CareerTechWV Middle School
Middle School CTE allows students to find their passion and envision themselves doing something they love! The West Virginia Department of Education offers three initiatives that allow students to explore CTE in their classroom.
Discover Your Future
Discover Your Future is a middle school course designed to introduce students in 6th – 8th grades to future career opportunities across the 16 career clusters.
What Are The Benefits To Students?
Discover Your Future supports students in becoming more aware of what is available to them within CTE secondary programs and allows them to make more informed decisions about future careers.
PLTW Gateway
The Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Gateway program helps students build knowledge and skills in the pathways of computer science, engineering, and biomedical science.
What Are The Benefits To Students?
Students have the opportunity to explore career paths, engage in PLTW’s activity-, project-, problem-based (APB) instructional approach, and gain in-demand transportable skills from industry-recognized curriculum.
Empowerment Collaborative
The Empowerment Collaborative is a school-wide environment/instructional shift focused on content and career exploration through community-based, student-driven projects.
What Are The Benefits To Students?
Students are empowered to experience a range of careers by taking ownership of their education through workplace environments, authentic learning experiences, and entrepreneurial mindsets.
