Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Career and Technical Education (CTE) allows Maine students the opportunity for applied learning and helps them enhance their skills while preparing to enter the workforce. CTE programs are in-depth training experiences while also supporting exploration into career pathways for middle and high school students.

Take a look at our CTE partner programs:

Our CTE Specialists provide new learning opportunities for students and offer support and guidance as students gain the skills and motivation needed to participate in community and workplace activities, graduate from high school, and pursue continued education.

  • The Bath Regional Career & Technical Center (Bath Tech) is open to all students attending Boothbay Region High School, Lincoln Academy, Morse High School, and Wiscasset High School, with priority given to juniors and seniors. We offer traditional vocational courses to prepare graduates for a career after high school as well as a mix of highly technical offerings that prepare you to continue your education at the community college or university level. All of our programs can be college preparatory; most of our programs offer the ability to earn college credits while you complete high school.

    OUR TRADE PROGRAMS:

    Automotive Technology

    Carpentry

    Cosmetology

    Criminal Justice

    Graphic Design

    Culinary Arts

    Early Childhood Education

    Electricity

    Engineering Graphics & Design

    Health Science Careers

    Welding & Metal Fabrication

  • The Capital Area Technical Center offers career and technical instruction in the following Maine approved CTE programs in Auto Collision, Auto Technology, Business Academy, Building Construction, Certified Nursing Assistant, Computer Technology, Culinary Arts, Early Childhood Education, Firefighting, Graphic Design, Law Enforcement, Machine Tool, and Plumbing and Heating.

  • The Caribou Technology Center offers career and technical instruction in the following Maine Approved CTE programs: Agriculture, Auto Body, Automotive Technology, Criminal Justice, Commercial Driver’s License, Culinary Arts, EMT, Exploratory, Food Services, Health & Medical Sciences, Large Equipment, Residential Construction, and Welding

  • Foster CTE Center is a regional Career and Technical Education center offering a wide variety of programs to all students. These unique and challenging programs will present you with the opportunity to gain technical skills, national certifications and college credits all at the same time. We serve students from Spruce Mountain High School, Mt. Abram High School, Rangeley Lakes Regional School and Mt. Blue High School.

  • PATHS is greater Portland’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) high school. Maine’s CTE schools offer hands-on, technical and career-focused education. PATHS programs prepare students for a wide range of high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand careers. PATHS provides its students with the opportunity for relevant and challenging applied learning experiences designed to enhance their occupational, personal, and academic success while preparing them to meet the needs of the Maine workforce.

  • The Mission of Region 10 Technical High School is to enrich the unique potential of each learner by enabling students to acquire knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for further education or for gainful employment. These goals will be achieved through education focused on individual and community needs, demonstration of responsible citizenship and professionalism, and acquisition of career and technical skills that meet both state and national standards.

  • Somerset Career & Technical Center is one of 27 CTE centers and regions in Maine, united in integrating academics and technical skills to better prepare each student to move into his or her appropriate position in the 21st Century. The Center provides Technical CTE Training for students of school districts located in Somerset County. These school districts are: SAD #13, serving the towns of Bingham, Carratunk, Moscow, The Forks Plantation, West Forks Plantation; SAD #53, serving towns of Pittsfield, Burnham, Detroit; SAD #54, serving the towns of Skowhegan, Canaan, Cornville, Mercer, Norridgewock, Smithfield; SAD #59, serving the towns of Athens, Brighton Plantation, Madison, Starks; SAD #74, serving the towns of Anson, Embden, New Portland, North Anson, and Solon.