Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Contact Information

Kristi Allison

CTE Coordinator

James Monroe High School

School: (540) 372-1100 ext. 2344

Kecia Lipscomb

Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Central Office

School: (540)372-1130 ext. 2383

In Career and Technical Education:

We communicate and model high expectations for all students, which includes emphasizing and valuing multiple pathways for students after high school (i.e., college, entering the workforce, military) and collaborating with students to identify personal interests, aptitudes and strengths to establish goals for the future.
We believe that all students deserve to have access to a conducive learning environment and relevant and rigorous coursework, to include dual-enrollment opportunities (with Germanna Community College and Shenandoah University), opportunities to earn credentials and to engage in robust work-based learning experiences.

What is Career and Technical Education?

CTE offers courses to students in grades 6 through 12 that contain:

competency-based instruction,
career and technical student organizations,
industry credentials,* and
work-based learning experiences.

*Industry credentials are only offered to students in grades 9 - 12.

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO)

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) (pursuant to 8VAC20-12-160) enrich student knowledge through co-curricular instruction, personal and civic development, applied project-based learning, and real-world application. FCPS is partnered with the following CTSO groups:

Competency-Based Instruction

Competency-Based Instruction (pursuant to 8VAC20-120-120) refers to the instruction of CTE courses by competencies (what should a student be able to do?) rather than Standards of Learning (SOL) objectives. The first 22 competencies of each career and technical education course are Workplace Readiness Skills (document created by Loudon County Public Schools). Each course is categorized in a program area (teacher centered) and a career cluster or pathway (student centered).

The CTE Pathways Guide highlights recommended high school career and technical education courses, sequential electives, credentials, and work-based learning experiences by career clusters and pathways in Fredericksburg City Public Schools. The courses listed in each career cluster and pathway may be available to multiple grade levels.

Walker-Grant Middle School offers courses in the following program areas: Business, Marketing, Family and Consumer Sciences.

Industry Credentials

Post-Secondary Education Information

Work-Based Learning Experiences

Work-Based Learning Experiences (pursuant to 8VAC20-131-51) are “school-coordinated workplace experiences that are related to students’ career goals and/or interests, are integrated with instruction, and are performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations” (VDOE, 2020).

Contact Kristi Allison (kallison@cityschools.com or 540-372-1100 ext. 2344) for more information!

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Archived Highlights and Releases

CTE Intern Expo (2022)

CTE Newsletter (December 2022)

CTE Fair (January 2023)

CTE Goodwill Partnership Highlight

CTE Goodwill Partnership

Great News!

Our Externship program had a successful launch with our partnership with Goodwill Industries.

Congratulations to Emoni Childs and Heavenlyn Diogo-Crews, our two students who started their weeklong externship. They arrived at Goodwill at 9:00 am and will work until 5:00 each day for a week, learning all aspects of Goodwill. This is our first High Quality Work Based Learning recognized Externship; we are so fortunate to have this partnership with Goodwill and look forward to providing many more opportunities for our students in the future!