CTE Connection October 2026

Mission

This newsletter's primary purpose is to communicate happenings within Johnson City School's middle school CTE programs and to inform of programs, activities, and other opportunities available to our students.

Classroom Spotlights

Digital Media: 7th grade Podcasts

ITMS 7th grade Digital Media students have been honing their interviewing and production skills as they have developed podcasts. Most recently, they arranged to interview their favorite teachers!

Intro to Broadcasting

8th grade students in Introduction to Broadcasting and Media Production have been perfecting their on-camera skills as they will soon be covering classroom news this quarter!

Career Exploration

Major Clarity is a career exploration platform provided for our students that offers highly-personalized, student-driven academic and career planning tools. After students complete the Personality Assessment, a 48-question inventory that takes about 5 minutes to complete, they can go to the Career Exploration tab on the side-bar menu to find their top-ranked careers to explore further.

Each Career Path provides videos of professionals from that career as well as a sample career activity that students can "test drive." Students can then rank the videos and/or activity, selecting whether they liked it or not, to update their career rankings for future exploration.

Major Clarity offers 66 career pathways to explore, and students can view occupations in each to discover the education required, average salaries provided, and skills and knowledge needed.

The program has been placed in our SSO Portal, and all teachers and students are automatically rostered, meaning no usernames or passwords are required. Take the time to explore this tool today!

How To Log In To Major Clarity:

1. Go to the SSO Portal

2. Click on the MajorClarity Icon

3. Navigate through the sidebar menu. Feel free to explore...you can't mess up!

To view Tutorial Videos on all the menu options in Major Clarity, go to https://sciencehill.jcschools.org/counselors/major-clarity

Look in this section of the newsletter each month for more info on Major Clarity in the future.

October Focus: National Computer Learning Month

Computer Literacy and Computer Science are a continued emphasis in the state of Tennessee. Major Clarity provides this presentation to help our students become more aware of the field of computer science.

Computer Literacy

October Focus: Careers in Information Technology and STEM

Major Clarity provides the below presentations to inform our students of the various career paths they can "test drive" in the area of Information Technology as well as STEM. At SHHS, students have the opportunity to explore the Information Technology pathway through Cybersecurity and the STEM pathway through courses in Principles of Engineering and Technology, Digital Electronics, and Robotics and Automated Systems.

Information Technology

Career Paths in Information Technology include software programming, network systems administration, and cybersecurity analysts, to name a few.

STEM

STEM careers could include various science specializations, including biologists, chemists, and geologists; engineering specializations, such as mechanical engineers, civil engineers, and chemical engineers; and mathematics concentrations, including statisticians, analytics, and actuaries.

Network Systems Administration

Software Programming

Mechanical Engineering