Standard Courses - The following course outlines provide a framework for what must be taught within the work-based themes offered at CTC in order to fulfill Minnesota Graduation Standards requirements.

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Skills for Success
MASTER (MAth, Science and Technology Education Resources) Program
Workforce Training (Work Experience)
Independent Study Program (CTC Nicollet only)
Junior Achievement and Exchange City
Business Education

“Skills for Success” Program-Preparing for Tomorrow’s Workforce, Today
Skills for Success, the foundation of CTC’s educational activities, is a nationally recognized work-based, pre-employment skills training program. Skills for Success teaches pre-employment skills competencies that help students find and keep long-term employment, as well as to how to transition into colleges and universities.

Program Activities:
The Skills for Success program is designed to be a part of Minnesota’s workforce readiness goals in that it:
• Ensures our students become proficient in speaking English through combined work-based curriculum and English Immersion;
• Assists youth in obtaining the job skills and technological literacy necessary to establish and maintain stable employment;
• Through work-based curriculum, provides the basic skills education necessary to receive a high school diploma and continue on to post-graduate training/education; and
• Through foundation and corporate support, provides young people with a job placement, work-experience program that provides:
Motivation
Self-exploration
Relevancy
Self-worth

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MASTER (Math, science and Technology Education Resources)(Richfield Campus)
The MASTER Program's goal is to provide students access to an education which includes hands on experience with up-to-date computer programs, technology, and curriculum (i.e. technology-based Math and Science curriculum and Microsoft Office curriculum and training).

Please visit the Information Technology page for more information on how CTC integrates up date technology into its curriculum.

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Workforce Training (Work Experience)
The Center for Training and Career's Workforce Training Program introduces to students the skills necessary to successfully obtain work, maintain employment and advance in their careers. Students participate in this work experience program based on a combination of employment, internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, service learning, mentoring, and field trip opportunities to develop their career portfolios.

Because CTC uses “Work Based” curriculum, the Workforce Training program integrates the concepts of career success and academics throughout the school day. In most schools, these areas exist in isolation to each other. At CTC, we attempt to make that relationship seamless. The motto of our work-based program is: “Learning to do, doing to earn, earning to live”.

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Independent Study Program (Nicollet Campus)
CTC's Independent Study Program is a voluntary referral program that operates as an alternative to classroom instruction. It is not an alternative curriculum. The target student is the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grader who is having difficulty in a traditional program. Because ISP is not an alternative program, it requires the same amount of coursework and rigors of a comprehensive high school program. ISP can be part of, separate from, or in addition to a regular classroom program.

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Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement's High School Program provides pre-employment skills curriculum and volunteers from the business community who ensure that students get a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system, including business and entrepreneurship. Junior Achievement offers economics education, pre-employment exploration, and the skills needed to create a solid bridge between the classroom and the world of work. The curriculum chosen to augment CTC’s training includes: “The Economics of Staying in School”, “Success Skills”, and “Personal Economics”. Exchange City curriculum is also taught to all day and extended day students, with self-selected ISP students joining in.

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Business Education
This is the acquisition and application of the unique set of knowledge and skills used in general business, commercial or industrial establishments. Business Education at CTC develops opportunities for application of basic academic and thinking skills that contribute to a student becoming a productive worker, an economically successful entrepreneur and a keen consumer. It also develops economic and computer literacy applicable to a student’s career and personal life. This course develops an understanding of business technology and economic skills concepts needed for entry–level employment, starting a small business or post secondary education.

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