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2 Jun 2016
Video

Long Story Short: How Does Career and Technical Education Help Prepare Students for the Workforce?

Career and technical education provides students with the employability and technical skills they need to enter the workforce. In this video interview, Chaney Mosley, senior technical assistance consultant, talks about what elements such educational programs need to successfully prepare students and who benefits the most.

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9 Jan 2015
Brief

Meeting the Professional Learning Needs of Career and Technical Education Teachers

States, districts, and teachers identify a need for professional learning that enables Career and Technical Education teachers to help their students meet new standards, and to respond more effectively to shifts in policy and requirements. This brief outlines the most-needed training topics, the challenges to meeting these needs, and the learning opportunities that work best.
Topic: 
Workforce, Education
22 Sep 2015
Brief

What Career and Technical Education Teachers Really Want for Professional Learning

Effective preparation of Career and Technical Education (CTE) educators has a direct relationship to improved CTE student outcomes. This brief shares findings from a national survey and outlines the most-identified priority training topics overall for CTE educators and by categories of administrators and teachers.
Topic: 
Education, College and Career Readiness
21 Mar 2013
Brief

How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer

If educators and policymakers are to make good on the national commitment to graduate more students from high school prepared to face postsecondary challenges, schools must continue to improve career technical education (CTE), ensuring that students have access to high-quality pathways to success. This brief provides an overview of the evolution of CTE in the U.S., reviews what it looks like in practice, and highlights issues CTE faces in the field.
Topic: 
College and Career Readiness, Postsecondary Education, Education
21 Feb 2014
Brief

21st Century Educators: Developing and Supporting Great Career and Technical Education Teachers

Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers are uniquely positioned to improve college and career readiness for all students, and yet major federal and state education reforms, such as the Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation and ESEA flexibility have paid insufficient attention to d

Topic: 
College and Career Readiness, Education, District and School Improvement, Teacher Preparation and Performance

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  • CTE at AIR: Preparing Students for College and Career Success
  • How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer
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