Union Mine High School

Academics

Career Technical education + regional occupational programs

See flyer HERE

CTE / ROP

CTE - Career Technical Education - General

Career Technical Education prepares youth and adults for a wide range of high-wage, high-skill, high-demand careers.
Click HERE for the District CTE/ROP website
Click HERE for general CTE information
Click HERE for CTE brochure

CTE during High School:
- ROP Classes
  - EDUHSD CTE site
  - 2016-17 Course Schedule
  - CTE/CSROP Brochure
  - ROP Videos - check these out!
- Coursework at UM
  - CTE/CSROP Course Directory 2017-18

CTE after High School:
- Community Colleges offer a very wide variety of CTE courses
  - CTE programs do not require the usual General Education or college academic classes
  - CTE programs do issue a certificate at the end of the program to validate that skills were learned, and student is work ready with a specified skill set.
  - CTE at the Community College are real college curses, with real college credit - should a student wish to pursue an Associates Degree in the future, the CTE courses would count toward that degree.
  - CTE programs generally take somewhere between 1 to 2 years. Average cost for a 2 year program would be around $3000 - without Financial Aid (a high percentage of students qualify for FA, which waives tuition cost of CTE programs)
  - Check out program offerings:
- Trade schools also offer CTE programs
  - Program length is usually 1 to 2 years
  - Trade schools are easy to navigate- very straight forward in their programming
  - Average trade school costs are between $15,000 and $30,000 per program
  - CTE course work is generally not transferable to College units in the future
    - Check out program offerings in Sacramento.
- Adult Education programs offer CTE programs
  - Must be at least 18 to attend
  - Cheaper cost than Trade schools
  - Easier process than Community Colleges.
  - Courses do not earn college credit, but do earn a certificate of completion
  - Charles A Jones is a great CTE program in Sacramento
    - check out program offerings at CAJ.