Riverside County Office of Education
3939 Thirteenth Street
Riverside, California 92501 | Map
(951) 826-6530
Indio Office
47-336 Oasis Street
Indio, California 92201 | Map
(760) 863-3000
Murrieta Office
24980 Las Brisas Road
Murrieta, California 92562 | Map
(951) 600-5651
Governmental Relations Office 1121 L Street, Suite 807
Sacramento, California 95814 | Map
(916) 325-1162
Educational Services | Career Technical Education
The Career Technical Education Unit provides, promotes, and coordinates Career Technical Education (CTE) throughout Riverside County in support of RCOE’s Mission “to ensure success for all students.”
The CTE Unit provides CTE classes through its Regional Occupational Program, offering over 553 classes, to 33,000 students, in 50 career areas and more than 2,000 places of employment. It is piloting and designing both new CTE curricula and programs: some serve special populations, such as alternative education and special education students, and some offer a new approach for all students, such as the pilot program that will teach math within a CTE context, offering both elective CTE credit and math credit. In addition, the CTE Unit provides direct programs to incarcerated adults throughout the county.
The CTE Unit promotes CTE through staff development for both academic and CTE teachers; through partnership grants and programs with districts, institutions of higher education, and business and industry; through its consulting services for districts who are planning and implementing the changes called for by the CTE Framework and state and federal mandates.
The CTE Unit coordinates CTE through its county-wide meetings for all CTE stakeholders, including district administrators, community college administrators, Workforce Development leaders, and other CTE leaders. These partners work together to increase grant funding, to meet legislated CTE requirements, and to create a system of CTE throughout the county. In addition, the CTE unit works directly with school districts and the community colleges to create and implement a plan for sequences of coursework and pathways to careers for students.
