Welcome!

Welcome to the Central Regional Area Career and Technical Center (CRACTC)! The CRACTC is a “Virtua” Career and Technical Center established in 2008 as a partnership with the CREA – Central Regional Education Association. The CREA is 1 of 7 Rural Educational Associations (REA’s) in North Dakota. Initial funding for this program came from a grant from the North Dakota Legislature through the State Department of Career and Technical Education and from the memberships of 28 school districts with high schools that are members of the CREA; school districts who are not part of the CREA/CRACTC membership may also enroll in CRACTC courses (dependent upon availability) at a non-member rate.

CRACTC offers more than 30 online and ITV (interactive television) courses in 9 career areas.

CRACTC Mission:To provide Career and Technical Educational (CTE) opportunities to our member schools’ students, in the most economical fashion, where every student has the same educational opportunity regardless of the size or location of the school.

For a list of available courses, click the registration guide below of click the Courses tab at the top of the screen. If you are ready to register your students, please click on the registration form, save it to your computer, and email it to cractc.online@k12.nd.us once you have filled it out.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Lyle Krueger at 701-415-0453 or Amy Johnson at 701-641-0569.

CRACTC offers more than 30 online and ITV (interactive television) courses in 9 career areas.

CRACTC Mission:To provide Career and Technical Educational (CTE) opportunities to our member schools’ students, in the most economical fashion, where every student has the same educational opportunity regardless of the size or location of the school.

• Registration Book
• Registration Form
• 2023/2024 Calendar
• Welding Claim Reimbursement Form
• Claim Reimbursement Form
• Reimbursement Procedures
• CRACTC Travel Reimbursement Form 2023
• Online CTE Course Dual Credit Offerings
• Program Handbook

Plans of Study for State Scholarship

ND resident students may apply for either the Career & Technical Education (CTE) or Academic Scholarships. Students utilizing CTE courses to meet the necessary requirements need to have two units of CTE credits from a coordinated plan of study recommended by the ND Department of Career & Technical Education and approved by the ND Superintendent of Public Instruction.

CRACTC has created the plan of study document below with regard to the courses we provide to help guide you through this process. If you have any questions regarding the document or course offerings, please contact Assistant Director Lyle Krueger at your convenience.

Scholarship Corner

CTE concentrators (students that complete 2 or more credits in a program of study) can qualify for the $6000 ND State CTE Scholarship Program. See your high school counselor for details- which may include taking the “Work Keys” test to qualify.

• Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation-Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship
• NDCEL Scholarships (Youth Scholarship Award, Dr. Larry A. Klundt Educational Leader Award, Jerry Bartholomay Scholarship for Aspiring Administrators, ESAND Educational Scholarship)
• TC Energy Scholarship TC Energy is looking for scholarship applicants in three catagories: STEM, Energy Trades, and Indigenous Legacy. The 2022 Scholarship program showed there were 3,400+ applications and an award of $2.1 M dollars to 806 deserving students across North America.
• The Ultimate List of Scholarships for Women and Girls

Grade Scale

Semester Grades are composed of the course content grade and a semester evaluation (in applicable courses). If a semester evaluation does not occur, the semester grade will be on the semester course content grades only.

• A: 100-92
• B: 91-83
• C: 82-74
• D: 73-65

Sem Content Grade: 90%
Semester Evaluation: 10%

Dual credit courses offered through BSC will use the BSC grade scale (90-80-70-60) for ALL enrolled students as the content is considered college-level coursework (this includes students NOT registered to take the course for dual credit).