SFUSD Career & Technical Education
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Career Technical Education
Preparing young talent to thrive in San Francisco's workforce
CTE In the News!
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CTE In The News!
Students from the Wallenberg High School Biotechnology Pathway presented their posters as part of the inaugural Stanford Health Care Innovation Project (SHIP). They created projects related to Robotics in Helping Stroke-related Dysphagia in Patients, and Wearable Ischemic Stroke Detectors.
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Lincoln's Digital Media Design Academy Wins Big
DMD Academy students submitted entries to the annual Anti-Tobacco/Anti-Vaping 2025-26 Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest. This year there were over 80 submissions from 23 different schools across SF. Students on this 11th grade team put great intention, care and creativity into their video submission. Congratulations!
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An unlikely trend is unfolding in San Francisco’s public high schools — and it isn’t happening on TikTok.
One of the most popular electives for teens today isn’t robotics, chorus or debate. It’s automotive studies.
“It’s the beginning of a revival,” said George Washington High School auto shop teacher Andre Higginbotham.
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In a Gleaming Kitchen, O'C Culinary Students Get a Taste of the Restaurant World
As restaurants scramble for workers, John O’Connell High School teaches youth not just to cook but to think more deeply about the food and businesses around them.
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Video Game Design Class at Balboa
Inside San Francisco's Balboa High School, students in Mr. Peery's class are hard at work building video games. Make no mistake, while the games may be fun to play, designing them is hard work.
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SFUSD CTE addresses barriers so that students from historically and systemically under-resourced communities have opportunities to access career exploration, practice and mastery of technical skills, and early-college course work.
From Automotive to Culinary, all 49 CTE programs cultivate critical thinking, technical literacy, public speaking and leadership skills. Our goal is for each participating student to have college and career exposure so that they are able to make informed decisions about their path after high school, ultimately giving them the skills to thrive in the San Francisco workforce.
Check out this two-pager to learn more about the various CTE pathways and academies--in varied career sectors--throughout SFUSD.
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This page was last updated on August 3, 2026