Career and Technical Education programs are about providing students with choices and skills needed for their future. CTE classes address the specific program standards and reinforce the academic standards embedded across the CTE curriculum. Students are provided with learning in a contextual, problem solving format as needed for a variety of post secondary options. The focus is to prepare students to continue their education in college, community college, industry certification, or enter the workplace. Strong academic skills, blended with relevant career and technical curriculum, will lead to viable career paths.
Career and Technical Student Organizations are related to specific CTE program areas and provide students with the opportunity to learn leadership skills, problem solve with adults and compete in specific technical skills. Each program has an identified CTSO.
The Agua Fria District is a member of the joint vocational technical education district, West MEC. West MEC provides leadership and additional resources for the district CTE programs. They also offer programs off the Agua Fria Union High School District school campuses for students to attend.
The Agua Fria District offers the following CTE programs:
Agua Fria High School
- Allied Health - Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Business Management Administrative Services
- Certified Nursing Assistant - offered at Southwest Skill Center
- Computer Maintenance and Repair
- Computer Programming
- Construction
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Professions
- Law and Public Safety
- Professional Sales & Marketing
Desert Edge High School
- Allied Health - Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Broadcast Technology
- Business Management Administrative Services
- Certified Nursing Assistant - offered at Southwest Skill Center
- Cisco Networking
- Education Professions
- Finance- Member of National Academy of Finance Foundation
- Graphic Design
- Professional Sales & Marketing
Millennium High School
- Agriscience
- Allied Health - Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Broadcast Technology
- Business Management Administrative Services
- Certified Nursing Assistant - offered at Southwest Skill Center
- Cisco Networking
- Culinary Arts
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Professions
Verrado High School
- Allied Health - Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Broadcast Technology
- Graphic Design
- Pre-engineering - member of Project Lead The Way
- Professional Sales & Marketing
West MEC (courses offered at off-school campuses)
- Auto Collision Industries (offered at Paradise Valley High School)
- Automotive Technology (offered at Ironwood High School)
- Aviation (Beginning Fall 2011) (offered at West-MEC Aviation, Glendale Airport)
- Cosmetology (Cosmetology School - 75th Ave. and Peoria)
- Dental Assisting (offered at Communiversity in Surprise)
- EMT (offered at Estrella Mountain Community College)
- Fire Science (offered at Glendale Community College)
- Medium Heavy Diesel Technology (offered at Freightliner in Tolleson)
