1. Career Academies Update
Shelton Cobb
Career & Technical Education Director
February 16, 2017

2. Huntsville City Schools’ Career Academies Have Created Significant Interest in Career Readiness with 5,293 Students Enrolled in Career Academy Courses
Career Academies:
Building Science
Business Academy
Culinary Arts
Cyber Security
Engineering Design & Advanced Manufacturing
Entertainment Technology
Esthetics & Spa Management
Health Science
Heavy Equipment Operation
Law & Public Safety
PLTW Biomedical Science
PLTW Engineering
Precision Machine Technology
Technical Theatre
Television Production
Welding Technology
Additional Career & Technical Education Programs:
JROTC
Family & Consumer Science
Middle School PLTW
Middle School Cyber Security
Middle School Greenpower

3. New Career Academy Pathways for 2017-2018
Huntsville City Schools Career Academies Enrollment Is Expected to Increase as Additional Academy Pathways are Added and Career Interest Planning Increases
New Career Academy Pathways for
Business Academy
Business Management & Administration
Finance
Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Family & Consumer Sciences Academy
Education & Training
Food, Wellness, & Dietetics
Fashion
Career Coaches
Two state funded Career Coaches;
KUDER Interest Inventory – 8th Grade;
Development of 4-Year Plan;
iRegister Participation;
Each Academy has a recommended course progression starting freshman year;
Career Prep Waiver Request – What Does it Mean for Our Students?

4. Industry Certifications Continue to Increase, with Students/Parents Saving on Certification Voucher Fees
*Huntsville City Schools students/parents saved over $20,000 in in industry recognized certification voucher fees

5. Exciting Activities Are Always Taking Place in Our Career Academies
Career 101 Parent Outreach-February 14th & 16th
Career Prep Industry Insight-February 9th
ABC-Construction Career Day at Calhoun-March 8th
Lee Technical Theatre – Building sets for “Little Shop of Horrors”
Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students
Competitions – CyberPatriot, Culinary ProStart, Skills USA, TSA, FBLA, HOSA, & FCCLA
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
AFJROTC StellarXplorer team qualified for National Semifinals on February 24th
Grissom has Two of the Top 3 Teams in Alabama for the Microsoft Office Certification Challenge

6. Great Learning Opportunities Are Available to Our Students Through Industry Partnerships
SAIC – Cyber Security
Huntsville Hospital – Health Science
Brown Precision Machining – Advanced Manufacturing
AMRDEC – Advanced Manufacturing
Greg Mellema
Josh Hancock - Student