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Career & Technical Education Vision

Career & Technology Education (CTE) students will be productive in leading and serving our society.

Mission

Preparing students for the real world in a real way.

Focus

To make sure that every single student finds a place to belong, a passion to pursue and a love for learning that will serve them well beyond the years they spend with us.

Endorsements

Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs offer a sequence of courses that provide students with coherent and rigorous content. CTE content is aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions.

Career Clusters

A career cluster is a group of careers that share common themes. There are fourteen (14) Texas-identified career clusters that are aligned with the three (3) endorsement categories. Tomball ISD offers thirteen (13) career clusters, encompassing twenty-eight specialized programs of study, as listed below.

• All
• Accounting & Financial Services
• Agricultural Technology & Mechanical Systems
• Animal Science
• Architectural Drafting and Design
• Audio/Video Production
• Aviation Maintenance
• Aviation Pilots
• Business Management
• Computer Science
• Construction Technology
• Culinary Arts
• Cybersecurity
• Dentistry
• Electrical Technology
• Emergency Medicine
• Engineering Foundations
• Game and App Development
• Graphic Design
• Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC)
• Law Enforcement
• Legal Studies
• Marketing and Sales
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Plant & Floral Science
• PTECH - Tomball Academy of Healthcare
• Robotics
• Teaching & Training
• Welding

Programs of Study

A pathway or Program of Study is a coherent sequence of courses that fosters progressive growth in knowledge and skills development. These Programs of Study are further enriched by a strategic collaboration with their corresponding business community.

Available Industry-based Certificates (IBC) are listed below each Program of Study. Click on the Program of Study for details.

• Agricultural Technology & Mechanical Systems
  • AWS D1.1 Structural Steel
  • AWS D9.1 Sheet Metal Welding
  • API 1104 Welding Pipeline & Related Facilities
• Animal Science
  • Elanco Fundamentals of Animal Science Certification
  • Elanco Veterinary Medical Applications Certification
  • Certified Veterinary Assistant - Level 1

• Plant & Floral Science
  • Texas State Florist's Association Level 2 Floral Certification
  • BASF Plant Science Certification

• Architectural Drafting and Design
  • Autodesk Associate (Certified User) AutoCAD
  • Autodesk Associate (Certified User) Revit Architecture
• Construction Technology
  • Carpentry, Level I
  • Carpentry, Level II

• Audio/Video Production
  • Adobe Certified Professional in Digital Video using Premiere Pro
  • NOCTI Digital Video Production Foundations
• Graphic Design
  • Adobe Certified Professional in Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design & using Adobe Photoshop

• Accounting & Financial Services
  • Accounting Foundations
  • Intuit QuickBooks Certified User
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistant/Tax Counseling

• Business Management
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business
  • Microsoft Office Specialist:
    • Microsoft Word Expert (Word 2019)
    • Microsoft Excel Expert (Excel 2019)
• Marketing and Sales
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business
  • Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate

• Teaching & Training
  • TEA Educational Aide 1

• Electrical Technology
  • Electrical Technology, Level 1 Certificate (Lone Star College)
  • Occupational Skills Certification (Lone Star College)

• Engineering Foundations
  • Autodesk Associate (Certified User) Fusion 360
  • Engineering Technology Foundations

• Robotics
  • FAA Part 107 Remote Drone Pilot

• Dentistry
  • Certified EKG Technician
  • Registered Dental Assistant X-Ray Certification
• Emergency Medicine
  • Certified EKG Technician
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
• Nursing
  • Certified EKG Technician
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
• Pharmacy
  • Certified EKG Technician
  • Pharmacy Technician

• Tomball Academy of Healthcare
  • Certified EKG Technician
  • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
  • Patient Care Technician
  • Phlebotomy Technician
• (TAH PoS)

• Culinary Arts
  • ServSafe Food Manager
  • AMSA Culinary Meat Selection & Cookery

• Computer Science
  • Information Technology Specialist: Java
  • Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer

• Cybersecurity
  • CompTIA Certification
  • CompTIA Network+
• Game and App Development
  • Certified Professional Programmer - Unity
  • Apple App Development with Swift

• Law Enforcement
  • IAED Emergency Telecommunicator
  • Forensic Technician
• Legal Studies
  • General Management
  • Forensic Technician

• Welding
  • AWS D1.1 Structural Steel
  • AWS D9.1 Sheet Metal Welding
  • API 1104 Welding Pipeline & Related Facilities

• Aviation Maintenance
  • FAA Aviation Mechanic - Airframe (AMT-A)
  • FAA Aviation Mechanic - Power Plant (AMT-P)

• Aviation Pilots
  • FAA Part 107 Remote Drone Pilot