Leveraging Career Development Services to Expand Student Engagement in Career and Technical Education

This whitepaper highlights innovative practices — aligned to the ACTE Framework — that CTE educators nationwide are using to improve middle and high school students’ career knowledge and promote access and equity in CTE. It addresses three root causes of inequity connected to career development: (1) youth and families’ misunderstanding of the benefits of CTE; (2) systemic barriers to student participation and persistence; and (3) a lack of career knowledge and planning information to motivate student engagement.

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This whitepaper highlights innovative practices—aligned to the ACTE Framework—that CTE educators nationwide are using to improve middle and high school students’ career knowledge and promote access and equity in CTE. It addresses three root causes of inequity connected to career development: (1) youth and families’ misunderstanding of the benefits of CTE; (2) systemic barriers to student participation and persistence; and (3) a lack of career knowledge and planning information to motivate student engagement.

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Career Advisement
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K-12

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