Lehigh Career and Technical Institute (LCTI), located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

Schnecksville is a census-designated place in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Schnecksville is a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state....

, is one of the largest career and technical institutes in the United States. It serves the ten public high schools in the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley

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LCTI has a variety of programs offered to all of its students, and also offers an academic option.

History

Since opening its doors in 1971, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, formerly Lehigh County Vocational-Technical School, has earned a reputation as one of the finest secondary career training and academically sound schools in the nation. As the largest vocational school in Pennsylvania, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute offers Lehigh County students over 35 areas of study including specialty programs and opportunities for certification within specific fields of study. Students can earn up to 30 free college credits toward an Associate's Degree at Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh Carbon Community College is a two-year community college located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. The school serves as the primary granter of associate degrees in the Allentown area....

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Student options

Typically, Students will report to their sending school, for homeroom, daily announcements, etc. before being transported by bus to LCTI. Once there, most students will either be in a Lab, which is their chosen career specialty, or to the Academic Center, an all day option for students, which provides them with the typical state required education, and their specialty segment. Students have the option of attending in either the AM or PM session.

LCTI offers Labs based on Careers within the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...

. Career programs offered to students include:

• Landscape Construction/Environmental Design
• Cosmetology
• Law Enforcement/Security Systems
• Administrative Office Technology/Accounting
• Advertising Design/Commercial Art
• Autobody/Collision Repair
• Auto Technology
• Carpentry
• Cabinetmaking and Millwork
• Commercial Baking
• Commercial Photography
• Computer Maintenance Technology
• Culinary Arts
• Dental Technology
• Diesel/Medium and Heavy Truck Technology
• Drafting/Computer Aided Design
• Early Care & Education of Young Children
• Electrical Technology
• Electro-mechanical Automated Systems Technology
• Electronics Technology/Nanofabrication
• Emerging Health Professionals
• Electronics Technology/Nanofabrication
• Floral Design/Greenhouse Management
• Health Occupations/Health Related Technology
• Heating/Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
• Heavy Equipment Operations and Maintenance
• Marketing and Business Education
• Masonry
• Material Handling/Logistics Technology
• Painting and Decorating
• Plumbing and Heating
• Precision Machine Tool Technology
• Pre-engineering and Engineerting Technology
• Print Technology/Graphic Imaging
• Small Engines/Recreational Vehicle Repair
• Web Design/Web Programming
• Welding Technology

Career opportunities

Students enrolled at LCTI have a variety of options that they can use to their advantage. One of the major components is SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...

, and other national leadership competitions. There is also the National FFA Organization

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

for the students of Landscape Construction/Environmental Design and Floral Design/Greenhouse Management.