Career & technical education

Career and technical education programs prepare students with work-based learning opportunities and academic experience in a variety of fields. These courses are based in local high schools, community centers and technical schools around Stark County. Upon completion, students are equipped with the skills they need to pursue careers in advanced technical fields that require specialized training.

Local career technical programs

Stark County offers more than 150 career technical programs with specialized training at local high schools throughout the area:

Alliance Career Center

Supporting students with skills and experience to prepare them for employment in their desired career fields through technical training, continued education and career guidance.
500 Glamorgan St.
Alliance, OH 44601
Phone: (330) 829-2267
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8:00 am - 7:00 pm
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8:00 am - 4:00 pm
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8:00 am - 4:00 pm
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8:00 am - 4:00 pm
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8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Canton South High School

Career programs offered through the South Stark Career Academy:
  • Automotive technologies
  • Construction trades
  • Graphic and visual design
  • Metal fabrication and welding
  • Programming and gaming
  • Project Lead the Way
  • Small animal science
  • Sports medicine
  • Video production
600 Faircrest St. SE
Canton, OH 44707
Phone: (330) 484-8000

GlenOak High School

Career programs offered through the Stark Career Compact:
  • Advancement to nursing
  • Animation and graphic design
  • Automotive technology
  • Commercial photography
  • Construction trades
  • Cosmetology
  • Emergency fire services
  • Engineering technologies
  • Entertainment technologies
  • Health technologies
  • High school of business
  • Horticulture
  • Job training and coordination
  • Music production
  • Teacher pathways
  • Video production
1801 Schneider St. NE
Canton, OH 44721
Phone: (330) 491-3800

Hoover High School

Career programs offered through the Stark Career Compact:
  • Biomedical sciences
  • Business management
  • Construction tech
  • Culinary arts
  • Interactive media
  • Medical technology
  • Pre-engineering
  • Teaching professions
  • Video production
525 7th St.
North Canton, OH 44720
Phone: (330) 497-5620

Jackson High School

Career programs offered through the Stark Career Compact:
  • Automotive technologies
  • Cisco Networking Academy
  • Clinical health care services
  • Construction technology
  • Culinary arts program
  • Engineering and architecture
  • Horticulture
7600 Fulton Dr. NW
Massillon, OH 44646
Phone: (330) 837-3501

Lake High School

Career programs offered through the Stark Career Compact:
  • Career-based intervention (CBI)
  • Health tech
  • Legal studies
  • Marketing & business management
1025 Lake Center St. NW
Uniontown, OH 44685
Phone: (330) 877-4282

Massillon City Schools Career Technical Education

Helping students to develop professional skills and experience to prepare them for future employment:
  • Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
  • Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
  • Skills USA
  • Business Professionals of America (BPA)
  • Educators Rising
  • Junior Achievement
1 Paul E. Brown Dr. SE
Massillon, OH 44646
Phone: (330) 830-3901, ext. 50206

Perry High School

Programs offered through the South Stark Career Academy:
  • Cosmetology
  • Culinary
  • Health care occupations
  • High school of business
  • Medical tech prep
  • Project Lead the Way
  • Teacher academy
3737 13th St. SW
Massillon, OH 44646
Phone: (330) 477-3486

R.G. Drage Career Technical Center

Career programs offered at Fairless, Tuslaw, Northwest, Louisville, Minerva and Malvern schools. www.drage.stark.k12.oh.us
2800 Richville Dr. SE
Massillon, OH 44646
Phone: (330) 832-9856

Sandy Valley High School

Career programs offered through the South Stark Career Academy:
  • Business and administrative services
  • Career-based intervention
5130 State Rte. 183 NE
Magnolia, OH 44643
Phone: (330) 566-9371