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Career Technical Education (CTE) and youth apprenticeship are both pathways to postsecondary and career success, and promising strategies for workforce develop…
This series consists of resources created by Advance CTE across topic areas related to Career Technical Education (CTE). Includes reports, guide/tools, case studies, briefs, and snapshots.
Career Technical Education (CTE) and youth apprenticeship are both pathways to postsecondary and career success, and promising strategies for workforce develop…
A short self-assessment rubric Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders can use to gauge their current CTE program against the shared vision for the future of …
Designed for Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders to present the six principles and action steps in their state, institution, or program as a starting poin…
An Advance CTE members-only resource designed to support Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders in presenting the six principles and action steps in their st…
Career Technical Education (CTE) connects learning to the world of work, preparing learners with the skills they need to achieve college and career success. CT…
The Elevating Learner Voice Through the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment guide makes the case for learner-led research in Career Technical Education (CTE);…
This resource include posters for The National Career Clusters® Framework and each of the fourteen Career Clusters. The posters are sold on the Career Clusters…
Advance CTE’s 2025 Annual Report highlights our organizational accomplishments to share expertise to enhance state systems; champion high-quality CTE in federa…
The annual State Policies Impacting Career Technical Education (CTE): Year in Review resource is released every February to report on developments in CTE-relat…
This report captures 5 years of collaborative work (2020-2025) for the New Skills ready network initiative across six sites: Boston, Massachusetts; Columbus, O…
Integrating Career Technical Education (CTE) and core academic instruction represents a major step toward modernizing teaching and learning at the secondary le…
This resource explores the concept of connected career advising and provides foundational concepts, tools, and promising practices.
The Career Technical Education (CTE) Goal-Setting Tool is an Excel template that helps state CTE leaders analyze current learner representation as identified b…
The modernization of the National Career Clusters® Framework (the Framework) creates new opportunities for improving and refining policy and practice to ensure…
Seeing Green: CTE as a Catalyst for the Green Workforce is a policy playbook that equips education and workforce leaders with actionable strategies to strength…
Nashville, Tennessee is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in …
Indianapolis, Indiana is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in…
Dallas, Texas is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in 2020 an…
Denver, Colorado is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in 2020…
Columbus, Ohio is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in 2020 a…
Boston, Massachusetts is one of the six sites selected to participate in the New Skills ready network. This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase in…
Dual enrollment has become one of the most powerful strategies for promoting college and career readiness — and one of the most widely adopted indicators in st…
Surveys en Español Fillable PDF (use Adobe Acrobat Reader) Print PDFThis engaging activity helps learners reflect on what they enjoy doing, what they’re good…
Surveys en Español Fillable PDF (use Adobe Acrobat Reader) Print PDFThis engaging activity helps learners uncover why they do what they do—their core motivat…
This brief highlights work in Iowa by the Iowa Department of Education to clarify and create postsecondary CTE data elements and linkages through the integrati…
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