Instructor and Leader Quality

Resources on topics such as professional learning, certification, externships and teacher and leader effectiveness

Perkins V Supports Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Research/ Report

April 2021 —

This resource discusses the mechanisms in Perkins V that support teacher recruitment and retention, an overview of how this appears in Perkins V state plans and examples of how states are tackling the challenge of recruiting and retaining qualified and diverse CTE instructors.

Broadening the Path: Design Principles for Middle Grades CTE

Guide/Tool

March 2020 —

This resource from Advance CTE and Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) aims to support state and local leaders as they work to develop or strengthen middle grades CTE policies, programs and practices.

New Skills for Youth Innovation Sites 2019 Snapshot: Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

Case Study
Snapshots

October 2019 —

This snapshot profiles how AWARE2 is helping learners develop real-world and technical skills in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

New Skills for Youth Innovation Sites 2019 Snapshot: Sichuan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hebei Provinces, China

Case Study
Snapshots

October 2019 —

This snapshot profiles how Win the Future aims to inform national policy in China and enhance the technical, professional and life skills of vocational students in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hebei Provinces, China.

New Skills for Youth Innovation Sites 2019 Snapshot: Maharashtra, India

Case Study
Snapshots

October 2019 —

This snapshot profiles Lend-A-Hand India's efforts to integrate vocational education in Maharashtra, India and develop a technology infrastructure to further scale vocational education to other states in India.

Ohio: Middle School CTE Expansion

Policy

January 2019 —

In 2014, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed H.B. 487 into law, which required schools in Ohio to provide CTE courses in seventh and eighth grades by the 2015-16 school year. Since then, Ohio has drastically increased access to middle school CTE programs for students.

Career and Technical Education: Current Policy, Prominent Programs, and Evidence

Research/ Report

September 2018 —

This report from MDRC examines the reasons for the revival of CTE, policies that have fostered the growth of CTE, and the major types of CTE programs.

Texas: Community College Petrochemical Initiative

Policy

September 2018 —

The Community College Petrochemical Initiative in Texas, with funding from ExxonMobil, addresses workforce development in the Texas Gulf Coast. One piece of this initiative is community college faculty externships with industry employees.