CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
WELCOME !!

Career and Technical Education in Lafayette Parish offers benefits for all students ranging from providing a contextual environment for developing high-level academic skills, to providing specific industry certification in an occupational field.  Career and Technical Education offers education benefits to students pursuing careers requiring specific technical skills, as well as providing a strong foundation for those pursuing a traditional four-year (or more) degree.  It is an integral component of the total education mission, contributing to the goals of high academic achievement, student retention and motivation, and the development of general workplace and life skills.  Students participating in Career and Technical Education programs are prepared to be successful at the next level in the workplace or in education.

STAFF
Burnell LeJeune, Director
Christine Guidry, SecretaryII
Cynthia Lawless, Program Manager 
Betty Delafosse, Career Tech Facilitator
Charles Domingue, Options Coordinator
Alicia Caesar, SLC Director & Career Coordinator 

SKILLS PROGRAMS
Agricscience
Business Education
Family & Consumer Science
Industrial Technology
Computer Literacy
W. D. Smith Career Center Programs

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Future Farmers of America  (FFA)
Future Business Leaders of America  (FBLA)
Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Technology Student Association (TSA)
Distribution Education Clubs of America (DECA)
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)

CAREER ACADEMIES
Academy of Business & Finance
Academy of Design
Academy of Engineering
Academy of Health Careers
Academy of Information Technology
Academy of Travel & Tourism
Computers for Louisiana's Kids (CLK-IT)
Sheriff's Career Academy
 

SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

TECH PREP

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
Middle School Alternative
Project Opportunity
Options

W D SMITH CAREER CENTER