Carbon Career & Technical Institute
CCTI is a comprehensive career and technical school offering both academic studies and career and technical studies in a full and half day format. The school serves students in grades 9, 10, 11 & 12 from the five Carbon County School Districts (Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, Palmerton, Panther Valley, and Weatherly). We also offer FLEX scheduling for students who want to get a portion of a program to round out their high school curriculum and perhaps provide them with some skill or information to give them an edge in their college career.
Our goal is to prepare students to pursue a variety of options: 2 year college or technical school; 4 year college; military or entry into the workforce. By addressing the diversity of opportunities available to our students, we feel they will be able to make informed decisions as to the career path they wish to select. If you would like to visit or need more information, please call our guidance department at 570-325-3682 ext 1506.
CCTI believes all students should acquire the skills and knowledge to enter the workforce or to enroll in a post-secondary educational program.
Comprehensive Plan Planning Requirements
Chapter 4 specifies planning requirements for school entities. A school entity is defined as a local education provider (e.g., public school district, charter school, cyber charter school, AVTS or Intermediate Unit). These planning requirements are as follows:
- Every 3 years, a school entity must submit to the Secretary for approval a professional education plan. The professional education plan must be made available for public inspection and comment for 28 days, and then it can be approved by the board and then submitted to PDE.
- Every 6 years, a school entity must submit to the Department for approval an induction plan. The induction plan must be made available for public inspection and comment for 28 days, and then it can be approved by the school entity’s governing board and then submitted to PDE.
- Every 6 years, a school entity must develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated K-12 program of student services. This student services plan must be made available for public inspection and comment for 28 days, and then it can be approved by the school entity’s governing board.
- Every 3 years, each school district must develop and submit to the department a special education plan. The special education plan must be made available for public inspection and comment for 28 days, and then it can be approved by the school entity’s governing board and then submitted to PDE.
- Every 6 years, each school district must develop and implement a gifted education plan. The gifted education plan must be made available for public inspection and comment for 28 days, and then it can be approved by the school entity’s governing board.
Professional Development Plan – Professional Development Plan (Act 48) _ 2026 – 2029
Health and Safety plan – Health & Safety Plan, Revised 01/18/2024
Any questions, please email David Reinbold at dreinbold@carboncti.org.
Carbon Career & Technical Institute Achieves Top SPP Score for Fourth Consecutive Year
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has recently released the Pennsylvania School Performance Profile for the 2016-17 school year. This public site (http://www.paschoolperformance.org) provides an academic performance score for public schools in the state.
We are proud to announce that our SPP Academic Score for the 2016-17 school year rose from 91.2 to 91.7. There are 16 comprehensive career and technical schools in Pennsylvania. For the fourth consecutive year CCTI’s SPP Academic Score is the highest score in the state among these 16 comprehensive career and technical schools. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our students, parents, staff, JOC, and all stakeholders within the community, CCTI has achieved this commendable ranking. The score also compares favorably to all high school building scores throughout the county and state. For the third year in a row, CCTI has the highest score in Carbon County.
The performance score is designed with several purposes in mind:
to inform the public of school performance
to provide a building level score for educators as part of their evaluation system
to allow the public to compare schools across the state
to give schools a methodology to analyze their strengths and needs
Test scores, progress in closing achievement gaps, and degree of student growth over time are factored into the scoring while other identifiers of high achieving schools are also considered: graduation, promotion, and attendance rates as well as evidence of offering rigorous courses factor into the calculation. Schools may also earn extra points beyond the 100 point scoring system for those students who have earned advanced scores on the state, industry, and Advanced Placement Exams.
In addition to the scoring aspect of the site, the public can compare schools within and across the state. For schools, the site also offers supports for schools to consider as they identify needs in the academic profile. Administrators and staff in our district have begun to review the data and calculations.
Per our goals and objectives, we continue to study the elements that are used to determine our score, and develop plans to improve achievement and raise the school score as much as possible. We revised our curricula, master schedule, and delivery systems, and work as a team to maintain our high standards for grading, attendance, and work ethic.
We are once again pleased with our indicators of academic growth (PVAAS) which illustrate that our students exceeded the state’s expectations for growth when they enter CCTI. Our career and technical based industry standard (NOCTI/NIMS) overall score of 91% of our students scoring Advanced (80%) or Competent (20%) is above the state average. The overall score combines written and performance scores. And finally, our State Audit Reports from 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 show no findings.
