"As a CTE Partner, Granite helps prepare students for the high-skill jobs we and other employers are eager to fill here in the Pajaro Valley."
Erin Kuhlman
Senior VP/Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
PVUSD CTE Partner
CTE Partners from local businesses, higher education, nonprofit organizations, and community networks are vital and valued contributors to the success of CTE students.
CTE Partners help provide real-world work experiences and skills students need in today's dynamic career and academic environments. CTE Partners gain connections to qualified interns and future employees, while supporting the next generation of community leaders and professionals.
Become a CTE Partner!
What does it mean to be a PVUSD CTE Partner?
Our students learn from your experience.
As a CTE Partner, your business or organization links the CTE classroom with the real world of work, helping to bring the future into focus for bright, motivated learners.
Whether you are an employee or employer, a business or community leader, a staff member, entrepreneur, or other professional – your career may be the career a CTE student aspires to one day.
CTE Partners enrich classroom learning in many ways. Partners may offer a single work-related experience or many; speak often with students or visit a classroom once a year; arrange worksite field trips, practice job interviews, internships, or hands-on trainings.
Partners choose their own level of involvement.
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Classroom speakers - Share about your job or career field in a classroom setting.
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Career Expo/Job Fair participants - Showcase your place of work and employment opportunities to students preparing for the workforce.
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Career Panel participants - Join a panel to talk about your organization or industry.
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Conference - Sponsor a student participant.
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Mentor - Support a student to complete a project or prepare for a competition.
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Field trip destination – Arrange for students to experience your place of work.
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Informational interviews – Be interviewed by a student about your career, business, or industry.
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Internships – Offer summer or school-year internships.
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Practice Interviews – Help students prepare for job interviews.
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Job Shadows – Host a student during your workday for a first-hand experience at a real place of employment.
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Pre-Apprenticeships – Accept a student into a pre-apprenticeship program.
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Webinar or workshop access - Sponsor a student’s participation in a virtual or live training.
Benefits of becoming a CTE Partner.
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Generate positive news and greater visibility for your business or organization.
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Be featured in CTE materials, publications, and media releases.
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Derive value from student work.
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Make contacts with excellent candidates for internships, part-time summer jobs, or eventual full-time employment.
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Strengthen your own employees’ supervisory and leadership skills.
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Know that your contributions are helping to develop motivated, skilled employees for our region.
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Support young people eager to make a difference in their careers, their families, and their community.
Getting Started/How it Works
Register as a partner.
CTE Partners list on their registration form the work-based learning experiences they are willing to offer. The experiences indicated are then visible to teachers, who will communicate with partners directly via email to request or coordinate experiences.
Partners can choose to create a CTEWorks account.
Teachers, students, and partners can actively communicate and coordinate work-based learning experiences through the CTEWorks platform. The platform offers partners additional benefits that include access to qualified student candidates for internships, part-time or summer jobs, and other opportunities. Using their CTEWorks account, partners can:
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Post messages to students to access qualified candidates for internships, summer jobs, other workplace opportunities
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Invite students to volunteer or attend an event you are hosting
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Post your own ideas for CTE learning opportunities! In addition to the work-based experiences you listed on your registration form, partners can propose additional activities to enrich student learning.
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Ask questions or request support from the CTE Team
Questions? Contact us.
