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Agribusiness Talent Council

Agribusiness includes everything from growing crops and raising animals to processing food and making products you see in stores. In Michigan, it’s one of the top five industries and plays a big role in feeding our communities and supporting local jobs. From hands-on work outdoors to high-tech roles in labs and production facilities, there’s something for everyone. You might be surprised at how many different careers are part of agribusiness!

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Ionia County Career Center

The Ionia County Career Center provides Ionia County students the opportunity for career and technical education programs. The center operates 10 state-approved programs. Classes are a combination of academics and hands-on, project-based learning giving students the knowledge and experience they need to secure their first-time job or begin college.

Description

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at the forefront of preparing students to be “career- and college -ready.” CTE equips students with: 

  • core academic skills and the ability to apply those skills to concrete situations to function in the workplace and in routine daily activities 

  • employability skills (such as critical thinking and responsibility) that are essential in any career area 

  • job-specific, technical skills related to a specific career pathway 

CTE provides an excellent option that will lead to high skill, high wage & high demand jobs. CTE keeps kids in school; Michigan CTE students graduate in four years of high school 93% of the time compared to non-CTE students that graduate 79% of the time in four years. CTE helps give Ionia County the skilled workforce necessary to attract new business & industry. 

Career Contact Information

Student Services Coordinator 

https://www.ioniaisd.org/our-schools/cte/ 

(616) 527-6540 

Programs of Study

Diesel Technology 

Machine Tool 

Plant & Animal Science 

Credentials Information

Core Performance Indicators 

Federal guidelines require each Career & Technical Education (CTE) program to use certain quantitative measures to monitor the quality of CTE programs. These measures are called Core Performance Indicators (CPI), and they consider student academic and technical performance, graduation from high school, placement in post-secondary education, and preparation for the workforce. 

 

Location Information

Ionia County Career Center 

250 E. Tuttle Rd. 

Ionia, MI  48846 

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