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IB Career-Related Programme

The Career-Related Programme (CP) is a framework of international education that incorporates the values of the IB into a unique programme addressing the needs of students engaged in career-related education.

The programme leads to further/higher education, apprenticeships, or employment.

The (CP) was specifically developed for students who wish to engage in career-related learning while gaining transferable and lifelong skills in applied knowledge, critical thinking, communication, and cross-cultural engagement.

  • Successful completion of the CP includes: 

    • CTE pathway courses; must complete entire CTE pathway
    • 2 IB Diploma courses with passing exam scores
    • Personal and Professional Skills (PPS) course
    • Language Development Portfolio: 50+ hours or enroll in a language course at school or online both Junior and Senior years
    • Service Learning Portfolio: 50+ hours in your career field of study
    • Reflective Project: focused on an ethical dilemma in your career-related field; will be worked on in PPS class

  • We currently offer CTE Pathways in:

    • Aviation
    • Architecture
    • Business Management and Administration
    • Construction
    • Counseling and Mental Health
    • Engineering
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Food and Nutrition
    • Healthcare Professional
    • Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism
    • Marketing
    • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

  • Personal and Professional Skills is designed for students to develop attitudes, skills and strategies to be applied to personal and professional situations and contexts now and in the future. In this course the emphasis is on skills development for the workplace, as these are transferable and can be applied in a range of situations.

    Topics:

    • Personal Development
    • Intercultural Understanding
    • Effective Communication
    • Thinking Processes
    • Applied Ethics

  • We currently offer:

    • IB Lang and Lit: pre-req is English 1 and 2 Honors
    • IB Biology: pre-req is Bio 1 Honors and Chem 1
    • IB Sports Exercise and Health Science
    • IB Approaches and Analysis (Engineering based math): pre-req is Honors Math 3
    • IB Applications and Interpretations (Statistics based math): pre-req is Math 3
    • IB History of the Americas
    • IB Philosophy
    • IB Visual Arts: pre-req in any art course
    • IB Business Management
    • IB Spanish: pre-req is Honors Spanish 3

  • IB Courses Flowchart

This page is under construction. If you have any IB CP questions, please email Christina Morgan at christina.morgan2@cabarrus.k12.nc.us .