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Middleton-Cross Plains spotlights career and technical education; students describe youth-apprenticeship experience
Summary
The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District presented its Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and youth-apprenticeship pathways, highlighting dual-credit partnerships, industry certifications and growing student enrollment in trades and health science pathways.
Jan Shenoweth, the district irector of secondary curriculum, told the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District board on Feb. 24 that the presentation was timed for Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin and intended to highlight "all the wonderful things happening in our district."
The presentation described CTE offerings from middle school through high school, five program areas (family and consumer sciences; business and information technology; marketing/management/entrepreneurship; technology and engineering; and health science) and increasing student participation. Jan Shenoweth said teachers are focusing on "durable skills, incorporating reflection in student work, and then design thinking."
Five students in the district—areer programs described work-based placements. Hannah Lee, a youth-apprenticeship student at the UW Department of Biochemistry, said, "I isolate…
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