Georgia CTI is your pathway to self-advocacy, exploration of diverse career interests, and gaining the essential skills for a successful journey into the workforce. We empower students to be their own champions. You'll develop the confidence to advocate for yourself and your future. With Georgia CTI, you’ll embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery, skill-building, and endless opportunities. Your future starts here!
Georgia Career & Technical Instruction
Education Is A Path To Success In Life
Our Mission: To provide meaningful transition activities through leadership and employability experiences for students with disabilities in grades 9-12 identified through career, technical, and agricultural education courses in order to increase postsecondary outcomes.
WE are CTI
CTI Works
CTI Provides Meaningful Employability Experiences for Students with Disabilities
The National Research Center reports that the more students participate in CTSO (Career & Technical Student Organization) activities, the higher their academic motivation, academic engagement, grades, career self-efficacy, college aspirations and employability skills.
Students See Success with CTI
6,000
Georgia CTI supports over 6,000 students in 70+ programs throughout Georgia. Georgia is the only state that designates a CTSO specifically for students with disabilities to help support their transition into a nationally recognized CTSO.
90%
90% of students served by CTI are graduating with a high school diploma and 95% of CTI students served are currently engaged in post-secondary education and /or the workforce one year out from graduation (Based on information collected by CTI coordinators on the 2017 Cumulative Performance Report).
Georgia CTI collaborates with numerous organizations across the state to provide ample opportunities for students with disabilities, including:
- The Georgia Department of Education
- The Georgia Department of Labor
- Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
- Georgia High School/High Tech
- Partnerships for Success
- The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and Deaf Extreme
Learn From Today
Transforming Lives Through Education
Through participation in the Georgia Career and Technical Instruction Organization students with disabilities learn about the world of work and the employment skills they need to be successful. Georgia CTI provides students the opportunity to sharpen skills learned in their career and technical education classes. In addition, students experience work related activities that assist them in their planning for post secondary opportunities. Georgia CTI students develop confidence and maturity through meeting challenges and completing projects as they prepare for state wide competitions. As they receive recognition for those achievements, their self-esteem grows and they become more confident in their abilities. Participation in the CTI organization helps students become well-rounded individuals.
Why Choose CTI
Our Core Stakeholders
Students
Parents
Georgia CTI provides students the support they need in the classroom while giving them the opportunity to improve their interpersonal skills, gain a sense of self-pride, participate in state-level competitions, and develop their leadership skills.
School Administrators
Participation in a CTSO (Career & Technical Student Organization) like Georgia CTI provides inspiration, career development opportunities, and leadership training for students.
Business Leaders
Georgia CTI partners with businesses to give students the skills they need to be successful in industries which are vital to the economy. Students can choose career pathways in agriculture, health, marketing, hospitality, STEM, finance, the arts, and more.
Legislators
CTAE and Georgia CTI provide a specialized support service for students with disabilities and play a critical role in training workers for hard-to-fill positions, such as skilled trade workers, teachers, administrative staff, nurses, and technicians.
Students
Georgia CTI is your pathway to self-advocacy, exploration of diverse career interests, and gaining the essential skills for a successful journey into the workforce. We empower students to be their own champions. You'll develop the confidence to advocate for yourself and your future. With Georgia CTI, you’ll embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery, skill-building, and endless opportunities. Your future starts here!
People Are Talking About CTI
Georgia CTI asked its coordinators:
What IS Georgia CTI to you?
An awesome organization that gives my CTI students a place to grow and thrive as young adults searching for their place in life.
What IS Georgia CTI to you?
An instrument for teaching kids life/career skills outside of the general curriculum.
What IS Georgia CTI to you?
A program that allows students with disabilities to grow (which includes making mistakes) in a safe environment. It is a space where students with disabilities can just be themselves and not worry about masking their disability.
What IS Georgia CTI to you?
A place for my kids to belong and confidently demonstrate their skills and grow in their passions. A place for them to build relationships with peers and trusted mentors.
Why do your students stay involved with the Georgia CTI CTSO?
It's fun and they have a place where they "belong".
Why do your students stay involved with the Georgia CTI CTSO?
Students stay involved because they have fun, travel and see new places, and meet other students from around the state. A lot of my students stay involved because they trust me as their leader.
Why do your students stay involved with the Georgia CTI CTSO?
I would say that they feel connected and successful ------they feel that "they belong".
Why do your students stay involved with the Georgia CTI CTSO?
It's fun!! They enjoy participating in CTI events and they understand it is helpful to them and their future.
What's Coming Next?
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