Hanover County Public Schools is proud to offer a robust offering of classes and programs for career and technical education (CTE). We currently have 101 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, abilities, and interpersonal skills:
- Integrity
- Positive Work Ethic
- Speaking and Listening
- Teamwork
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Creativity and Innovation
- Initiative and Self-Direction
In addition, CTE teaches professional competencies:
- Workplace Safety
- Professionalism
- Time, Task, and Resource Management
- Continuous Learning and Adaptability
- Information Literacy
- Information Security
- Information Technology
- Job Acquisition and Advancement
- Job-Specific Technologies
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, Fiscal Support Specialist
(804) 723-2020
Hanover County Public Schools Nondiscrimination Statement
The Hanover County School Board does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, disability or national origin in its employment practices or educational programs and activities. The director of special education is designated as coordinator for nondiscrimination for access to and implementation of programs under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The assistant superintendent of human resources is designated as coordinator for nondiscrimination regarding personnel matters. To contact Hanover County Public Schools by telephone, please call (804) 365-4500.