Johnston County Career and Technical Leadership Academy

Johnston County Career and Technical Leadership Academy (JCCTLA or CTLA) is a public vocational, early college high school in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 2016 and is part of the Johnston County School District. It operates at the Johnston Community College campus.

Johnston County Career and Technical Leadership Academy
Address
245 College Road

Smithfield
,
North Carolina
27577

United States
Coordinates35°30′16″N 78°19′47″W
Information
Other names
  • JCCTLA
  • CTLA
TypePublic vocational school
Established2016 (2016)
School districtJohnston County School District
NCES School ID370237003408[1]
PrincipalSheila Singleton
Teaching staff11.26 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–13
Enrollment200 (2019-20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.76[1]
MascotWolves[2]
Websitewww.johnston.k12.nc.us/jcctla

History

Johnston County Career and Technical Leadership Academy was established in 2016 and was originally located at Clayton High School.[3] Started by Ed Croom, former superintendent of Johnston County School District, it is a high school "to raise academic achievement while focusing on career and technical education such as health care and computer engineering".[4]

By 2017, space limitations and schedule conflicts at Clayton led to a move to Johnston Community College, where the school replaced the county's successful two year Middle College program.[3] According to The News & Observer, "Middle College and its 5-year-old sibling, Early College, have consistently outperformed other high schools in Johnston, posting high test scores and earning the county’s only A’s from the state."[5]

Curriculum

The school has five career pathway options which are medical assisting, nurse aide, information technology, applied engineering, and early childhood.[6][7]

Students at the school are dual enrolled and take classes from both JCC and JCCTLA. The program is five years long, rather than the traditional four that high schools normally have. A high school diploma and an associate degree are both awarded upon graduation.[4]

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - Johnston County Schools Career Technical (370237003408)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  2. "Mascot". Johnston County Schools. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  3. Jackson, Drew (February 22, 2017). "Career Technical academy moving". The News & Observer. p. A1. Retrieved November 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Career And Technical Leadership Academy Merging With Middle College High School". Johnston County Report. March 9, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  5. Jackson, Drew (February 20, 2017). "Johnston Middle College will end to make room for career and tech academy". The News & Observer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  6. "Cooperative Innovative High School Programs". Johnston Community College. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. "Change". The News & Observer. February 22, 2017. p. A3. Retrieved November 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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