CTAE Pathways
Career, Technical & Agricultural Education (CTAE)
Paulding County School District CTAE offers pathways from each of the 17 Georgia career clusters. Georgia’s Career Clusters allow students to choose an area of interest in high school. Students take classes tailored to their cluster, helping them navigate their way to success—no matter what they choose to do after high school graduation. CTAE pathway completion provides the foundation for students' college and career readiness, whether they plan to serve in the military, attend a technical school, two-year college, four-year university, or enter the workforce.
Students begin exploring potential careers in elementary and middle school so that they are ready to choose a pathway in high school.
CTAE+
Learn how CTAE pathway completion can qualify as a 4th Math, Science, or ELA high school credit: CTAE+ Guidance.
View the statewide Career Clusters & Pathways Guide: Georgia Career Clusters & Pathway Guide
High School CTAE Programs
* Indicates Industry Certified Program
- Air Force JROTC
- Allied Health & Medicine *
- Architectural Drawing & Design *
- Audio-Video, Technology & Film
- Business & Technology
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Education as a Profession
- Forestry/Wildlife Systems
- General Automotive Technology *
- Graphic Design *
- Marketing & Management *
- Sports & Entertainment Marketing *
- Sports Medicine *
- Web Development
- Army JROTC
- Allied Health & Medicine *
- Audio-Video, Technology & Film
- Certified Medical Assisting (CMA)
- Cloud Computing
- Cosmetology
- Engineering Drafting & Design
- Financial Services
- General Automotive Technology
- Graphic Design
- Law Enforcement Services: Criminal Investigations
- Programming
- Sports Medicine *
- Advanced Accounting
- Army JROTC
- Audio-Video, Technology & Film
- Business Accounting
- Business & Technology
- Carpentry *
- Computer Science
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts *
- Education as a Profession
- Game Design
- General Automotive Technology *
- Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism *
- Law Enforcement Services: Criminal Investigations
- Patient Care *
- Plant & Landscape Systems
- Sports & Entertainment Marketing *
- Sports Medicine *
- Web & Digital Design
- Army JROTC
- Audio-Video, Technology & Film
- Business & Technology *
- Carpentry *
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Engineering & Technology
- General Automotive Technology *
- Law Enforcement Services: Criminal Investigations
- Marketing & Management
- Patient Care *
- Teaching as a Profession
- Agriculture Mechanics Systems
- Allied Health & Medicine *
- Army JROTC
- Biotechnology Research & Development
- Business & Technology
- Collision Repair: Painting & Refinishing
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Food Animal Systems
- General Automotive Technology
- Law Enforcement Services: Criminal Investigations
- Marketing Communications & Promotions
- Patient Care *
- Sports Medicine *
- Web Development
Paulding College & Career Academy
(Courses offered in person only)
- Certified Medical Assisting (CMA)
- Certified Nursing Aide (CNA)
- Cybersecurity
- Energy & Power
- Mechatronics
- Patient Care
Paulding Virtual Academy
(Courses offered virtually only)
- Business & Technology
- Financial Services
- Nutrition & Food Science
- Web & Digital Design
CTAE Pathways by Career Clusters
Courses for each pathway must be taken in sequence. Course 1 is the introductory course with no prerequisites. Course 1 must be taken before Course 2, and Courses 1 and 2 must be completed before Course 3.
