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Career Technical Education
Preparing young talent to thrive in San Francisco's workforce
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CTE In The News!
Video Game Design Class at Balboa
Inside San Francisco's Balboa High School, students in Mr. Peery's class are hard at work building video games. Make no mistake, while the games may be fun to play, designing them is hard work.
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CTE In The News!
An unlikely trend is unfolding in San Francisco’s public high schools — and it isn’t happening on TikTok.
One of the most popular electives for teens today isn’t robotics, chorus or debate. It’s automotive studies.
“It’s the beginning of a revival,” said George Washington High School auto shop teacher Andre Higginbotham.
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CTE In The News!
In a Gleaming Kitchen, O'C Culinary Students Get a Taste of the Restaurant World
As restaurants scramble for workers, John O’Connell High School teaches youth not just to cook but to think more deeply about the food and businesses around them.
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CTE In The News!
With J Dilla’s Help, Rapper SETI X Launches a New Music Program for SF Youth
San Francisco rapper and teacher SETI X received a J Dilla Music Tech Grant that will provide students with equipment, mentorship and other opportunities over the next 10 years.
About Us
SFUSD CTE addresses barriers so that students from historically and systemically under-resourced communities have opportunities to access career exploration, practice and mastery of technical skills, and early-college course work.
From Biotech to Culinary, all 53 CTE programs cultivate critical thinking, technical literacy, public speaking, and leadership skills. Our goal is that each student has college and career exposure so that they are able to make informed decisions about their path after high school, and they have the work skills to thrive in the San Francisco workforce.
Check out this two-pager to learn more about the various CTE pathways and academies--in varied career sectors--throughout SFUSD.
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This page was last updated on March 21, 2024