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Technical Education

INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Agriculture Career Exploration (A.C.E.)
Career Based Intervention @ Gates Mills
Career Based Intervention @ CEVEC

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.
Online Courses Vary based on student.

Agriculture Career Exploration (A.C.E.) Career Based Intervention
(Environmental Education Center) (Environmental Education Center)
Grades 10-12 Grades 9-10
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ACE I 9 graders earn up to 7 Credits dependent upon
ACE II student performance (2 Lab, 1 Related, up to 4
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Prerequisite: Interview by Instructor and Virtual Learning),10 graders earn up to 8 credits
recommended by Counselor and/or Administrator. dependent upon student performance (2 Lab, 1
Recommended For: Technical Education Related, up to 5 Virtual Learning)
8 academic credits each year dependent upon Prerequisite: Interview by Instructor and
individual student performance. recommended by Counselor and/or Administrator.
Recommended For: Technical Education
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This program offers 10 - 12 grade students an
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exploration of the various Agriculture occupations Career -Based Intervention (CBI) is a Career
with emphasis on entry level job skills. This work- Technical Education Program designed for students in
study program is designed for selected students to grades 9-10 who have barriers to achieving academic
explore agriculture-related careers while getting and career success. The program is designed to help
firsthand experience in the world of work. Students students recover credits and improve academics.
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.

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