Vacaville Unified School District

Career Technical Education (CTE) courses offer students exposure to a wide range of career fields. Students who take CTE courses typically have more experience and are more likely to be hired than students who don't.

The following are career pathways and courses available to students at Buckingham Magnet Charter High School, Vacaville High School, Country High School and Will C. Wood High School.

VUSD CTE brochure

EXPOSING STUDENTS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF CAREER OPTIONS

VUSD believes in exposing students to a wide range of professional fields and careers. This helps students understand possibilities after high school as well as experience what a career path might be like.

Project Inspire is a partnership between VUSD, the Solano County Office of Education, the City of Vacaville and the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce. Project Inspire gives students in 8th and 10th grade hands-on exposure to over 40 different career fields.

INDUSTRIES & PATHWAYS

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Contact your school counselor today!

Buckingham Charter Magnet High School

Ph: (707) 453-7300

Vacaville High School

Ph: (707) 453-6011

Will C Wood High School

Ph: (707) 453-6900

VUSD Educational Services Center

Ph: (707) 453-6117

Career Event

For 10th Grade Students: Two hundred seventy-five 10^th Grade students in Vacaville Unified job shadowed at two businesses of their choice February 1, 2019. The event, named Inspire: Dreams Move Forward, is part of a series of events intended to give students hands-on experience and exposure to a variety of professional fields. Students had the option of visiting the following industries:

Manufacturing and Robotics

Health Care

Biotechnology

Utilities and Energy

Public Safety

Entertainment

Sea Transportation Maintenance

Engineering

Exposure to work environments helps 10^th grade students get a better understanding of Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways that they may want to explore in high school and beyond.

Inspire Career Exploration

INSPIRE: Dreams Start Now

Inspire Dream Start now career exploration for students is a collaborative partnership between Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Vacaville Unified School District, Travis Unified School District, Dixon Unified School District, and the Workforce Development Board of Solano County. The cities of Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville, and Dixon, as well as their respective Chambers of Commerce have also been instrumental partners in the initiative.