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.
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We are committed to:
- Using real world examples to teach essential concepts
- Applying technology to career and technical tasks
- Maintaining rigorous and relevant curriculum
- Providing extra help to meet students’ needs
- Engaging all students in active learning
*Case Managers (special education teachers) must send an invitation to the LEA from the district of residence and they must be present in order to proceed with the IEP.
At the student’s initial intake IEP meeting; a team including the Special Education Supervisor for CCTI; the guardian; the LEA, the sending school district’s special education teacher and the technical teachers (regular education teacher) from CCTI discuss the student’s current IEP/504 Plan and make revisions for placement (timeline); program (technical program); and supports and interventions appropriate to the student’s needs upon entering CCTI.
Both CCTI guidance counselor and the District of Residence guidance counselor are continually involved in the initial meetings and all subsequent meetings regarding all students with special services (see IEP’s sign in page).*
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.
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