Hanover County Public Schools is proud to offer a robust offering of classes and programs for career and technical education (CTE). We currently have 84 different offerings including classes at The Hanover Center for Trades and Technology and The Specialty Center at Hanover High School. We also organize the Hanover Regional Governor's School for Career and Technical Advancement, a two-week summer residential program for gifted CTE students.
CTE teaches a variety of personal qualities and people skills:
- Positive Work Ethic
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Self-Representation
- Diversity Awareness
- Conflict Resolution
- Creativity and Resourcefulness
In addition to professional and technology skills:
- Speaking and Listening
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Health and Safety
- Organizations, Systems, and Climates
- Job Acquisition and Advancement
- Time, Task, and Resource Management
- Customer Service
- Job-Specific Technologies
- Information Technology
- Internet Use and Security
- Telecommunications
Career Clusters
Exciting and diverse careers are open to qualified applicants. The possibilities are limitless. Your school counselor and career counselor will help you to learn more about these opportunities and your own interests using career inventories and computerized programs such as Virginia Wizard and Virginia View.
Resources
Technical education student organizations are an integral part of the total instructional program. Student organizations provide opportunities for students to develop leadership skills, learn to engage in individual and group enterprises, and to compete honorably with colleagues at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
Top 100 Professions and Top 10 Degree Programs to Support Student Academic and Career Planning
To help support student academic and career planning, the top 100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education, training, and skills required for each profession, and the top 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates have been updated:
View the Top 100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education, training, and skills required for each such profession
View the Top 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates
The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in collaboration with the VDOE has researched and compiled this data for the 2024-25 school year. The information is based on occupational employment statistics and educational attainment data produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as well as longitudinal wage data produced by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Industry Credentials
All HCPS students who complete a two year high school CTE program sequence will be offered the opportunity to take an industry credential or certification exam. The list of credential and certification exams currently offered for HCPS programs are available at the following link.
A list of all available industry credential and certification exams for CTE programs in Virginia can be viewed at the following link.
Contact
Justin Roerink, Principal of the Hanover Center for Trades & Technology and Coordinator of Career & Technical Education/Workforce Development
Jennifer Hynson, Work-based Learning Coordinator
Vanessa Spurlock, Administrative Assistant
(804) 723-2020