Clackamas Career and Technical Education Consortium (C-TEC)
Clackamas Career and Technical Education Consortium (C-TEC) is a consortium of schools and partners in Clackamas County committed to creating high quality pathways from education to the workforce. Our teaching and learning team coordinates C-TEC, which facilitates career education and work-based learning for high school students in collaboration with Clackamas Community College. C-TEC’s work is guided by a steering committee of district and community partners. Funding for the program comes mainly from the federal Carl Perkins grant, coordinated through Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
Program Contacts
Teaching & Learning News
Staff spotlight: Bill Blevins, regional coordinator of career and technical education
Career and technical education offers students valuable hands-on experience in high-demand fields like health care, engineering, information technology and manufacturing. CTE programs not only equip students with the practical skills needed for today’s jobs; they also contribute to graduation rates nearly 10 percentage points higher than those of students who [...]
Staff spotlight: Dan Kimbrow, multilingual learner specialist
Multilingual learners, often from immigrant or refugee backgrounds, face additional challenges in their education as they build English language proficiency. Dan Kimbrow, a multilingual learner specialist at Clackamas Education Service District, supports educators and other school district teams in building skills, strategies and resources needed to bridge gaps in multilingual [...]
Help us launch the Clackamas Native American Student Consortium! Submit a ED 506 Form today
Clackamas ESD is working to establish a Native American student consortium in Clackamas County dedicated to fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where Native American and Alaska Native students are encouraged to excel academically while staying connected to their cultural roots. The vision of the consortium is to pool [...]
