The Carbon Career & Technical Institute plans on offering “Essential Skills Technical Program Charts” to give students an idea what to expect in each of its technical departments.

“Basically, an essential skills chart is an easy-to-read graphic organizer that provides information about our technical programs,” said Christine Trovato, Facilitator of Special Education at CCTI. “It also provides the information about the recommended and, in some cases, required skills that are needed for students to be successful in the program, to complete the program, and for careers.”

By identifying the recommended and required essential skills needed for each career choice, students, parents, and school personnel can make informed decisions, Trovato said.

The content of the charts foster discussions about the student’s current performance level and helps to identify necessary student support services needed for successful completion of the program, she said.

Teams acquire information about where the student needs to be, where the student currently is and how the student will get to where they need to be, to successful complete the program.

Each technical program will have its own essential skills chart.

“They are tools, just to bring more information and help with the application, the recruitment, and the enrollment process,” Trovato said.

The charts will be put online when the program begins and they will be in the student handbook.