The Career and Technical Education endorsement is New York State recognition of successful completion of career-based courses.

The student’s diploma will contain a technical endorsement and be considered a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation.

Within our business department this is the 3rd CTE that we have created and implemented since 2008. It takes approximately 1.5 to 2 years to complete a CTE and get state approval.

The case is this: in order for students to succeed, we need to prepare them for the ever-changing world of work, which means not only college readiness, but career readiness—students with access to postsecondary education and skills attainment possibilities that will prepare them to achieve in the 21st century.

CTE offers a unique opportunity to engage students in an enormous variety of subjects, incorporating academic, creative and technical skills, with the specific goal, nowhere else represented in education, of preparing students for all of life that comes after high school. -Washington State CTE

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ACCOUNTING CTE

A student can receive a CTE (Career and Technical Education) endorsement in Accounting on his/her diploma by taking and passing the following business courses:

• Keyboarding ½ unit

• Career Planning ½ unit

• Financial Management ½ unit

• B.E.E.P. (Business Education Employability Portfolio) ½ unit

• Accounting I and II 1 unit

• Accounting (1 unit) can count as a 3rd unit of Math

• Benefits to Student

  • Students must take and pass 1

  • Students must take and pass:

  • Industry standard NOCTE Accounting Exa

  • College Credit 3 SUNY Credit for Accounting (JCC Accounting I)

MOUS CTE

A student can receive a CTE (Career and Technical Education) endorsement in MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) on his/her diploma by taking and passing the following business courses:

• Keyboarding ½ unit

• Career Planning ½ unit

• Financial Management ½ unit

• B.E.E.P. (Business Education Employability Portfolio) ½ unit

• MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) 1 unit

• Benefits to Student

  • Industry standard credentials by obtaining at least 1 Microsoft Certification (Certified Associate certification)

  • Students must take and pass 1 Microsoft Certification Test

  • Students can take and pass as many certification tests as they would like such as:

  • Microsoft Word

  • Microsoft Powerpoint

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Access

  • Microsoft Word Expert

  • Microsoft Excel Expert

  • Microsoft Outlook

  • College Credit 4 SUNY Credit for MOUS I (JCC Microcomputer Applications CSC1560)

Computer Graphics

A student can receive a CTE (Career and Technical Education) endorsement in Computer Graphics on his/her diploma by taking and passing the following business courses:

Keyboarding ½ unit

Career Planning ½ unit

Financial Management ½ unit

B.E.E.P. (Business Education Employability Portfolio) ½ unit

Computer Graphics 1 unit

Computer Graphics II 1 unit

Benefits to Student

• Industry standard credentials by obtaining at least 1 Adobe Certification (Certified Associate certification)

• Students must take and pass 1 Adobe Certification Test

• Students can take and pass as many certification tests as they would like such as:

• Adobe Premiere Pro

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Dreamweaver

• College Credit 3 SUNY Credit for Computer Graphics (JCC Graphic Design)