MABANK HIGH SCHOOL’S
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
MISSION STATEMENT

Mabank High School’s Career & Technical Department, in collaboration with business and community, provides educational opportunities that include personalized quality instruction, career pathways, and real world experiences dedicated to empowering and preparing students for the challenges of post-secondary education and a globally competitive workforce.

Click the following links to find out more about MHS’ CTE program!

• Career Clusters
• Career Pathways - Six Year Plans
• Post-Secondary Partnerships – Articulation
• Certifications
• Career & Technical Student Organizations (CTSO's)
• Redo Policy & Tutorials
• Contacts

Career Clusters

Mabank High School offers students 12 career clusters. Each cluster contains academic and career and technical courses that not only provide an educational foundation for students entering post-secondary education, but also prepare students with career and employability skills for a successful transition into the workforce. Please see our Course Guide, Career Pathways - Six year Plans, and Certifications for additional information

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Click on the following links to find the career cluster that is right for you!

Career Cluster Brochures

Occupational Outlook Handbook

ACT/Plan Interactive World of Work Map

Career Pathways - Six Year Plans

Six year plans assist students in making wise educational choices that best fit their college or career goals.  Each plan outlines a recommended sequence of courses that integrate career and technical courses with academic courses to facilitate a seamless transition from high school to college and/or the workforce.  Certifications, on-the-job training, co-curricular organizations, service learning experiences, and 2 and 4 year college outcomes are included.

Click the following link to learn more about the
six year plans offered at MHS!

Career Pathways

Post Secondary Partnerships – Articulation

Mabank High School, in partnership with Trinity Valley Community College, Navarro College, Texas State Technical College – Waco, and Texas State Technical College – Marshall provides “articulated” college credit for students enrolled in qualifying Career and Technical courses. By enrolling in our “articulated” classes, students pursuing a technical career have the opportunity to receive college credit for high school courses thru state and local agreements with these schools.  Credit earned can be applied toward the appropriate AAS degree or a Certificate of Completion once students have met all other requirements in the agreements.   The goal of the agreements is to eliminate the need for duplicate training sessions in high school and college, thereby saving students both time and money.

Please see your career and technical teacher for additional information!

*Due to the elimination of federal Tech Prep funding, local articulated credit is not longer available thru Navarro College.  However, Navarro College will honor 2011 Tech Prep agreements for the next 24 months to students requesting Tech Prep articulated credit.

Certifications
Students receiving certification earn industry credentials that not only certify employability skills, but also provide an advantage in today’s workplace.  Students with certifications are able to apply for higher wage, part-time or full-time employment regardless if they are entering the workforce directly out of high school or if they are college bound.  Many of the certifications also serve as building blocks to post-secondary education and may decrease the number of remedial or introductory courses required for a post-secondary degree.

At Mabank High School, industry certifications are offered to students in most career clusters during a student’s junior or senior year of high school. Just like dual credit, earning industry certifications in high school is more cost effective for students.  Certification fees apply, but are offered to students at a discounted rate.  Please see our Course Guide for additional information.

*Students can earn up to 3 college credit hours by taking Medical Terminology as dual credit at MHS.

Career & Technical Student Organizations (CTSO')

MHS’ CTE co-curricular student organizations are an integral part of our classroom instruction.  These organizations allow students an opportunity to participate in educational and leadership activities that incorporate classroom instruction with skills that are learned in a successful career/business environment.  Merging classroom theory with real-world business situations allows students the opportunity to develop skills that will carry over into their professional and personal life after high school graduation. Mabank High School offers the following career & technical student organizations:

• Business Professionals of America (BPA) - Texas
• DECA, Texas Association
• Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
• Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
• SkillsUSA
  • Transportation, Logistics & Technology
  • Arts, Audio Visual & Technology
• Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE)
• Texas FFA Association

Come be a part of the fun! 
Contact a career & technical teacher to learn more!

Redo Policy & Tutorials

Redo Policy

• Students are encouraged to attend tutorials to redo all chapter formative and summative assessments until concepts/standards are mastered for that unit.
• Students must attend at least one tutorial to receive additional instruction or obtain additional practice on concept(s) missed before redoing a summative assessment.
• Students may redo formative assessments as many times as needed to master concepts/standards.
• Students will be allowed to redo formative and summative assessments during the time period in which concepts are being covered (i.e. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.). 
• Students caught copying another student’s work, or turning another student’s work in as their own, will be assigned additional assignments and will not be allowed the redo the assignment.  However, additional assignments will be provided that cover the concepts/standards.  These assignments will be completed during mandatory tutorials or lunch bunch if appropriate.
• Nine-week, or capstone, summative assessments are not eligible for redo.

Tutorials

• Every afternoon (except Wednesdays) from 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
• Morning tutorials by appointment