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CRTC MISSION: CAREER SUCCESS

The CRTC mission is to prepare our students to become agile, lifelong learners, self-driven to continuously improve their skills, knowledge and professional traits to be successful in a demanding and rapidly evolving 21st century economy.


CRTC VALUES: PERSONALIZED COLLEGE AND CAREER PLAN

We support our students in developing a strategic approach to their high school education, working with them to identify strengths, talents, and potential college and career tracks, and collaborating with them to devise and implement a personalized, self-directed plan for their future.


CRTC VISION: BE PREPARED TO STAND OUT

As students strive to improve themselves and achieve their goals, they must clear many difficult hurdles. These endeavors center around a simple and universally competitive premise, “WHY SHOULD WE -- CHOOSE YOU?”   

  • Why should we ACCEPT YOU to our 4-year, 2-year college or certificate program?   

  • Why should we HIRE YOU for a particular career job or INDUCT YOU into the military?

  • Why should we PROMOTE YOU within our organization? 

  • Why should we ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE our time and money to your education, training, and/or idea?

 

Because of the intensely-focused classroom education, hands-on practical experiences and career-minded training they’ve received at the CRTC, our graduates can confidently weave a complex and thorough story, grounded in evidence of their personal and professional readiness.  Career pathway highlights for a typical 17 or 18 year-old CRTC completer include a mix of the following:

  • Engaged in talks, job shadows and internships (work-based learning) with career professionals

  • Earned nationally recognized industry certifications and/or licensure

  • Completed numerous college classes and/or hours (with transcripts)

  • Acquired (with evidence) industry-ready technical skills

  • Demonstrated (with evidence) employability/workplace-ready professional skills

  • Attained targeted, career-specific writing, presentation and mathematical skills

  • Worked in an entry-level position in the industry

  • Developed the beginnings of a professional network

 

A sense of accomplishment pervades our culture based on these college and career-ready measures.  This is our niche, and it’s what separates us from the many other worthy opportunities available to students. 

 

Our students complete high school with more than just a diploma. CRTC students graduate with a sense of purpose and excitement about their future.  


CORE BELIEFS (‘THE CRTC WAY’) - OUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS

 

TO ENHANCE THEIR PERFORMANCE:

  • Personalize the educational experience of each and every student by offering a healthy mix of theoretical knowledge and applied (hands-on) practical learning.

  • Emphasize the development of both professional and technical (competencies) skills as industry seeks employees who are competent in both of these areas.

  • Design curriculum and assessment models that support all students pursuing deeper levels of knowledge and skills valued by employers.

  • Encourage students to build their capacity to be self-driven, and in doing so to take ownership in their education and future planning.

  • Value student’s ability to apply relevant knowledge and skills to real-world industry problems.

  • Ensure that our performance measures (rubrics) align to the rigor of college and industry, are clearly understood by students of all abilities, and can be successfully utilized for SPUR self-evaluation.

 

TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAM:

  • Promote postsecondary academic readiness and confidence by offering students the opportunity to earn college credits and/or postsecondary hours.

  • Promote career readiness by regularly offering students opportunities to: earn industry certifications and licensure, participate in job shadows and internships (offsite work-based learning), interact with career professionals and develop critical job search skills.

  • Support our students to create strategic personalized postsecondary plans by providing college, industry, military, apprenticeship and enterprise exposure opportunities - along with career-driven guidance - to ensure they are fully informed of the many opportunities available to them.

  • Provide leadership, competitive, and training opportunities through Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs), internal businesses, clubs, and after-school volunteer opportunities.

 

TO ENHANCE OUR CULTURE:

  • Establish norms where seeking, accepting, providing and using feedback to improve is accepted as ‘what we do’ every day.

  • Promote industry values like proper dress, appropriate language and strong attendance

  • Enroll capable and committed first-year students, then reserve enrollment in year two for those students who have clearly demonstrated self-direction, aptitude and maturity. 

  • Energize the environment by celebrating achievements as well as hosting events that help build camaraderie and spirit within individual classes, entire programs and throughout the center. 

  • Maintain and establish our own CRTC identity in balance with the nine high schools we serve.

 

TO ENHANCE OUR OPERATION:

  • Provide updated, safe and well-maintained facilities, tools, and equipment.

  • Implement best practices in career and technical education (CTE) through research and networking.

  • Offer effective and attentive administrative support.

 

We ask students and staff to provide us feedback on these beliefs on a regular basis.
We want to know if we are walking the walk - and - talking the talk.

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