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Norris expands CTE course lineup, adds work-based learning and new equipment after yearlong review
Summary
Norris School District teachers and CTE leaders presented a yearlong curriculum review that adds ag and welding courses, a work-based learning internship program, and new lab equipment funded by state and grant dollars.
Norris School District 160’s career and technical education (CTE) teachers told the school board on Wednesday they have completed a yearlong review of career pathways and will add new courses, strengthen middle‑school offerings and launch a work‑based learning internship program next year.
The CTE committee — made up of high‑school and middle‑school instructors in agriculture, business, family and consumer sciences, and skilled trades — presented revised program maps and a plan to add introductory and intermediate classes in ag power/technology, ag equipment maintenance, agronomy/precision ag, companion animal, and a fabrication technology capstone for juniors and seniors.
District teachers said…
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