Industry Certifications
State Licenses
Direct Employment
Programs & Classes
We make high school work for you with premier Career & Technical Education classes that you will actually want to take.
Jumpstart Your Career
in High School
We offer rigorous, relevant, hands-on Career & Technical Education programs that are also fun and engaging. Whether your future path takes you directly to into the workforce or on to college after high school, research shows that our Career & Technical Education programs are proven to help students like you be more successful in high school, as well as in post-secondary education and your chosen career. We’ll provide you with an opportunity to earn industry certifications and state licenses that lead to direct employment. You’ll also gain real-world experience, leadership skills, and be able to earn dual college credit. We want to help you find your passion, whether it’s for the industrial trades, health care, technology, or maybe as a first responder.
We offer more than 30 Central Campus Programs to help you start your future now. If you’re looking to get more out of high school while being able to do what you love, you’ve come to the right place.
Find your true calling through Pima JTED.
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Attendance Hotline 520-209-2675
JTED Works for Students
By the Numbers
80%
Placement rate in College, Career & Military
2018 Central Program Completers
160k+
Square feet of Career and Technical Education learning spaces
Across 14 Central & Satellite Campuses
5k+
Industry certifications & licenses earned
2015 – 2020 Central Program Completers
$2b
In estimated annual earnings of JTED completers
Extrapolated Central & Satellite Program Completers Since 2007, Based on Median Tucson Income in 2018
Success Stories
My experience with JTED was very impressionable as it provided me a diverse outlook into the Criminal Justice field. I was able to gain knowledge by completing mock scenario trainings & working with professionals in law enforcement.”
Ivana Raquel Lugo
2018, Law, Public Safety & Security
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About JTED
Southern Arizona’s Premier Career & Technical Education District
We are a public school district that works with business and industry to offer premier, tuition-free CTE programs to approximately 22,000 high school age sophomores, juniors and seniors each year. We serve students from public, private, and charter schools, and students who are home-schooled. Pima JTED also welcomes students who have not earned a diploma or GED and are under the age of 22. Students may attend Pima JTED classes at one of our Central Campuses, located throughout Pima County, or at one of our 36 satellite locations which are in all public high schools in Pima County, Santa Cruz Valley, Nogales, and in Mammoth San Manuel.
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The Pima County JTED #11 is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, language of origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or marital status. Unless expressly superseded by controlling federal or state statutes, regulations or court decisions, this policy will prevail in all matters concerning staff members, students, the public, educational programs and services and individuals with whom the Joint Board does business.
