Click on any of the programs below to learn more. Use the following link to access course syllabi:

Students in grades 9-12 can enroll in classes at Mercer County Technical Education Center. Students at MCTEC participate in hands-on learning activities and projects. Students in Dental Assisting, Grow Your Own, Life Skills Prep, Pre-Cosmetology/Nail Technology, and Therapeutic Services engage in clinical hours to apply career skills.

By completing career technical programs, students may earn embedded academic credits. Career technical completers of all WVBE approved programs receive free college credit/EDGE credit at any Community Technical College in West Virginia upon enrollment. Articulation agreements are in place with some colleges and universities for career technical completers to gain free college credit upon enrollment within the respective institutions.

Dual Credit Pathways are also available at MCTEC which enable students to earn free college credit and high school credit. Currently, 57 students are enrolled in Dual Credit Pathways. Available options include: Computer Systems Repair Technology, Grow Your Own WV Teaching Pathway for Future Educators, Healthcare Occupations, and Pre-Engineering/Project Lead the Way. Click here to learn more about Dual Credit Pathways.

Programs at MCTEC are operated as Simulated Workplaces. Students are assigned job titles, gain career skills, and earn industry credentials and certifications like CPR, First Aid, ASE, NOCTI, OSHA-10, Welding, plus many more. These certifications are evidence of skill levels acquired and may be used to gain employment.

See your high school counselor to enroll in classes at MCTEC, or contact MCTEC at (304) 425-9551. Students may also use the link below to complete an online application for MCTEC.

Admission Criteria

Students may enroll for a CTE program at MCTEC using the application on their pre-enrollment forms at their home school. Students will be selected for interviews in their CTE program based upon their pre-enrollment application forms. Preference is given to juniors and seniors. Program offerings are selected through an interest inventory given at the home school with MCTEC’s recruitment facilitator.

To enroll in a MCTEC program, Click Here:

To access Student Handbook, Click Here.