The Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) program offers students a sequence of courses and career pathway opportunities grounded in rigorous academic standards and technical skills and knowledge. A primary goal of our CTAE program is to prepare students for regional and local high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand industry sector occupations based on existing and emerging workforce development needs in Athens-Clarke County and the surrounding region. 

The CTAE program incorporates CCSD's mission of creating educational journeys that empower all students to fulfill their potential.

The following is a list of pathways that will be offered during the 2025-26 school year and which high schools they will be offered at:

• Advanced Manufacturing and Welding (Athens Community Career Academy)

• Agriculture (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

  • Plant and Floral Design Systems (Clarke Central)

  • Plant and Landscape Systems (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

  • Veterinary Science (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• Allied Health and Medicine - Phlebotomy (ACCA)

• Animation and Digital Media (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• Biotechnology (ACCA)

• Broadcast Video Production (ACCA)

• Business Innovations (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• College Healthcare (dual enrollment, ACCA)

• Computer Science (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• Cosmetology (ACCA)

• Criminal Justice (dual enrollment, ACCA)

• Culinary Arts (ACCA)

• Engineering and Technology (Clarke Central)

• Engineering Technology (dual enrollment, ACCA)

• Entertainment, Sports, and Events Management (ACCA)

• Firefighter/EMT (ACCA)

• General Automotive Technology (Cedar Shoals)

• Graphic Communications (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• Hospitality and Hotel Management (ACCA)

• JROTC Army (Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central)

• Marketing and Management (Cedar Shoals)

• Patient Care - CNA (ACCA)

• Public Management and Administration (ACCA, Cedar Shoals, Clarke Central, Classic City)

• Teaching as a Profession (ACCA)

• Athens Community Career Academy (ACCA)

• Career Technical Student Organizations

As required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Clarke County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. All career, technical and agricultural education programs follow the district’s policies of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, and disability in all programs, services, activities and employment. 

The Clarke County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. All career, technical and agricultural education programs follow the district’s policies of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, and disability in all programs, services, activities and employment.

Several businesses in the community have partnered with CCSD to provide valuable work-based learning experiences for our students. These opportunities include both paid and unpaid positions.

Interested students must apply for the work-based learning program. Internships start at the beginning of each semester—either in August or January — and require at least a semester-long commitment.

Click the button below for more information on opportunities currently available and the application process.