Day One: Celebrating Career-Technical Education!

What is career and technical education (CTE)? According to the Association of Career-Technical Education (ACTE) website, CTE has a long and rich history in the United States. Today’s CTE has evolved from a limited number of vocational programs available at the turn of the 20th century into a broad system that encompasses a variety of challenging fields in diverse subject areas which are constantly evolving due to the changing global economy.
Today, CTE provides students with these opportunities:

• academic subject matter taught with relevance to the real world
• employability skills, from job-related skills to workplace ethics
• career pathways that link secondary and postsecondary education
• second-chance education and training
• education for additional training and degrees, especially related to workplace training, skills upgrades and career advancement

February is National Career-Technical Education Month and Ohio Hi-Point wants to help celebrate it by drawing attention to our students, our staff, our alumni, the career and college environment and our programs and services at both our high school and adult education divisions.  CTE has positioned itself as being the educational opportunity that is ahead of the game.  We hope you will discover this and spread the word of how vocational education is not what it was in the past and how CTE is now positioned to better prepare students for college and the workforce!

So what can you expect from the 28 Days of OHP?

• Features on OHP's high school, satellite and adult education programs
• Features on OHP's commitment to the communities it serves, including a look at our community service and fundraising efforts for various groups and charities
• Where Are They Now? features on our alumni every Tuesday
• Career Watch Wednesdays, which will highlight the nation's current economic and educational system and showcase how OHP can help high school and adult students better position themselves for a global economy
• Special videos and photos to highlight our different programs 
• The "Hi-Point is" photo of the day, where our students and staff and others will tell us what OHP is to them and what it means for their futures

We hope you will follow along during the 28 days of February as we celebrate Career-Technical Education and celebrate 28 Days of OHP.