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As students progress through high school, it is important to do so with a
goal of planning for a successful career. Most careers today require
technical training. Williamsport Area High School students can prepare for
a career with Tech Prep programs or the Career & Technical Education (CTE)
programs. Tech Prep programs provide technical training along with
academic preparation for post secondary education. CTE includes vocation
education programs approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education that
prepare students for employment after high school graduation or for entering
post-secondary training.
The technical component of Tech Prep and CTE are offered on the WAHS campus.
Tech Prep Programs -
Career & Technical Education (CTE)
Diversified Occupations/Cooperative Education (Work-Based
Learning)
Career
Development Planner
If you have any questions about the Career & Technical Education or programs
please contact the Director of Career and Technical Education:
Mr. Theodore Piwowar [e-mail]
Williamsport Area High School
2990 West Fourth Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570)323-8411, EXT. 3351
Career and Technical Education (Pennsylvania)
Vocational Information Center:
Career & Technical Education Resources
Engineering
Technology
| Grade 11 |
Technical Drawing
Basic Metalworking |
| Grade 12 |
Architectural Drafting
Advanced Metalworking |
Cooperative
Education can be substituted for grade 12 technical courses
Information
Technology
| Grade 10 |
*
Microsoft Windows and Excel
* Microsoft Word
Accounting I |
| Grade 11 |
Computer
Repair & Network
Fundamentals
Computer Programming I |
| Grade 12 |
Network
Administration and Maintenance |
N O T E:
* Designates 1/2 year or semester course. Accounting or Computer Programming
should not replace math courses
Health
Professions
(Successful completion of Trigonometry and Anatomy
& Physiology is required for this program.)
| Grade 10 |
Introduction to Health Occupations |
| Grade 11 |
Medical
Terminology
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Applications |
| Grade 12 |
Professional Health Careers |
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| Career & Technical
Education Programs |
Business
Students
interested in a career in business or office work should consider one of the
following sequences: accounting, administrative assistant/secretarial, or
general office support.
The accounting
sequence prepares students and provides skills for an entry-level accounting
clerk position such as a payroll clerk, accounts payable or accounts receivable
clerk, or for further study in the accounting, business administration or tax
fields.
The
administrative assistant/secretarial sequence prepares students and provides
skills to become a secretary, receptionist, or general office clerk.
The general
office support sequence prepares students and provides skills to become a clerk
typist, file clerk, data entry clerk, office machine operator, or general office
clerk.
Accounting
| Grade 9 |
Consumer Economics & Family Living |
| Grade 10 |
Accounting I
Word Processing MOUS Certification
**Business Economics and Personal Finance |
| Grade 11 |
Accounting I or II
* Microsoft Windows & Excel
* Microsoft Word
Business & Technical Communications 11 |
| Grade 12 |
Accounting II or III
Business Economics and Personal Finance
Business & Technical Communications 12
(At
least one credit from the following:)
* Personal Law
* Business Law
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Mgmnt.
Office Procedures |
Administrative Assistant/Secretarial
| Grade 9 |
Consumer Economics & Family Living |
| Grade 10 |
Word
Processing Applications
Accounting I
**Business Economics and Personal Finance
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| Grade 11 |
Business
& Technical Communications 11
Web Page
Design
(At
least one credit from the following:)
*
Microsoft Word
*
Microsoft Applications
*
Microsoft Windows & Excel
Business
Law
Business
Math
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| Grade 12 |
Business
Economics & Personal Finance
Business
& Technical Communications 12
(At
least one credit from the following:)
Business
Math
*
Personal Law
*
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management
Marketing
Office
Procedures
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General
Office Support
| Grade 9 |
Consumer Economics & Family
Living |
| Grade 10 |
Word Processing
& MOUS Certification
Accounting I
**Business
Economics and Personal Finance
|
| Grade 11 |
Business &
Technical Communications 11
Web Page Design
Business Math
(optional)
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| Grade 12 |
Business
Economics & Personal Finance
Business &
Technical Communications 12
Office
Procedures
(At least
one credit from the following:)
* Microsoft
Word
* Microsoft
Applications
* Microsoft
Windows & Excel
* Personal Law
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Construction
Trades
| Grade 10 |
Basic
Woodworking
Mechanical
Drawing
|
| Grade 11 |
Construction Trades (2 credit
course) |
| Grade 12 |
Construction Trades II |
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| Diversified
Occupations/Cooperative Education
(Work-Based Learning) |
Diversified
Occupations is a work-based learning experience for students
with an occupational objective in an area where the
school district does not offer a PAT program. This program is
available for juniors and seniors only. Workforce
Preparation I and II are required for Diversified
Occupations students.
Cooperative
Education is a work-based learning experience for seniors
enrolled in a CTE program. Student schedule changes made
during the school year to enroll in Work-Based Learning
require administrative approval.
Family and
Consumer Sciences
Grades 9, 10,
11, 12 - At least one credit of Family and Consumer
Sciences courses each year.
Child Care
| Grade 10 |
* Child
Development
* Introduction
to Nursery Sc hool|
* Community
Leadership
* Methods &
Materials
|
| Grade 11 |
* Advanced
Nursery School
* Family Living
* Food &
Fitness
* Microsoft
Word
|
| Grade 12 |
* Nursery
School Management
* Health &
Safety in the Child Care Setting
* Psychology
* Sociology
* Microsoft
Applications or
Microsoft
Windows & Excel
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Food Service
| Grade 10 |
Hospitality/Food Service
* Foods I
* Food and
Fitness
|
| Grade 11 |
Food Service Production I (2
credit course) |
| Grade 12 |
Food Service
Production II (2 credit course)
* Microsoft
Word
* Microsoft
Applications
NOTE:
Any 11th grade student who has completed Foods I, Foods II,
Foods III, and Foods IV may take Food Service
Production with a recommendation from the teacher.
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Graphic
Communication
| Grade 10 |
Basic Graphic
Communications
Introduction to
Visual Arts or Visual Arts II
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| Grade 11 |
CTE
Graphic Communications (2 cr. course)
* Microsoft
Word
* Microsoft
Applicator
|
| Grade 12 |
Production
Printing (2 cr. course)
* Microsoft
Word
* Microsoft
Applications
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Health
Assisting
| Grade 10 |
Introduction to
Health Occupations
* Microsoft Word
* Microsoft Applications
|
| Grade 11 |
Medical
Terminology
Health
Assisting I
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| Grade 12 |
Health
Assisting II (2 credit course)
Clinical
Experiences in Health Assisting (2 credit
course)
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Horticulture/Agricultural Sciences
| Grade 10 |
Introduction to
Horticulture
Power Mechanics
|
| Grade 11 |
Horticulture I
(2 credit course)
* Microsoft
Word
* Microsoft
Applications
|
| Grade 12 |
Horticulture II
(2 credit course)
Cooperative
Education Experience
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Technical
Education
Grades 9, 10,
11, 12 - At least one credit of Technology Education
courses each year.
Automotive
Technology
| Grade 10 |
Power Mechanics
Basic
Electronics
|
| Grade 11 |
Auto Mechanics (2 credit
course) |
| Grade 12 |
Auto Mechanics
II (2 credit course)
Automotive
Technology
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Welding
| Grade 10 |
Introduction to
Welding
Basic
Metalworking
|
| Grade 11 |
Welding I (2
credit course)
Advanced
Metalworking
|
| Grade 12 |
Welding II (2
credit course)
Cooperative
Education Experience
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NOTE: *
Designates 1/2 year or semester course
**Satisfies
the 10th grade portion of the social studies curriculum
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