iMeck Career Services Newsletter 2.6.19

Jennifer Kennedy
Feb 7, 2019
3 min read

Updated: Feb 13, 2019

February is CTE Month

Every February, the CTE community celebrates CTE Month® to raise awareness of the role that CTE has in readying our students for careers and college. Led by a variety of CTE groups and spearheaded by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), the month is organized around a different theme each year.

In CMS CTE offers you a pathways to that head start. Whether you’re interested in architecture or automobiles, cosmetology or computers – there’s a pathway that will allow you to acquire deep career knowledge, gain industry-recognized certifications and test-drive your career in a summer internship.

Throughout the month the iMeck Leadership Team train all iMeck students on Naviance and to begin Career Action Plans and Portfolio's.

Grade Level Activities:

9th- Strength Explorers (Pathways)

10th- Personality Assessment

11th-Super Match College Search and Identify Post-Seconday Path

Check out the image below to see iMeck CTE Month activities:

CTE Fair

For more dates visit our website and sign up for ALL Career Services Activities at bit.ly/iSiGNUP or by clicking the buttons below:

NC Superintendent Hold's Press Release About CTE Month

On Monday North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Superintendent Mark Johnson held a Press Conference not only promoting CTE Month, but further proclaiming that NC CTE's theme as “Career Pathways Month”

According to content.govdelivery.com

"The proclamation acknowledges the many great career paths that are available to North Carolina’s public school students. Superintendent Johnson and President Hans made the announcement at the North Wake College and Career Academy in Wake Forest. "

Check out NC Superintendent's Press Release About CTE Month.

iGoals Career Roundtable Series: Law & Public Safety

iMeck Career Services kicked off CTE Month with a visit from local Law & Public Safety Officials,including our very own, Mr. Witherspoon. At this week's roundtable, students interested in a career in Law and Public Safety were able to ask questions about how to Navigate to a career in Public Safety.

College and Career of the Month

Law and Public Safety

The college and career of the week is Law and Public Safety and UNC at Wesleyan. For more information about the Law and Public Safety Career Cluster click here. And to learn more about Wesleyan click here.

About Law and Public Safety Cluster

Top 5 Colleges in NC for Law and Public Safety

Career and College Promise

Did you know? That students can be licensed in a prior to graduating High School. Career and College Promise (CCP) gives North Carolina high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to get a "jump start" and earn college credit toward a two-year or four-year degree while still in high school. Students are dually enrolled in their high school and at Central Piedmont Community College, allowing them to receive both high school and college credit for courses taken through the program. Best of all, CCP classes are tuition-free during the fall, spring and summer semesters. (Non-CMS students are responsible for student fees and insurance fees).

Would You Like To Start Your Own Business

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