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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2023
Today's learners are looking to explore career options that allow them to change their communities and often the language used to communicate careers and skill-building falls short of connecting a career path with a learner's passion. Similarly, while employers are searching for ways to increase dedication and retention among employees while also…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employers, Personnel Selection, Professional Personnel
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
When employers and learners achieve a shared understanding of what skills are needed for the jobs of the future and how those skills are counted and valued in the hiring process, learners make more informed decisions about a path to success in the career of their choice, and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are more responsive to industry…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Employer Attitudes, Vocational Education
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2016
Work-based learning is an educational strategy that offers students an opportunity to reinforce and deepen their classroom learning, explore future career fields and demonstrate their skills in an authentic setting. Managing work-based learning requires layers of coordination, which is typically done by an individual or organizational…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2020
One of the biggest challenges that states and local intermediaries face in setting up and scaling high-quality youth apprenticeships is gathering relevant, accurate and actionable data. High-quality data is an essential ingredient for a strong youth apprenticeship program because it equips state and local leaders to evaluate impact, monitor…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Data Collection
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAPs) are a key piece of connected career advising that align learners' career and life goals with academic, postsecondary and career pathway options. ICAPs have different names in different states, including Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) and Individual Graduation Plans (IGPs). They refer to both the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Occupational Aspiration, Goal Orientation, Postsecondary Education
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2016
This report, the second installment in Advance CTE's "Connecting the Classroom to Careers," series, explores an issue that is often a stumbling block for K-12 work-based learning--ensuring these experiences are safe and legal for students. This report features New Jersey, Kentucky and California and their approaches to dismantling…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Workplace Learning, Barriers, Elementary Secondary Education