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Career Technology Magnet Programs

 

 

 

Specialty Programs Offered by CTM

 

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Architecture

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Good organizational skills
  • Ability to solve problems
  • Communication skills
  • Independent worker
  • Self-motivated
  • Eye for detail
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Drafting and Computer-Aided Design

Everything ever built had to first be designed; computer-aided drafting
teaches the skills required to do it.

 

Auto Body

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Honest & trustworthy
  • Good eye for color
  • Good attendance record
  • Problem-solving
  • Good eye-hand coordination
  • Dedicated to continuous learning
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Autobody and Collision Repair

Do you want to learn to repair cars?

Auto Mechanics

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Honest and trustworthy
  • Dedicated to continuous learning
  • Good attendance record
  • Keeps safety in mind
  • Good eye-hand coordination
  • Problem solving/thinking skills
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Automotive Mechanics

Are you as comfortable under the hood
as behind the wheel?

Carpentry

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Likes to work outdoors
  • Hard-working
  • Good attendance record
  • Good physical condition
  • Good eye-hand coordination
  • Measure accurately
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Carpentry

Are you the kind of person who enjoys building things from the ground up?

Child Care

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Math skills
  • Written skills
  • Verbal communication skills
  • Reading skills
  • Science skills
  • Physically fit
  • Interpersonal skills
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Education and Early Childhood Careers

So you've been told you're
good with children?

Commercial Arts

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Sharp eye for color
  • Detail-oriented
  • Work independently
  • Multi-tasker
  • Innovative
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Visual Design & Advertising

If you are naturally artistic, visual design may be a natural career path for you.

Computer Repairs

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Detail-oriented
  • Adaptable to change
  • Enjoy reading technical manuals
  • Work well independently
  • Able to multi-task
  • Quick learner
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Computer Repair

Computers are here forever and so are jobs for those who can repair them.

Cosmetology

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Honest & trustworthy
  • Problem solving skills
  • Good attendance record
  • Inter-personal communication skills
  • Good eye-hand coordination
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Cosmetology

Students skillful in cutting hair and personal grooming are a cut above.

Diesel

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Trustworthy
  • Ability to learn quickly
  • Good attendance record
  • Dependable
  • High degree of mechanical aptitude
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Diesel and Truck Technology

With all the semis on the road, mechanics are needed to repair existing trucks and design more efficient ones for the future.

Digitial Editing

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Sharp eye for color
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to concentrate
  • Good verbal skills
  • Good written communication skills
  • Good math skills
  • Detail-oriented
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Digital Communications and
Multimedia Production

Would you like producing the special effects and graphics you see in movies and on music videos?

Fashion Design

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Problem solving skills
  • Strong sense of color
  • Strong sense of balance
  • Strong sense of proportion
  • Good communication skills
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Fashion Design

If you're got style... Fashion and Apparel Design may be the right fit

 

Foods (Commercial Foods)

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Attention to detail
  • Work well with others
  • Cooperative and helpful
  • Strong math skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Interest in learning basic cooking skills
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Restaurant Culinary and Catering

There's an array of tasteful career options cooking in food occupations

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Machine Tools

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Read and understand written information
  • Safety conscious individual
  • Enjoy math to solve problems
  • Motivated
  • Able to work independently
  • Like to work with hands to construct
  • Enjoy working on mechanical devices
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Machine Tool Technology

A career in manufacturing awaits
those who become proficient
in industrial technology

Printing

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Ability to concentrate
  • Good math ability
  • Sharp eye for color
  • Detail-oriented
  • Motivated
  • Problem solving skills
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Print and Graphic Imaging

Computers are here forever and so are jobs for those who can repair them.

Welding

Characteristics of Potential Students

  • Ability to follow directions
  • Good eye-hand coordination
  • Enjoy hands-on activities
  • Good listening skills
  • Good physical condition
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Welding

A career in manufacturing awaits
those who become proficient
in industrial technology.

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