CTE Opportunities for THS Seniors & Juniors

Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to the juniors and seniors about career opportunities and CTE dual credit courses.  Here's some info below, and here is the Google Slide Presentation (CLICK HERE) with hyperlinks to handouts and resources.

WorkKeys
Seniors can take their first test to earn some money by applying for employment to over 62 businesses in the Longview area.  The WorkKeys test is developed by ACT and is a nationally recognized certification throughout America.  After students take the test and receive their scores, they can update their resume and send it to businesses that they would like to apply to.  The WorkKeys test is sponsored by LEDCO and we plan to take seniors to test in Longview during the first week of May.

To help seniors prepare for the test, here is a link to some practice material.

LEDCO also offers a scholarship to seniors.  Check it out here.



CTE Dual Credit
We are very excited to announce that we plan to offer 6 dual credit courses through Kilgore College next year that are tied to degree programs in the Health Science and Business and Technical pathways.

Qualifications

• To take health science or technical dual credit courses, student do not need to meet academic requirements.
• To take academic dual credit courses (English, History, Government, College Algebra, etc), students must earn a score of 4000 (Final Passing Standard) on the ELA 2 and Algebra 1 EOC tests, or they can take and pass pass the TSI test.  

Health Science Courses 

• We will offer Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology to next year's seniors.
• These courses are part of the degree plans to become an LVN ($42,000 annual salary) or EMT ($28,000 annual salary).

Industrial & Technical Courses

• We will offer DC Electric, Intro to Welding, Intro to PTAC, and Intro to PTRT
• The table below shows multiple pathways that these courses will apply toward.

 

Degree	1 or 2 year degree	Companies that hire in East Texas	Entry Salary Range
Instrumentation	1year Certificate 2 year AAS degree	Eastman, Enbridge, West Lake Chemical	$36,000-60,000
Corrosion Technology	1year Certificate 2 year AAS degree	Bass Engineering, Enbridge, PIR, Sunoco, Enable Midstream	$35,000-80,000
Process Technology	2 year AAS degree	Eastman, Enbridge, Shell, Chevron	$30,000-70,000
Welding	3 Certificates 2 year AAS degree	Eastman, General Dynamics, Joy Global Hydesco, Esco, Trinity Industries	$16.00-35.00 per hr. $100-120 per hr. if you own your own welding truc

For more information about WorkKeys or CTE Dual Credit courses, students and parents can make contact with Robbye Rowe (THS counselor) or John Wink (TISD Curriculum Director).

We are very excited about these opportunities for our students, and we look forward to giving our students a great head start on their pathway to excellence.