STEM Concepts
CTE Knowledge Corner
CTE Key Vocabulary
Word/ Abbreviation
Defnition
Association for Career and Technical Education (National)
ACTE
Agriculture
AG
A group of careers and industries that are related by skills or products.
Career Cluster
College and Career Awareness
CCA
College and Career Readiness
CCR
Concurrent Enrollment
CE
Career and Technical Education
CTE
A secondary student who has met all of the requirements of a CTE pathway by completing 3.0 credits with one course being a concentrator course. A secondary student who has completed at least two courses, with at least one concentrator course, in a specifc CTE pathway. A Career Pathway is a sequence of courses within a student's area of interest that connects career interests and serves as an educational road map leading to a credential. Utah has developed 35 CTE Career Pathways that align with the national Career Clusters.
CTE Completer
CTE Concentrator
CTE Pathway
Career & Technical Student Organization
CTSO
CTSO for future leaders and entrepreneurs in careers in marketing, fnance, hospitality and management.
DECA
CTSO- for Future Educators
Educators Rising
CTSO- Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
CTSO- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
FCCLA
Family Consumer Science
FCS
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