more than an elective
“More Than an Elective” is a partnership program created out of the need to get the skilled trades back into the classroom and is exclusively for educators, school counselors, and their schools.
Bring the skilled trades to your students and showcase an industry that is “more than an elective.”
The plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical trades are careers that provide financial stability, career growth, and are essential to the safety and wellbeing of communities. Many students aren’t aware of this, as vocational and technical education have been removed from schools over the last generation.
Fast forward to today where an increasing number of educators, school counselors, and parents believe their students are the right fit for careers in the trades. Explore The Trades is dedicated to bridging the technical talent gap to the service trades of plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical. Together, education and industry can partner to provide students with valuable information regarding careers in the skilled trades.
Official “More Than an Elective” partners of Explore The Trades will receive a classroom kit that contains timely career information to be shared with your students, their parents, and your fellow educators.
Explore The Trades will send the kit directly to your school.
The kit will contain the following:
Trades-specific career paths
STEM and the Skilled Trades information
Top 10 Traits of a Technician
Illustrations of how high school classes directly relate to the trades
Industry infographics highlighting student loan debt, industry growth & salaries
One set of 18″x24″ posters for classroom (five posters included)
Please expect 3-4 weeks for delivery
Educational Partner
As an educational partner, Explore The Trades asks for your help in answering questions throughout the year. These short surveys will measure things like student usage of the materials, how the content is being shared, and the number of students who pursue careers in the trades.
Explore The Trades is excited to be your partner to communicate that the trades are “more than an elective!”
*Click the button below to become an official education partner of Explore The Trades.
Many thanks to the schools across the country who are utilizing this information.
- Dillingham City School District
- Yukon Koyukuk School Distrcit
| Alabama Department of Youth Services |
| Auburn University |
| Baldwin County Secondary Virtual School |
| Daphne Middle School |
| Dearmanville Elementary/Oxford City Schools |
| Hayes K-8 School |
| Minor Middle School |
| The Alberta School of Performing Arts |
| University of North Alabama |
| Barling Elementary School |
| Hot Springs School District |
| Rose Bud Elementary School |
| Alliance College Ready Public Schools |
| Bret Harte Middle School |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate |
| Flora Arca Mata Elementary |
| Huntington Beach High School |
| Lodi High School |
| Mata Elementary School |
| Modesto High School |
| Nipomo High School |
| Options For Youth – Rancho |
| Regency Park Elementary |
| Rialto Unified School District |
| Skilled Careers Coalition |
| The Trade School at Shasta Builders’ Exchange |
| Thomas Downey High School |
| Colorado Department of Education |
| Cooley’s Heating and Cooling |
| Grandview High School |
| Heath Middle School |
| Sanford Schools |
| Lake Forest High School |
| W.T. Chipman Middle |
| Roberts Elementary School |
| West Gate K-8 |
| Atlanta Public Schools |
| Bryan County Schools |
| Columbia County Board of Education |
| Cowan Road Elementary |
| Daniell Middle School |
| Department of Defense Education Activity |
| Hightower Trail Middle School |
| Lanier Middle School |
| Peeples / Spring Hill Elementary |
| Richmond Hill K8 School |
| Seminole Co. Middle High School |
| Starr’s Mill High School |
| Wheeler High School |
| Tiyan High School |
| Nanakuli High & Intermediate School |
| Oak Park Elementary School |
| Boone Elementary |
| Catalyst Maria High School |
| Chicago Public School |
| Flinn Middle |
| Joliet Central High School |
| Joliet Township High School |
| Joliet West High School |
| Prosser Career Academy |
| Webster Elementary |
| Brebeuf Jesuit |
| Franklin Central High School |
| OneGoal |
| Green Springs Elementary |
| Frederick Douglass High School |
| Garrard Area Technology Center |
| Madisonville North Hopkins High School |
| North Hancock Elementary |
| The Academy at Shawnee |
| Hudson High School |
| Rodenhiser Academy |
| Anne Arundel County Public Schools |
| Berlin Intermediate School |
| Holy Redeemer Private School |
| Jackson-Reed High School |
| Melwood Elementary School |
| Northwest High School |
| Fairmount School |
| Advanced Technology Academy |
| Henry Ford Academy |
| Education Credit Management Corporation |
| Osseo Area Schools – Community Based Vocational Assessment & Training |
| St. Paul Public Schools |
| Heber Hunt Elementary |
| Kairos Academies |
| Parkview Elementry |
| Miles Community College |
| Corinth-Holders High School |
| Cumberland County Schools |
| Douglas Byrd High School |
| Pamlico County High School |
| Benson High School |
| Burke High School |
| Mount Michael Benedictine High School |
| Franklin High School |
| Kreiva Academy Charter School |
| Sugar River Valley Regional Tech Center |
| High Tech High School |
| Hillsborough High School |
| Mount Olive High School |
| Roxbury High School |
| Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center |
| Lindenhurst High School |
| Queens College, City University of New York |
| Williamsville North High School |
| Caughlin Ranch Elementary |
| Dennis Ortwein Elementary School |
| Lena Juniper Elementary School |
| Bedford City Schools |
| Career Prep Schools |
| Liberty-Benton High School |
| Midwest Regional Education Services Center |
| School for Creative & Performing Arts |
| Tri-County Career Center |
| Van Buren High School |
| Workforce Partnership of Shelby County |
| Broken Arrow Public Schools |
| Metro Tech |
| Osage County Interlocal Cooperative |
| Cascades School |
| Beaverton High School |
| Imlay Elementary |
| R.A. Brown Middle School |
| Tamarack Elementary School |
| Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School |
| Charleston County School of the Arts |
| Floyd D. Johnson Technology Center |
| H.E. Corley Elementary |
| Pleasant Knoll Elementary |
| Riverview Charter School |
| South Carolina Virtual Charter School |
| Strom Thurmond High School |
| Williston Elko Middle School |
| Woodmont High School |
| Flandreau Indian School |
| Vermillion School District |
| Bearden High School |
| Cherokee Middle School |
| Clarksville High School |
| Halls High School |
| Jackson County School System |
| Knox County Schools |
| Ridgeway High School |
| Dulles Middle School |
| Pebble HIlles High School |
| Solar Preparatory School for Boys |
| ARL Middle School |
| Carbon High School |
| Providence Hall High School |
| Riverton High School |
| Salt Lake Center for Science Education |
| Taylorsville High School |
| University of Utah |
| Loudoun County Public Schools |
| National Career Development Association |
| Grandview High School |
| Kennewick School District |
| Wahluke School District |
| Herbert Hoover High School |
| Cooperative Education Service Agency #4 |
| Laramie High School |