Career and Technology Studies
The following is from Northwest Territories Early Childhood and School Services:
Career and Technology Studies is a program designed to provide students with a variety of career related course choices. Alberta Education states that the CTS program offers opportunities for students to:
- develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives, now and in the future
- refine career-planning skills
- develop technology-related skills
- enhance employability skills
- apply and reinforce learnings developed in other subject areas
- prepare for transition into adult roles in the family, community, workplace and/or further education.
Features of the revised CTS program:
- Courses are organized by levels (Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced), not grades
- Multiple entry points – not all Intermediate and Advanced level courses have prerequisites
- A competency-based curriculum