CTE Program Information - Bethlehem CSD, Delmar, NY

The Career and Technology Education (CTE) Department at Bethlehem Central includes programs in business education, family and consumer science, technology education, and school-to-work.

What am I learning? Why am I learning this? How can I use it?

This type of question is asked by many of today's students. CTE courses offer learners, answers: In all CTE classes students apply their learning while integrating skills in English, Math, Social Studies and Science.

Technology and global economic competition are combining rapidly to change work and redefine the American workplace. Opportunities for advancement demand strong academic and technical skills, technological proficiency and life-long learning. BCSD now finds ourselves in the center of Tech Valley. With these facts in mind, the CTE Department at Bethlehem is forging ahead to:

help our students meet higher academic and technical skill expectations,
ease the transition to post-secondary education and advanced training, and
facilitate students into self-directed learners, critical thinkers and problem solvers and global communicators.

The Business Department now offers a selection of specialty areas: Computers, Marketing or CISCO networking certification (integrating Technology). College credit is available.

Our Family & Consumer Sciences Department maintains 2 distinct career paths: Early Childhood Education and Culinary Arts. College credit is available.

Technology maintains classes for a ‘traditional’ program including Woodworking and Power Mechanics as well as a rigorous pre-engineering selection of courses through Project Lead The Way (PLTW). PLTW allows students to specialize in Civil Engineering & Architecture or Computer Numeric Controlled Manufacturing.

FYI: A 5-unit sequence (5 sequential credits in one discipline) from Business or Technology earns a Regents diploma. This is helpful for students without a second credit in a Second Language.