College, Career, and Technical Education

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Career Clusters and Standards

Director: Dr. Holly Cross 425.9557
Assistant: Tammy Souza 425.9608

• Online Samples of the textbooks we use in our CTE courses are available at this link.
• Standards taught in each of our courses are listed by career cluster below.

Early Postsecondary Opportunities (EPSOs) include: Advanced Placement (AP); Industry Certifications (IC); Military Preparedness; and Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit (DE/DC) with Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), Roane State Community College (RSCC), and Pellissippi State Community College (PSCC).

 

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Middle School State Standards Documents

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• 6th Grade
  • Career Awareness
  • STEM Explorers

  7th Grade

  • Career Exploration
  • STEM Innovators
  • Exploring Business and Marketing
  • Computer Applications

  8th Grade

  • Career Advising and Planning
  • STEM Designers
  • Introduction to Health Science
  • Exploring Business and Marketing

  Year 1 Courses

  Offering a Year 1 CTE course in the middle school setting is an optional opportunity available to school districts and is designed to help students explore careers, develop foundational skills, and discover pathways that will continue into high school CTE programs. Each district may determine whether to offer a Year 1 course based on local needs, resources, and student opportunities, with the Facts to Remember document below providing guidance and the available Year 1 course options to support planning and implementation.

  • Facts to Remember About Year 1 Courses in Middle School

  Courses in Oak Ridge

  • A/V Production I
  • Introduction to Aerospace
  • Introduction to Business & Marketing
  • Principles of Engineering & Technology
  • Principles of Manufacturing
  • Principles of Office Applications
  • STEM I: Foundations

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High School State Standards Documents

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Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced STEM Applications

• • Year 1: STEM I: Foundations
  • Year 2: STEM II: Applications
  • Year 3: STEM III: STEM in Context
  • Year 4: STEM IV: STEM Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Welding

• • Year 1: Principles of Manufacturing
  • Year 2: Welding I
  • Year 3: Welding II
  • Year 4: Manufacturing Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Arts & A/V Communications

Audio/Visual Production

• • Year 1: A/V Production I
  • Year 2: A/V Production II
  • Year 3: A/V Production III
  • Year 4: Applied Arts Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Digital Arts & Design

• • Year 1: Digital Arts & Design I
  • Year 2: Digital Arts & Design II
  • Year 3: Digital Arts & Design III
  • Year 4: Applied Arts Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Business 

• • Year 1: Introduction to Business & Marketing
  • Year 2-3: Accounting I
  • Year 2-3: Marketing and Management I: Principles
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Education

Teaching as a Profession

• Teaching as a Profession (PK-12)
  • Year 1: Introduction to Teaching as a Profession
  • Year 2: Teaching as a Profession I
  • Year 3: Teaching as a Profession II
  • Year 4: Teaching as a Profession Practicum or Foundational Literacy Practicum or Mathematics Pedagogy and Core Principles Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

• DE w/ RSCC
• TECTA and CDA Certification

Energy and Sustainable Resources

Clean Energy

• Year 1: Foundations of Energy
• Year 2: Fundamentals of Clean Energy
• Year 3: Fundamentals of Nuclear Energy
• Year 4: Energy Practicum
• Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Government and Public Administration

Leadership in Government

• • Year I: JROTC I
  • Year II: JROTC II
  • Year III: U.S. Government & Civics or JROTC III
  • Year IV: JROTC IV
  • Year IV: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Health Science

Nursing Services

• • Year 1: Health Science Education
  • Year 2: Anatomy & Physiology
  • Year 3: Medical Therapeutics
  • Year 4: Nursing Education or Clinical Internship
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Sports and Human Performance

• • Year 1: Health Science Education
  • Year 2: Anatomy & Physiology
  • Year 3: Rehabilitation Careers
  • Year 4: Exercise Science or Clinical Internship
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Therapeutic Services

• • Year 1: Health Science Education
  • Year 2: Anatomy & Physiology
  • Year 3: Dental Science or Pharmacological Sciences or Nutrition Science & Diet Therapy or Medical Therapeutics or Medical Assisting
  • Year 4: Clinical Internship
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Digital Technology

Coding

• • Year 1: Computer Science Foundations
  • Year 2: Coding I
  • Year 3: AP Computer Science Principles and/or AP Computer Science A
  • Year 4: Coding Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Cybersecurity

• • Year 1: Computer Science Foundations
  • Year 2: Cybersecurity I
  • Year 3: Cybersecurity II
  • Year 4: Cybersecurity Practicum
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Online Courses in Computer Networking through RSCC Cyber Defense Program:

• CompTIA Network+ Certification Prep CITC 1302
• CompTIA A+ Certification Prep CITC 1331
• CompTIA LINUX Certification Prep CITC 1333
• CompTIA Security+ Certification Prep CITC 2326

Transportation

Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair

• • Year 1: Maintenance and Light Repair I
  • Year 2: Maintenance and Light Repair II
  • Year 3: Maintenance and Light Repair III
  • Year 4: Maintenance and Light Repair IV
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

Aviation Flight

• • Year 1: Introduction to Aerospace
  • Year 2: Aviation I: Principles of Flight
  • Year 3: Aviation II: Advanced Flight
  • Year 4: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • Year 4: Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum

• DE w/TCAT
• ASE Certification
• PPL Certification
• Part 107 FAA Certification

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The Oak Ridge Schools seeks to provide its students with valuable skills relative to automotive repair by offering its dual-enrollment course “Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair.” Through this course, with the instruction and supervision of a certified automotive technician employed by the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (hereinafter “Instructor”), students will learn to perform certain maintenance and light repair on automotive vehicles. Through the internal policies and procedures set forth herein, the Oak Ridge Schools seeks to provide guidance on appropriate practices and guidelines to be followed in the classroom.

Oak Ridge Schools Automotive Repair Policy

Oak Ridge Schools Automobile Repair Work Release

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College, Career, and Technical Education courses are offered for all students in the Oak Ridge Schools. We encourage students to enroll in coursework that interests them, including seeking non-traditional career paths. Because we support all students, this includes offering additional support as needed for those who are English learners, in special populations, are single parents, in foster care, economically disadvantaged, and/or in need of work, as well as students who are dependents of parents in active military services.

We use college and university partnerships, industry partners, Indeed, LinkedIn, and TDOE resources to advertise hard-to-fill positions. Once hired, staff are supported with district-wide professional development as well as opportunities that are tailored for CTE-specific needs such as Educator Preparation Programs for pedagogy training, Occupationally Licensed New Teacher Training for those seeking initial licensure, and ongoing supports such as the CTE Summer Institute, ACTE, and other conferences/trainings related to the career cluster in which the teachers are serving.