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Manufacturing is all about making things - cars, furniture, food products, tools, and more. It’s one of Michigan’s biggest industries and offers good-paying jobs in areas like robotics, welding, design and machine operation. Manufacturers in West Michigan are looking for the next generation to help build the future. Whether you like working with your hands or using technology to solve problems, there’s a place for you in manufacturing.

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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

Programs of Study: 

  • Diesel Technology 

  • Machine Tool

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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