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GHS - Career
Tech Center
By Jon McGreevey,
Director of Business Services & Career Technology
Greenville City Schools
Greenville High School Career-Technical Center is focused on preparing
students for college, further skills training, or the workforce.
Greenville Career Tech programs provide students with an opportunity to
gain and improve skills in communication, problem solving, citizenship,
and leadership skills in a professional environment. Small class
sizes allow teachers to get to know students and help them plan for
their future career. GCTC programs allow students to get
connected with business and industry leaders through field trips, job
shadowing, and early job placement. Greenville CTC students have
the opportunity to network, grow and enrich the skills they learn in
the classroom and lab by participating in program-related clubs and
organizations. A majority of GCTC programs will provide students
with a chance to earn college credits while still in high school, and
to earn money for college through the Tech Prep Scholarship. Many
of our career-tech students benefit from project based learning, where
students design, research, and build a career-focused project as well
as academic integration, where traditional academic classes such as
English, math, and science are focused on the student’s career tech
program.
Next year, Greenville Career Tech Center will be introducing a new
state of the art Manufacturing lab. This lab will prepare students and
adults in areas like robotics, electrical, fluid power, automation, and
CNC. This opportunity was made possible through an OFCC grant.
Greenville CTC partnered with Wright State University to obtain the
$500, 000 dollar grant from the state of Ohio and worked closely with
Marc Saluk and Dr. Lisa Wendel of the Darke County Economic Development
Office.
Career Tech will also be expanding to the Junior High next year, where
students will be able to take classes as 7th graders in Information
Technology and as 8th Graders in Business Foundations. Information
technology will focus on internet safety, safety using social medial,
keyboarding skills, and Microsoft skills. Business Foundations
will focus on an introduction to marketing, finance, and business
administrative services. They will acquire knowledge of business
processes, economics, employability skills, leadership, communications
and personal financial literacy.
Greenville students can take advantage of high-quality and innovative
career-technical programming in their own back yard. The
Greenville Career-Technical Center is focused on being a workforce and
economic development source for the Greater Greenville community.
To view highlights of the Greenville CTC programs and students, please
visit http://greenvillectc.blogspot.com/
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