The Riverside County Office of Education Career Technical Education (CTE) Unit provides, promotes, and coordinates instructional and program supports throughout Riverside County to ensure RCOE's pledge that all students will be prepared for college, and the workforce.

The CTE Unit, in coordination with Riverside County school districts, provides CTE courses in 15 industry sectors and 58 career pathways. The Unit also partners with local businesses to offer work-based learning to students in more than 1,200 places of employment, and training for teachers rooted on current and project labor department demands. All CTE programs integrate core academic best practices with technical and occupational instruction in order to increase student achievement, graduation rates, and postsecondary and/or workforce readiness.

CTE courses are sequenced in high schools to create pathways for students in a course of study designed to map to employment and/or post-secondary education opportunities. To best support high schools, the Unit continually develops CTE curricula that meets A-G subject requirements for the benefit of all students. Further, articulation agreements are established between the Unit and local universities so that students receive college credit for successfully completing high school CTE courses.