1. Systems Alignment
  2. Systems Alignment

Systems Alignment

Resources on topics such as secondary and postsecondary partnerships, cross-sector strategies and governance

Pushing the Limits: A Roadmap for Advancing CTE Without Limits

  • Guide/Tool
October 2021 —

This resource serves as the primary evaluation and initial planning tool for state CTE leaders to implement the principles of Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education through self-assessment questions, sample implementation steps, and an action planning template.

Colorado Job Quality Framework

  • Guide/Tool
July 2021 —

The Colorado Job Quality Framework, a collaboration between local communities, employers and leaders, outlines the components of quality jobs in Colorado as well as key next steps for each partner in improving job quality across the state.

Strengthening Career Pathways Through the Power of State and Local Partnerships

  • Research/ Report
June 2021 —

This resource from Advance CTE is the third in a series of policy briefs centered on strengthening career pathways. It offers promising practices for leveraging the strengths of state and local leaders to cultivate sustainable, scalable partnerships and advance high-quality career pathways.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Indianapolis, Indiana's New Skills ready network team, focusing on strengthening career pathways and creating data infrastructure to guide strategic planning.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Columbus, Ohio

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Columbus, Ohio's New Skills ready network team, focusing on developing relationships and building capacity across and within partner organizations and identifying and analyzing program areas to attend to career pathway quality.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Denver, Colorado

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Denver, Colorado's New Skills ready network team, focusing on building a shared data framework to better measure the impact of career pathways and mappting career pathways to ease learner transitions.

New Skills ready network 2020-2021 Snapshot: Boston, Massachusetts

  • Snapshots
June 2021 —

This snapshot provides a summary of the priorities for Boston, Massachusetts' New Skills ready network team, focusing on building a systems-change mindset among the cross-sector team and developing common and foundational definitions to signal their commitment to equity.

New Skills ready network Year One Annual Report: Early Achievements and Innovations

  • Research/ Report
June 2021 —

This annual report provides an overview of the early achievements and innovation from the first year of the New Skills ready network initiative.