Course Information
We are a hands-on UC “a-g” approved Career Technical Education Center high school program — with 22 of our 23 hands-on courses meeting UC admission requirements — preparing students for college and future careers.
The program is FREE for qualified 10, 11, and 12 grade students training for a specific career path. Students attending SVCTE commit to a full-year schedule in either the morning session (7:30–10:30 a.m.) or the afternoon session (12:45–3:45 p.m.), Monday through Friday. Bus transportation is provided from the student’s home high school to SVCTE and back to the home high school for our partnering Joint Powers Authority (JPA) school districts.
- Campbell Union High School District
- East Side Union High School District
- Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District
- Milpitas Unified School District
- San Jose Unified School District
- Santa Clara Unified School District
If you are part of the six districts above, contact your home school counselor to enroll.
If you are not part of the six districts above, contact Kiran Grewal, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, at
kgrewal@metroed.net. For those students and interested adults, please refer to the fees page. Adults can reach out to the SVCTE registrars at svcteregistrars@metroed.net.
Industry Sectors
Silicon Valley Career Technical Education offers courses within 11 industry sectors, where junior and senior high school students can explore and develop technical skills that will lead them to higher education or into the workplace:
- Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Arts, Media & Entertainment
- Building Trades & Construction
- Engineering & Design
- Fashion & Interior Design
- Health Science & Medical Technology
- Hospitality, Tourism, & Recreation
- Information & Communication Technologies
- Manufacturing & Product Development
- Public Services
- Transportation
