We have had a wonderful start to the school year at the Greenville Career Technology Center. Each program is working to ensure that each student has incredible opportunities to assist them with their future endeavors. I am excited about what this school year will bring.
We are pleased to be serving a total of 269 students in our junior and senior programs this school year. In total, 71.5% of our juniors and seniors at the high school are connected with a career technology course or program.
Greenville’s students’ involvement in career technology is not the only good news, the Career Technology Report Cards were released by the Ohio Department of Education. These report cards include six marks for performance within four different components. The four components are averaged to give a final grade. Greenville Career Technology Center received an overall grade of 4.5 out of 5 stars with 9 out of 9 federal indicators accomplished. This is a 1-star improvement compared to last year’s report card.
The first component on the report card is Achievement, and Greenville CTC scored 4 stars (88.9%). This is a 2.7% growth from last year’s percentage. This component represents the total number of students
who passed the end-of-course state assessments. These tests measure the knowledge the student has obtained from their career technology program.
The Graduation Rate component is the next of the four components, and Greenville CTC scored 5 stars. This component looks at the overall percentage of students in a career technology program who successfully earned a high school diploma in four or five years. Greenville CTC’s average was 94.5%.
With Greenville CTC scoring a component grade of 4 stars (76.8%), the Career and Post-Secondary Readiness is the third component included on the report card. This is a 9.1% growth from last year’s percentage. The Career and Post-Secondary Readiness component looks at how prepared our students are for future opportunities. This includes those students who may want to further their technical skills in the workforce, military, or college.
The final component is the Post-Program Outcomes. This component looks at the number of students who are employed, part of an apprenticeship program, enlisted in the military, involved in a service program, or enrolled in postsecondary education or advanced training during the six months after graduating from school. For this component, Greenville CTC scored a 5 star (94.5%). This is a 4-star (19.1%) increase.
Thanks to the hard work of our students, staff, teachers, and community, the Greenville Career Technology Center continues to be successful in equipping students with technical skills, industry-recognized credentials, and employability skills. As a team, we will continue to strive for improvement in all areas while preparing our students, present and future, for success. If you have any questions or would like to know more about the programs offered at Greenville Career Technology Center, please contact Christopher Sykes at csykes@gcswave.com.
by Christopher Sykes, Career Technology Director, Greenville City Schools