Career and Technical Education (CTE) Youth Training

Center of Baton Rouge

In partnership with ReCAST Baton Rouge, the Office of the Mayor President, and Baton Rouge Community College, AKCCL is please to announce open enrollment for its CTE youth training center scheduled to commence on Tuesday June 1, 2021.  This is a 9 to 14 week accelerated course with a career and person planning core component online that must be completed before the start of the program. . Students ages 16 to 24 that meet eligibility requirements can enroll beginning March 25, 2022 until May 28, 2022.  Currently, CTE courses offered will be Pipe Fitting/Welding and Electrical. Students are selected on a first come first serve basis. Students will complete this program with a level 1 certification in their selected course, and be automatically dual enrolled in BRCC.

Many students in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools System have very little exposure to trades, occupations, or professions.  Furthermore, more than 80% of Baton Rouge students are below proficiency in Math, Reading/ELA or both as of October of 2020.  Many of these students are not expected to attend any post-secondary schooling.  What can we offer the students, our greatest resource, that will have a long time effect on the economic development of Baton Rouge, especially North Baton Rouge?  By giving our youth alternative pathways to education, employment, and personal development through CTE courses we can begin to change the social climate of the community (crime, poverty, educational inequalities, etc.) Teen employment in the U.S. is at its lowest level in 60 years – about 30%. Yet employers cannot find enough workers with demonstrated work competencies to meet job demands.