To help students make a successful transition to college and career, teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators at many Pennsylvanias career and technical centers (CTCs) are providing explicit and innovative supports that increase students college and career awareness, help them navigate through the college application and admission process, and help them enter the workforce. This PDE … Continue reading Supporting Career and Technical Education Students Transition to College and Career
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Occupational Advisory Committee (OAC) Guide
Posted on Categories BCTE Toolkits, Case Studies, Reports, Business, Community, Workforce Engagement, New Teacher Induction, Occupational Advisory Board, Professional DevelopmentOccupational Advisory Committees provide a vital link between the Career Technical Center, and the local and regional business and industry community. Active OACs ensure the relevance of career and technical education programs and serve as an advocate for the impact of career and technical education in addressing regional workforce needs. The purpose of this PDE … Continue reading Occupational Advisory Committee (OAC) Guide
The Value and Promise of CTE: Results from a National Survey of Parents and Students
Posted on Categories Communications, Parent Engagement, Recruitment and RetentionGather your schools communications team, read the report and watch the presentation. Youll be inspired to review and improve your communications efforts! Published by Advance CTE, this presentation discusses key findings from a recent report, The Value and Promise of CTE. In addition, the 41-minute presentation offers career and technical center personnel invaluable suggestions and guidance … Continue reading The Value and Promise of CTE: Results from a National Survey of Parents and Students
Pathways System Framework & Early Steps
Posted on Categories College and Career Pathways, Professional DevelopmentThe National Center for College and Career Transitions, or NC3T, has developed a step-by-step approach to planning and implementing an effective and sustainable Pathways System that prepares students for college, career, and life. NC3T skillfully guides Pathways Partnerships throughout the entire process by providing ongoing technical assistance, proven resources and tools, expert coaching, and key meeting … Continue reading Pathways System Framework & Early Steps
Pathways Professional Development Overview
Posted on Categories College and Career Pathways, New Teacher Induction, Professional DevelopmentThe following areas of sustained professional development are typically required to develop a mature pathways model. Much of this should be paid through existing professional development allocations. Expertise within the district, college, or partnership should be developed and shared as quickly as possible so that the practice can be sustained internally. PATHWAYS-PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT-OVERVIEW
How to Recruit Partners
Posted on Categories Business, Community, Workforce Engagement, Occupational Advisory BoardThis resource is an excerpt from Employer Engagement Toolkit, written by Brett Pawlowski and Charlie Katz. How to Recruit Partners
Five Key Employer Involvement Strategies
Posted on Categories Business, Community, Workforce Engagement, Occupational Advisory BoardShare this resource with your school’s business and community partners as it provides them with a list of ways in which they can support your school. FIVE-KEY-EMPLOYER-INVOLVEMENT-STRATEGIES-6.8.15
Promising Practices Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technical Center
Posted on Categories Business, Community, Workforce Engagement, Career Information and Exploration, College and Career Pathways, Employability Skills, Work-based learningAT A GLANCE With support from Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Invest Board Partnership (WIB), Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technical Center (EWCTC) and Derry Area School District collaborated to develop the Career Pathway Program in order to provide students with career exploration that assists in identifying career interests and postsecondary planning. The program began in the 2013-14 school … Continue reading Promising Practices Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technical Center
Promising Practices LCTI and Lehigh Valley
Posted on Categories Business, Community, Workforce Engagement, Career Information and Exploration, College and Career Pathways, Employability Skills, Work-based learningAT A GLANCE Resulting in a wide range of promising practices and success stories, Lehigh Valley’s Gold Collar Workers with Gold Collar Jobs initiative is a business-education partnership developed by the Lehigh Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc. and Lehigh Valley Business-Education Partnership. RESULTS/IMPACT Several promising practices are highlighted in this document; results impacting the regions … Continue reading Promising Practices LCTI and Lehigh Valley
Upper Bucks County Technical School Teachers Learning Together
Posted on Categories Professional Development, Video & WebinarsTeachers at UBCTS formed a professional learning community and, as a result of monthly meetings, are expanding their instructional practices. Learn more in this recorded interview.