Career and Technical Education
Key Components of CTE
Sault Area Career Center offers students from across the Eastern Upper Peninsula an opportunity to start exploring and planning a career. Students enrolled in CTE have an opportunity to acquire skills that prepare them for career-entry, advancement, and continuing education. All programs offered integrate four key components of CTE:
- Classroom Instruction
- Laboratory (hands-on learning)
- Work-based Learning
- Student Leadership
The Sault Area Career Center is proud to be a part of Sault Area High School. The Career Center offers a variety of programs, opportunities, and placements for students from across the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
Through community involvement and planning, the Career Center is dedicated to providing students with the resources, teachers, and skills needed to become contributing members of our local community by gaining hands-on, real-world experiences while still in school!
The Career Center proudly welcomes students from surrounding schools including: Brimley, Cedarville, DeTour, Whitefish Township, Ojibwe Charter Schools, Maplewood Baptist, Rudyard, Pickford, and Malcolm.
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CTE News
Health Sciences students earn accolades for their essays in NMU competition.
Two students in Health Sciences were named Eastern Region Winners for the 2024 National Rural Health Day Essay Contest through NMU.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Laitinen who placed first and the runner up, Alyssa Wojnaroski. Both students are second year students in Health Sciences.
To view their essays, please see the NMU Center for Rural Health site.
For more information on Career Technical Education, please contact CTE Director, Kellie Greener.
NMU Center for Rural Health Essay Winners
Elizabeth & Alyssa
- CTE
- Health Sciences
Soo Motors and Ford Motors donate two vehicles to the auto CTE program.
On November 25, the auto shop received two vehicles due to the generation donation from Soo Motors and Ford Motor Company.
The partnership between the CTE program and Soo Motors has been longstanding and it's generous like this that allow students to continue excelling. Instructor Al Odbert said, "This is an awesome opportunity for our students because these cars have the newer technology including a communication system that all vehicles run on."
Senior Ryan Croff is an automotive student who also participates in work-based learning at Soo Motors. Croff spends an hour in auto shop and then applies those skills on the job when he goes to work during 6th and 7th hours.
The generosity and partnership of Soo Motors will allow our aspiring auto technicians to gain real-world experience on modern equipment, helping to bridge the gap between classroom learning and industry practices.
When businesses, schools, and communities come together, the possibilities for our students are truly limitless.
The community and CTE auto class celebrate a lasting partnership and generous donation.
The auto class stands with the two donated vehicles.
- Auto
- CTE