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CCSD spotlights Career and Technical Education: Rancho Future Educators Academy and SECTAWhitney restaurant
Summary
The district highlighted two CTE programs on March 27: Rancho High’s Teaching and Training and Future Educators Academy, which places students in elementary internships, and Southeast Career & Technical Academy’s culinary program that runs The Whitney, a student‑operated restaurant.
The Clark County School District used a March 27 presentation slot to showcase two Career and Technical Education programs that provide students workplace experience and college credits.
At Rancho High School, district presenters described the Teaching and Training CTE pathway and the Future Educators Academy. Staff said more than 300 students are enrolled in the Teaching and Training program at Rancho and that the Future Educators Academy gives participating students supervised internship experience at nearby elementary schools. Presenters and students described twice‑weekly internships at C.C. Rondeau Elementary (also shown in the presentation as Ronno/Ronno Elementary in the transcript), where high school seniors assist lead teachers and earn dual‑enrollment college credit. Rancho senior students including Alvin Jimenez and Aliyah (Aaliyah) Lopez described classroom experience as confirming career plans and connecting them to the local community; the presentation said 21 Rancho students currently intern at the named elementary site and that students in the program have collectively saved about $141,000 in college tuition through dual‑enrollment credit.
Panelists also noted a Nevada statute the presentation identified as "Assembly Bill 428" (presentation cited "Nevada Assembly Bill 428") that creates a tuition reimbursement program for graduates of a teaching and training program who attend college in Nevada and then teach two years as a licensed teacher in CCSD; staff said that reimbursement program creates an additional recruitment/retention incentive for local pathways into the classroom.
Separately the district highlighted Southeast Career & Technical Academy’s culinary program and The Whitney, the student‑run restaurant open to the public Tuesday–Friday. Chef Emily Giacona and Chef John Schwathower (named in the presentation) and student servers and cooks described kitchen duties, pastry and line work, and experience the program provides for employment in Las Vegas hospitality. Presenters noted local hospitality industry hiring interest — representatives from multiple Strip properties visited the program and invited students to apply for tryouts — and described the Whitney menu, prices and reservation process on the district program pages.
Why this matters: the programs provide dual‑enrollment credit, workplace internships, and a pipeline to local jobs; district presenters framed these as "growing our own" educators and hospitality professionals who understand the community and can return to work locally.
Speakers at the presentation included program instructors and students; the segment was informational and not an action item.
Sources: CCSD presentation materials, March 27, 2025; student remarks recorded in the board meeting transcript.
