ‘Co-op:’ Students earn income, high school credits, and can pursue their dreams as they work toward graduation
One local senior has been working on welding a pontoon boat in Cheboygan. Another shadowed at the 33rd Circuit Court, interested in pursuing a law career while working on clerical and court-related tasks. A third senior, interested in a career in accounting, has...
Local Aviation program student Forrest Neff awarded EAA flight training scholarship
PELLSTON - Forrest Neff, a senior in the Aviation Science and Technology program held at Pellston Regional Airport, has been awarded an $11,000 flight training scholarship from local Chapter 1087 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Neff, of Harbor Springs, is...
Creating culinary careers in a familiar classroom
Career and College Readiness SPOTLIGHT: Amanda Hartson Vicente returns to Petoskey High School Culinary Arts program, this time as an instructor A familiar face to Petoskey High School returned earlier this year as a key ingredient in helping students achieve...
Career Tech to Careers: Parker MacDonald, 2024 Petoskey High School graduate, at Corble Builders
On a recent summer afternoon, Parker MacDonald and his coworkers at Corble Builders carried 59 sheets of drywall to a job site on Walloon Lake, where no delivery trucks were allowed due to the property’s sensitive setting. MacDonald, 18, appeared no worse for wear...
Local youth employment program receives statewide honors
The Northwest Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates program was recently honored by Youth Solutions, a statewide youth-serving organization that provides Michigan’s youth with career-focused education. In total, the local program received thirteen awards, both for...
Career Tech to Careers signing event: Caleb Powell, Concord Academy Petoskey graduate, at S&S Welding
Caleb Powell has developed quite the reputation for himself during his first few months on the job at S&S Welding in Petoskey. “He’s never been late, not one time,” said S&S owner Shawn Wonnacott. With a changing labor force and an extremely high demand for...
Career Tech triple crown: 2024 Pellston grad Xavier Schmalzried celebrated at Career Tech to Careers signing event with Wentworth Builders
Xavier Schmalzried is likely one of a small number of students who have the opportunity to put skills from three high school career tech courses all to work right after graduation. Schmalzried, 17, is a 2024 graduate of Pellston High School who took construction,...
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!
