This training series provided through the National Center for Innovation in Career Technical Education (NCiCTE) offers approaches to help strengthen high school educators’ capacity to design and deliver standards-based, integrated curriculum and improve instructional practice. Lessons detail what college and career readiness really means at the high school level and include concrete examples and practical guidance to help integrate Common Core State Standards with demanding technical skills—using meaningful work-based learning to complement instruction. This resource could be used to either inform curricular design and instruction or serve as a model for state-developed supports to promote high-quality career pathways in the classroom.
The program offers the following training modules:
- Career Pathway Implementation 101: Developing High-Quality Curriculum and Instructional Practice
- Defining and Assessing College and Career Readiness
- Pathway Curriculum Development and the Common Core
- Developing Standards-Aligned Integrated Projects
- Developing High-Quality Work-Based Learning Experiences and Systems