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CCSD highlights CTE programs: Rancho Future Educators Academy and SECTA culinary ‘The Whitney’
Summary
The Clark County School District showcased Career and Technical Education programs — including Rancho High School’s Future Educators Academy and Southeast Career and Technical Academy’s student‑run restaurant, The Whitney — during the Feb. 24 meeting.
The Clark County School District showcased Career and Technical Education programs — including Rancho High School’s Future Educators Academy and Southeast Career and Technical Academy’s (SECTA) student‑run restaurant, The Whitney — during the Feb. 24 meeting.
Why it matters: CTE programs provide students with hands‑on experience, opportunities to earn college credit or industry certifications, and direct connections to local employers. District presenters said those pathways can reduce college costs and create local teacher and workforce pipelines.
Rancho High School’s Teaching and Training program enrolls more than 300 students, the district said, and includes the Future Educators Academy. The program places students in a classroom internship setting to prepare them for student‑teaching; Rancho students travel twice a week to partner elementary schools for supervised internships. A featured student, senior Aliyah Lopez, described the internship as motivating and said she plans to teach within CCSD.
Rancho students earn dual‑enrollment college credits through the Teaching and Training pathway. Presenters said 21 Rancho students currently intern at C. C. Ronnell Elementary School and that dual‑enrollment credits earned by participating students have collectively saved about $141,000 in tuition. The presentation also noted that Nevada Assembly Bill 428 created a tuition reimbursement program for students who graduate from a teaching and training program, attend college in Nevada and then teach two years in CCSD.
SECTA’s culinary program operates The Whitney, a student‑run full‑service restaurant open to the public. Instructors Chef Emily Giacona and Chef John Schwathower and several students described rotating kitchen and front‑of‑house roles, industry partnerships with Las Vegas hotels for recruitment, and low menu prices intended to make the restaurant accessible. The Whitney is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon by reservation; menu items and pricing information were presented during the meeting.
Presenters emphasized that CTE exposes students to career pathways and provides internships, certifications and dual‑enrollment credit that can reduce future college costs and build local workforces. The district encouraged interested community members to visit secta.us and the district CTE page for reservation and program details.
