Career Technical College - Shreveport
- 1227 Shreveport-Barksdale Highway,
- Shreveport, LA 71105
Career Technical College
The mission of Career Technical College is to educate students within an environment which fosters the interdependence between education, business and paraprofessional enterprise. The following purposes are integral to the mission of the College:
- To maximize educational opportunities through fundamental studies and through financial support services.
- To recruit and retain highly qualified instructors who are effective in the classroom and are familiar with current business and technical trends.
- To provide, in degree programs, appropriate general education courses which stimulate and develop each student's abilities and which enhance individual growth.
- To develop in students a professional attitude and an awareness of contemporary business and technical practices through exposure to pragmatic course content and to faculty currently engaged in enterprise.
- To graduate students who are competent both in their chosen job skills and in interpersonal skills.
- To assist graduates in finding satisfying positions. This goal is paramount for Career Technical College and is met through an effective career placement office.
Associate's in Surgical Technology
The vocational objective of the surgical technology program is to prepare graduates to work as surgical technologists in operating rooms with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other surgical team members. Surgical technologists maintain asepsis in the operating room, pass instruments and sterile items and equipment to the surgeon during a procedure, maintain the sterile field, and prepare instruments, supplies and equipment before and after an operation.
*Approved for Veterans Training