Designed for Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders to present the six principles and action steps in their state, institution, or program as a starting point for collaboration and partnership to build the connected path.
The Connected Path: A Shared Vision for Opportunity and Empowerment Through CTE (CTE Connects) envisions a bold future toward a career readiness ecosystem that expands learner opportunity, agency, and belonging, while ensuring that industry partners are not only engaged but invested every step of the way. CTE Connects challenges education and industry to codesign and champion systems that center the learner experience, reimagine partnership across learner levels and sectors, and strengthen outcomes for all CTE partners. The six interconnected principles of CTE Connects represent the priority areas of focus for CTE leaders, employers, and policymakers to improve opportunities for and to empower all learners within their state. CTE Connects was developed through a highly collaborative, cross-sector process to ensure it reflects and benefits learners, educators, CTE leaders, employers, and national partners.
