Education & Training

The Education & Training cluster is about using your love of people and your ability to motivate to provide education and training to a diverse set of learners in a wide variety of environments. Careers include teaching in a classroom, leading as a college president, and circulating educational materials as a librarian or library technician.

Career Success Stars 

The individual success stories of former CTE students, honored as Career Success Stars, reveal how CTE programs provide academic and technical skills for high-skill, in-demand, and high-wage careers.

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Kenai Hunt 

• Special Education Teacher 
• Roanoke City Public Schools 
• Roanoke Technical Education Center
• Roanoke City Public Schools  

Learn more about Kenai Hunt 's career by watching this video spotlight. 

Briana Smith

• CTE Teacher
• Pocahontas Middle School
• Advanced Career Education Center at Highland Springs
• Henrico County Public Schools

Learn more about Briana Smith's career by watching this video spotlight. 

Nzingha Reel-Willams

• Career and Technical Education Coordinator
• Central Piedmont Community College
• Brunswick High School
• Brunswick County Public Schools

Learn more about Nzingha Reel-Willams' career by watching this video spotlight. 

Marissa Barrios

• 3rd Grade Teacher
• Red Mill Elementary
• Floyd E. Kellam High School
• Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Learn more about Marissa Barrios' career by watching this video spotlight. 

Dakota Sharp

• Doctor of Audiology, 2019
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Powhatan High School
• Powhatan County Public Schools

Learn more about Dakota Sharp's career by watching this video spotlight. 

Charity Tyree-Hale

• CTE Teacher
• Covington High School 
• Covington City Public Schools

Learn more about Charity Tryee-Hale's career by watching this video spotlight.