Career & Technical Education (CTE) provides career training through Idaho’s public high schools, online through CTE Digital, and at Idaho’s six technical colleges. Every CTE program or class is aligned with actual careers and real employers here in Idaho.
When you enroll in a CTE program you learn by doing, and gain real-world skills that your future employers need.
Find out which CTE program and or student organization is right for you, and ask your school counselor about the possibilities.
Do you love:
Working with plants and or animals?
Ask about programs in Agriculture & Natural Resources and FFA
Dreaming up and starting new businesses?
Ask about programs in Business & Marketing and BPA & DECA
Figuring out how things work or designing them to be better?
Ask about programs in Engineering & Technology and TSA
Making gourmet food, designing clothes, or helping children grow?
Ask about programs in Family & Consumer Sciences and FCCLA
Helping people feel healthier?
Ask about programs in Health Sciences and HOSA
Building or fixing or making things?
Ask about programs in Skilled & Technical Sciences and SkillsUSA
If the program you are passionate about isn’t available at your high school there are six technical colleges in Idaho, waiting for you when you graduate:
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls
College of Western Idaho, Nampa
College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls
Idaho State University College of Technology, Pocatello
Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston
North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene
If you want to find out more about going into a technical college program, contact a transition coordinator who can answer your questions and get you going in the right direction.