RCTC Information

REGIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER

The Regional Career Technical Center (RCTC) is a vocational Consortium serving the Lincoln, Willow Run, and Ypsilanti school districts. We also serve several students from Whitmore Lake. Sophomore and junior students sign up for RCTC classes when they schedule classes for the their junior and senior years.
Four programs are located at Ypsilanti High School:
Allied Health   - Students learn about basic patient care tasks along with medical, clerical and laboratory skills. Medical Terms, how illness effects people, first aid and CPR are some of the many skills taught and learned in the class.
Child Care   - This is a class for students who enjoy young children and would like to prepare themselves for a career in the field of early childhood education.
Computer Systems Technology - Students learn the ins and outs of computer repair and prepare themselves for A+ certification. They work on many community projects as well.
Graphic Arts - This is a comprehensive program that trains students to perform tasks as skills involved in the production of printed material.
Four other programs are located off campus:
Auto Collision - Congress near West Middle School - This is a two-year program designed to train students for entry level positions in the collision repair industry as either painters helpers or collision repair helpers.
Auto Mechanics - Congress near West Middle School - This is an entry level course for auto technicians that utilizes the State mandated NATEF curriculum. Over two years, students will cover virtually all of the mechanical and electrical systems of cars.
Construction Technology - Located on Ainsley (by Fletcher School) in the City of Ypsilanti   - In this class students construct a complete residential structure in a local neighborhood over two school years. Students gain experience in all phases of construction.
Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management - Fletcher School - Open to third and fourth year students. This course opens the door to what is the second largest industry world-wide. By laying a foundation of entry-level training in the operations and management of hotels and restaurants, the course prepares students to enter the work place on the fasttrack to management. The course curriculum spans the entire hospitality industry including the basics of cooking, nutrition science and technology, sanitation and hygiene, customer service fundamentals, as well as the essentials of cost analysis. Articulation college credits to both Washtenaw Community College and Ferris State University can be earned as well.