CTE Connects represents a year-long, highly collaborative cross-sector process built on a legacy of shared visions stewarded by Advance CTE.
CTE Connects
The Connected Path
A Shared Vision for Opportunity & Empowerment Through Career Technical Education
With the world of work rapidly evolving and becoming more interconnected, every learner deserves to be ready for the career of their choice. CTE prepares learners with the skills they need to achieve college and career success and operates as the connected path to economic mobility for learners of all ages.
The Connected Path: A Shared Vision for Opportunity & Empowerment Through CTE (CTE Connects) envisions a bold future toward a career readiness system that expands learner opportunity, agency, and belonging, while ensuring that industry partners are not only engaged but invested every step of the way.
In this future, each learner
- engages in a coherent CTE system, codesigned by education and industry,
- participates in a CTE system that is transparent and accountable to all partners,
- experiences a learning journey that seamlessly integrates CTE and core academics,
- has access to personalized and flexible pathways,
- develops a sense of empowerment and belonging through CTE, and
- navigates ethical and innovative approaches to using emerging technologies.
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