ProStart Celebrates CTE Month
February is Career and Technical Education Month®, or CTE Month®, a public awareness campaign that takes place each February to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country.Â
As one of the most effective industry-supported career technical education programs in the nation, ProStart empowers students to achieve long term, successful careers in the restaurant and foodservice sector.
ProStart is currently made up of 137,300 students with 1,768 confirmed programs, one of the largest CTE programs in the United States.
 Here are a few facts about the success of CTE programs and ProStart:
The average high school graduation rate for students concentrating in CTE programs is 93 percent, compared to a national adjusted cohort graduation rate of 80 percent. (Source:Â ACTE)
CTE prepares students to be college- and career-ready by providing core academic skills, employability skills and technical, job-specific skills (Source: ACTE)
High school students involved in CTE are more engaged, perform better and graduate at higher rates. (Source:Â ACTE)
80% of ProStart students report being engaged in class (Source:Â NRAEF)
70% of ProStart students plan to pursue post-secondary education (Source:Â NRAEF)
Here’s a look at the skills ProStart teaches students:
