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Technical Education

INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Agriculture Career Exploration (A.C.E.)
Career Based Intervention @ Gates Mills
Career Based Intervention @Tri-C
Job Training

All students have the ability to learn, to establish a career plan and carry out their career path to gain success in their
lives. The intervention programs are designed to assist students who possess barriers to career and academic success
to establish a career path by using work based learning experiences and gaining competencies to achieve a
successful path to career options. The intervention instruction is designed to help students recover credits, get back
on track academically and establish career goals. Based on student’s age, potential career desires and academic
credits they will be referred to the appropriate intervention program by the student’s guidance counselor and/or
principal.

Agriculture Career Exploration (A.C.E.)
(Environmental Education Center)
Grades 10-12
ACE I
ACE II
Prerequisite: Interview by Instructor and recommended by Counselor and/or Administrator.
Recommended For: Technical Education
8 academic credits each year dependent upon individual student performance.

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This program offers 10 - 12 grade students an exploration of the various Agriculture occupations with emphasis
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on entry level job skills. This work-study program is designed for selected students to explore agriculture-related
careers while getting firsthand experience in the world of work. Students successfully completing various job
shadow sites throughout the school year will have the opportunity to gain paid employment. While learning job
skills, students will also gain knowledge in the areas of: employability skills, positive work habits, communication
and interpersonal skills, basic floral design, landscape techniques, plant propagation and care, and general
horticulture skills. Students will have the opportunity to explore post-secondary training in the area of agriculture
by visiting Cuyahoga Community College, and the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster. Students enrolling in
the program become members of FFA, and have the opportunity to join the Ohio Nurserymen and Landscapers
Association and PLANET.

Career Based Intervention
(Environmental Education Center)
Grades 9-10
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9 graders earn up to 7 Credits dependent upon student performance (2 Lab, 1 Related, up to 4 Virtual
Learning),10 graders earn up to 8 credits dependent upon student performance (2 Lab, 1 Related, up to 5 Virtual
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Learning)
Prerequisite: Interview by Instructor and recommended by Counselor and/or Administrator.
Recommended For: Technical Education

Career -Based Intervention (CBI) is a Career Technical Education Program designed for students in grades 9-10
who have barriers to achieving academic and career success. The program is designed to help students recover
credits and improve academics.

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