Career & Technical or College Pathway

Veterinary Assisting (8115110)

Veterinary Assisting covers topics that include, but are not limited to broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the veterinary assisting industry: planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety and environmental issues. The program also provides supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed as veterinary assistants.

Courses offered at:

     Hernando High

Commercial Art Technology (8718000)

Topics in the Commercial Art Technology program include, but are not limited to, basic art skills, lettering skills, preparation of layouts and illustrations, preparation of camera ready paste-up, and development of specialized skills.

Courses offered at:

          Hernando High         Nature Coast Technical High      
           

        Challenger K-8                 West Hernando Middle
         

Digital Media/Multimedia Design (8201200)

Topics in the Digital Media/Multimedia Design program include, but are not limited to, practical experiences in webpage design and interactive presentation development, testing and production. Specialized skills in multimedia presentations such as video editing, audio features, and simple animation and authoring software are used to produce a variety of interactive multimedia presentations.

Courses offered at:

   Weeki Wachee High

Digital Video Technology (8201400)

Topics include, but are not be limited to, communication skills, leadership skills, human relations and employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, and preparation to assume responsibility for the overall production of digital video activities (e.g., scripts, lighting, camera operation, electronic news gathering, field/studio production, video editing).

Courses offered at:

   Weeki Wachee High

Principles of Teaching (8909000)

The content includes but is not limited to competencies and skills needed to become a professional in the field of education. This includes an understanding of education in the United States, the ability to work effectively with all students, educational technology, classroom management, student assessment, communication skills, and other skills needed to support the learning activities of students.

Courses offered at:

     Hernando High

Culinary Arts (8800500)

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Hospitality & Tourism career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higherorder reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Hospitality & Tourism career cluster.

Courses offered at:

           Central High                Hernando High
  

Nature Coast Technical High

Energy Technician (9700300)

The content includes but is not limited to Energy Technician program which consists of two course offering related to energy and two course offering related to electricity which have been incorporated into one program to present information that will assist Florida in increasing the number and skill level of workers who are available to meet the workforce needs of Florida’s current emerging alternative energy needs.

Courses offered at:

Nature Coast Technical High

Solar Energy Technology (8006100)

The purpose of this program is to present information that will assist Florida in increasing the number and skill level of workers who are available to meet the workforce needs of Florida’s current and emerging alternative energy industries.

Courses offered at:

Nature Coast Technical High

Aerospace Technologies (8600080)

The purpose of this program is to provide students with a foundation of knowledge and technically oriented experiences in the study of Aerospace Technologies, its effect upon our lives, and the choosing of an occupation. The content and activities will also include the study of safety and leadership skills. This program focuses on transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the technological tools, machines, instruments, materials, processes and systems in business and industry.

Courses offered at:

Nature Coast Technical High

Applied Engineering Technology (8401100)

Content for this program includes but is not limited to study in mechanical, electrical, civil, and environmental engineering disciplines.

Courses offered at:

Nature Coast Technical High

Finance (8815100)

This path offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Finance career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Finance career cluster.

Courses offered at:

        Hernando High            D.S. Parrott Middle
 

       Explorer K-8                     Powell Middle
     

    Winding Waters K-8

Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurial Principles (9200500)

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Marketing, Sales and Service career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Marketing, Sales and Service career cluster.

Courses offered at:

F.W. Springstead High           Fox Chapel Middle
      

Allied Health Assisting (8417130)

The content includes but is not limited to performing skills representative of one to three areas of allied health care in the laboratory and clinical settings. Major areas of allied health are defined as physical therapy, emergency, radiation, laboratory and respiratory medicine, and occupational therapy.

   * course can be replaced with (2000350) Anatomy & Physiology

Courses offered at:

F.W. Spingstead High     Nature Coast Technical High
  

Nursing Assistant (Acute & Long Term Care) (8417210)

The content includes, but is not limited to, interpersonal skills, medical terminology, legal and ethical responsibilities, safe and efficient work, gerontology, nutrition, pet-facilitated therapy, health and safety including Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) – heart saver level, and employability skills.

   * course can be replaced with (2000350) Anatomy & Physiology

Courses offered at:

        Central High

 

Electrocardiograph Technician (8427100)

The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. Clinical learning experiences are an integral part of this program.

    * course can be replaced with (2000350) Anatomy 9 & Physiology

Courses offered at:

         Central HIgh

Applied Cybersecurity (9001300)

The content includes but is not limited to foundational knowledge and skills in computer and network security, security vulnerabilities, attack mechanisms and techniques, intrusion detection and prevention, cryptographic systems, system hardening, risk identification, incidence response, penetration testing, key management, access control, and recovery. Specialized courses focus on database security, planning and analysis, software, and web security.

Courses offered at:

          Hernando High              D.S. Parrott
 

        Explorer K-8                    Powell Middle
     

Game/Simulation/ Animation Visual Design (8208100)

The content includes but is not limited to practical experiences in game/simulation conceptualization, design, storyboarding, development methodologies, 2D/3D animation design and production, and implementation issues. Specialized skills involving graphic animation software are used to produce a variety of two and three dimensional components.

    * (8207310) Digital Information Technology may sub for (8208110) Game & Simulation Foundations

Courses offered at:

  Weeki Wachee High

Technology Support Services (9001400)

The content includes but is not limited to practical experiences in the implementation, management, and maintenance of advanced technology user environments.

Courses offered at:

   Nature Coast Technical           D.S. Parrott
  

         Explorer K-8                  Powell Middle
  

    Winding Waters K-8

Web Development (9001100)

The content includes but is not limited to operating system commands and web document development, design, promotion and scripting.

Courses offered at:

  F.W. Springstead High            D.S. Parrott
  

     Explorer K-8                   Powell Middle
 

    Winding Waters K-8

Criminal Justice Operations (8918000)

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Law, Public Safety and Security career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Law, Public Safety and Security career cluster.

Courses offered at:

Nature Coast Technical High

Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair (9504100)

The content includes but is not limited to broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Automotive industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

Courses offered at:

         Hernando High       Nature Coast Technical

Industrial Biotechnology (8736000)

Industrial Biotechnology is a program offering students science credit through an applied science education, to prepare them for entry level positions in the cutting edge industry of Biotechnology. While meeting the state standards for science, the coursework will focus on developing science and bio-technical skills that are current and in demand for this rapidly growing occupation.

Courses offered at:

        Central High

Welding Technology Fundamentals (9204400)

The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

Courses offered at:

        Central High