Career & College Readiness

Career Technology Education (CTE) programs are designed to equip students with practical skills and knowledge for the workforce. These programs often lead to exciting and rewarding careers. Here are some fun facts about CTE graduates:

🎉 High Employability

💻 Educational Flexibility

💲 Economic Impact

📈 Innovation and Growth

😁 Student Satisfaction

Career Technology Education provides a valuable alternative to traditional education paths, offering students practical skills, reduced educational costs, and strong employment prospects.

💻 Learn more about the CTE Pathways at SCWS here.

✅ Check out the CTE Pathways Newsletter here.

Click on the image below to access the video!📹

^Note: SAT Composite score for College Ready from the SC Department of Education is now 1040 or higher.

Career - Student is identified as Career Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• WIN Ready to Work
• Students will need a score of 3 or higher on the Math, Reading, and Data sections
• ASVAB 31 or Higher
• CTE (Career & Technology Education) Completer + Certification
• WBL (Cooperative Education, Internship, R-Registered Apprenticeship, or Y-Youth Apprenticeship
• IEP Employability Credential

College - Student is identified as College Ready if one or more of the following criteria is met -

• 6+ hours of approved Dual Credit Courses with a grade of C or higher
• ACT 20+ Composite
• 1040+ SAT Composite
• AP 3 or higher
• IB 4 or Higher (HL only)

We want to help you explore careers and feel more confident in choosing a career for yourself. SCWS students will have the opportunity to participate in National Job Shadow Day on Monday, February 2, 2026. This will be a time for you to connect with a local professional and see typical daily tasks associated with their job. See this link for more information.

The South Carolina Career Ready Test is a state-mandated career readiness test administered to all third-year (eleventh-grade) students to measure the most common skills that employers define as foundational for career readiness. Students are assessed in four key areas:

• Math Assessment
• Reading Assessment
• Data Assessment
• Soft Skills Assessment

Learn more here.

Source: https://www.winlearning.com/Solutions/Assessments/academic-skills-assessments

The purpose of the CCR lessons is to introduce you to some of the skills that will be on the South Carolina Career Readiness assessment.

At South Carolina Whitmore School we have placed practice questions in your courses to give you exposure and to provide tips as you complete this lesson activity. The questions address skills needed in the workplace. The questions you will see in the lessons are not necessarily related to the specific content in a single course.

In your high school curriculum, you are learning the skills needed to analyze the information presented in these items so that you can answer them.

Preparing students who are career ready is an important responsibility of SC Whitmore School and the State of South Carolina. The WIN Learning (WIN) Work Ready career readiness assessment will be administered to students who are in their third year of high school, and seniors who have not already met the career ready indicator.

1- Career Readiness for Students

2- SCWS is also measured by the number of students who are "Career Ready" based on state definitions.

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Students and parents can work together to make sure they are well prepared by following these suggestions:

Students should:

• Rest on the nights before these tests.
• Eat a nourishing breakfast on the morning of each test.
• Arrive at your testing location on time, or a few minutes early to avoid additional stress.
• Listen attentively to the teacher’s directions so they will know exactly what to do.
• Read each test question and each response carefully before marking an answer choice.
• Stay calm if there are questions that seem difficult.
• Mark their best answers.
• Refrain from bringing any electronic device that can be used for communicating, timing, or imaging into the testing location.

Parents should:

• Meet with your child’s teachers as often as necessary to discuss his/her progress.
• Check or review your child’s homework, projects, or other school work.
• Talk with your child about school and their next steps.
• Ask teachers to suggest activities for you and your child to do at home to help prepare for tests and to improve your child’s understanding of schoolwork.
• Provide positive feedback by praising your child for what he/she does well.

Help us help your child perform to the best of his or her ability. For more information about testing or your child’s progress, please call SC Whitmore's Testing Coordinator: Katie Coleman – Questions about all things testing (SAT, ACT, EOC, WIN, PSAT) – 803-768-8313 or 803-216-5368 email - kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org

The ASVAB CEP inspires students, schools, educators and parents across the country to explore the possibilities the world of work has to offer and make an action plan as unique as each student.

The ASVAB Career Exploration Program (CEP) is a comprehensive career planning tool that enables meaningful career exploration and post-secondary planning. The ASVAB CEP harnesses the power of the world’s most validated aptitude test paired with an interest inventory to empower young people to explore the holistic world of work and make an individualized post-secondary plan.

The ASVAB CEP is sponsored by the Department of Defense with a two-part mission: to provide a career exploration service to U.S. youth and qualified leads to military recruiters. The CEP is offered at no cost to participating high schools as a public service. In the last five years, the ASVAB CEP has helped over 3 million students in more than 13,000 schools accurately identify their strengths. Participants have no obligation to the Military or to speak to a recruiter.

The ASVAB CEP inspires students, parents, and educators to take collaborative action to talk about all of the postsecondary options. This effort harnesses the collective power of families and communities to transform how people think about, talk about, and participate in post-secondary planning.

To learn more visit - www.asvabprogram.com

Legislation states the purposes of the college and career ready assessments are:

1. Assist students, parents, teachers, and guidance counselors in developing individual graduation plans and in selecting courses aligned with each student’s future ambitions;
2. Promote South Carolina’s Work Ready Communities initiative; and,
3. Meet federal and state accountability requirements.

• SAT
• ACT

Learn more about the College Entrance Assessments here.

Click here to view SC Whitmore School Counselors College and Career Group Recordings

Check out this recording from our General Dual Enrollment Information Session with USC Union.

• Dual Enrollment Information and Process Sheet 25-26
  

• Summer / Fall registration starts March 23rd. The next live USC Union ZOOM information session will be March 17th at 12:30pm at this link: meet.google.com/hyt-atbf-gma

  
  

Benefits of Dual Enrollment

• Earn credits toward a certificate or degree for free if taking 6 credit hours or more per semester.
• Save money if enrolled as a high school student.
• Experience college expectations/life.
• Jump start post-high school options.
• Dual enrollment courses have higher weight toward GPAs.

If interested in Dual Enrollment please reach out to your school counselor so that dates and deadlines for each college semester can be discussed.

Questions about testing (SAT, ACT, EOC, WIN, PSAT)? Please contact the SC Whitmore School Testing Coordinator, Katie Coleman.

803-768-8313 or 803-216-5368

Email - kcoleman@scwhitmoreschool.org

CTE courses give students real-world experiences in their high school classes to earn a certificate and gain skills to become employed in a specific professional field.

Learn more about CTE courses in South Carolina on the South Carolina Department of Education website today!

• To earn CCR (College-and Career-Ready) credit students need to take an exam in their concentration after completing all classes in their pathway.

• Students will earn a cord at graduation for being a CATE (Career and Technology Education) pathway completer.

• Learn more about the CTE Pathways at SCWS here.

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We want to know the courses you're interested in taking in the 2026-2027 school year. Check out this link to learn about some of our CTE and elective courses. Please give us your honest feedback and let us know of any unlisted courses in which you have an interest. Thank you!

Complete the survey here!