City Schools of Decatur
Career, Technical and Agriculture Education
The Career, Technical and Agriculture Education (CTAE) is about helping students, workers and lifelong learners of all ages fulfill their working potential. First and foremost it's about high school and college education that provides students with:
- Academic subject matter taught with relevance to the real world, often called contextual learning.
- Employability skills, from job-related skills to workplace ethics.
- Education pathways that help students explore interests and careers in the process of progressing through school.
But career and technical education is also about:
- Second-chance education and training for the unemployed and those seeking to upgrade their employability skills.
- Education to earn additional degrees, especially when related to career advancement.
- Corporate training, continuing education, skills upgrades and refresher courses for those already in the workplace.
CTAE Department currently serves 517 of the 744 students (69%) enrolled at DHS. There are 280 students that are taking two or more CTAE courses this school year. DHS students also have the opportunity to participate in Joint and Dual Enrollment at DeKalb Technical College.
The following CTAE Pathways are available at DHS:
Broadcast Video Production
Career and Technical Instruction
Culinary Arts
Early Childhood Education
Engineering, Drawing and Design
Graphic Design
Interactive Media
JROTC - Army
Small Business Development
Teaching as a Profession
*Work-Based Learning
* Available in all program areas
Duane Sprull
Career, Technical and Agriculture Education Director
Jenna Black
Early Childhood Education
Students in this pathway are introduced to teaching in a diverse and inclusive environment, including homes, schools, and other community settings, which serve children from birth to age 8 and their families. Child-centered and culturally sensitive practices are emphasized throughout the pathway, focusing on the need for multiple methods of instruction to accommodate a broad range of learners.
Elaine Edwards
Public Safety
The content includes, but is not limited to, introduction to the criminal justice system, police ethics and constitutional law, patrol procedures, traffic control procedures, defensive tactics and physical proficiency skills, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, interpersonal and communication skills, investigation procedures, court systems and trial procedures, correctional systems, introduction to forensic science, crime prevention, property control, employability skills, and computer skills.
Brent Eickhoff
Teacher as a Profession Internship
This pathway includes broad introductory coverage of teaching as a profession, public school organization, planning and delivery of instruction, creation and maintenance of learning environment, standards, teaching and learning in multicultural settings, mainstream education of students with exceptionalities, "at risk" students, family and community partnerships, school law, and educational philosophies.
Jimmy Fowlkes
Graphic Arts
This pathway will enable students to develop basic commercial art skills. Students will use basic typography, layout, and design techniques to create images and products that reflect knowledge of the elements of art and principles of design to attract and influence consumers.
Danielle Jones
Interactive Media
This pathway exposes students to the skills needed to develop and maintain web servers and the hosted web pages at one or a group of web sites, and to function as designated webmasters. Includes instruction in computer systems and networks; web page design and editing; information resources management; web policy and procedures; Internet applications of information systems security; user interfacing and usability research; and relevant management and communications skills.
Dana Kinney
Culinary Arts
The Culinary Arts pathway creates an awareness of opportunities within the vast areas of the Food Service Industry. This pathway incorporates developments in the areas of institutional food, fine dining and basic banking principals. Pathway completers will have strong foundation in the basics of food preparation, safety, nutrition, and restaurant operating procedures.
Keisha Leonard
Small Business Development
Work-Based Learning
Youth Apprenticeship
This pathway is designed for those considering a career in business, especially small business. Courses provide students with the skills needed to develop and manage independent small businesses. Includes instruction in business administration; enterprise planning and entrepreneurship; start-up; small business operations and problems; personnel supervision; capitalism and investment; taxation; business law and regulations; e-commerce; home business operations; and applications to specific sectors, products, and services.
Jon Reese
Video Broadcasting
This pathway prepares students for employment or entry into a postsecondary education program in the Broadcast/Video Production career field. Instruction covers technical terminology, safety, basic equipment, reporting, script writing, production teams, production and programming, set production, lighting, editing, studio production, and professional ethics. Students participate in both the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and Student Television Network for leadership training and to reinforce specific career and technical skills. Students work cooperatively in all phases of broadcast/video production to produce a regular show called "The Dec."
Johnny Richards(COL) & Phyllis Primus (SFC)
JROTC Instructors
The mission of the United States Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program is to motivate young people to be better citizens. Program objectives are to: provide and encourage citizenship; promote high school completion; develop leadership potential; strengthen self-esteem; improve wellness and physical fitness; provide incentives to live drug-free; and enhance life skills.
Jim Streeter
Drafting/Engineering and Technology Education
Students learn drafting techniques through the study of geometric construction at which time they are introduced to computer-aided drafting and design. The four course sequence is focused on; safety, geometric construction, fundamentals of Computer-Aided Drafting, and multi-view drawings; illustrate more complex objects using the Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) system and develop skills in dimensioning, tolerancing, pictorials, sections, auxiliary views, and intersection and developments; house designs, floor plans, roof designs, elevations (interior and exterior), schedules, and foundations; schedules, plumbing, heating and air, graphic presentations, plot/site plans, specifications, and building estimations; 3-D working and assembly drawings including rendering and animation. Further, the standards are aligned with the national standards of
the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA). Students who successfully complete this and other drafting courses should be prepared to take the Drafter Certification Examination from the ADDA.
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