Break Into Your Dream Career by Enrolling in an Arizona CTED School
Applications are now open for the Arizona CTED schools for the 2024-2025 school year!
Are you interested in a career as a drone operator, nurse, HVAC engineer, cosmetologist, or another trade? Did you know, you can take classes for these jobs at a regional Arizona Career Technological Educational school (CTED)? As an Arizona student, you can learn while pursuing your high school diploma!
Arizona high school students have a unique opportunity to attend a Career and Technical Education school for free. The Arizona CTE program gives high school students career and technical education certifications for free while they pursue their high school diploma.
It can be difficult to know how to break into the career of your dreams. You can start by getting exposure and learning more about the day to day aspects of the job. Career and technical education will allow you to get hands-on and earn a certification that will prepare you for your future career.
Through Work-based Learning, you’ll be able to go beyond the classroom and work in the community. Work-based Learning will be accomplished through:
Apprenticeship
Cooperative Education
Diversified Cooperative Education
Healthcare Clinicals
Internship
Laboratory/Simulation Project
School-based enterprise
Service Learning
Supervised Agricultural Experience
There are many CTED schools around the State of Arizona. Find out which CTE school district is in your area by using the map below.
Arizona CTED School Website Links
CAVIAT - Coconino Association for Vocations, Industry And Technology
CAVIT - Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology
CTD - Cochise Technology District
CVIT - Cobre Valley Institute of Technology
EVIT - East Valley Institute of Technology
GIFT - Gila Institute For Technology
MICTED - Mountain Institute CTED
NATIVE - Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education
NAVIT - Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology
STEDY - Southwest Technology Education District of Yuma
VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education
WAVE - Western Arizona Vocational Education
West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Centers
Once you discover the school in your area, you can see what programs are available. If there is a program that you’re interested in, let your school counselor know so they can assist you in your enrollment!
If you’re a Grad Solutions student and have questions, feel free to reach out to your mentor or request an appointment with an Advisor via the Next Step Referral Form.
