This dissertation explores the communication and collaboration between Local Education Agency's (LEA) special education staff and Career and Technical Center (CTC) staff in supporting students with disabilities (SWD). Given the critical role of effective interagency communication in providing comprehensive support to SWD, this study seeks to…

Research shows career and technology centers have faced recruitment and retention issues for many years. Although the majority of the centers had declining enrollment a small number saw sustained or increased pupil counts. This descriptive case study was used to discover practices and procedures used by career centers with sustained or increased…

The purpose of this study was to: (a) conduct a retrospective developmental evaluation of a career and technical education (CTE) center in the midst of transformation from a two-year CTE center to a four-year high school; and (b) use the data from the evaluation to produce a case study testing Mintzberg's (2007) general theory of strategy…

The Southern Regional Education Board established the Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) in 2007. Since that time, the TCTW has sought to help Career and Technical Centers (CTCs) improve both the academic and technical skills of their students. By integrating academic concepts in the context of Career and Technical Education (CTE), learners…

The city of Las Vegas, Nevada has experienced a slowdown in tourism, a drop in property taxes and consolidated tax revenue used to support the city's operating budget, and a lack of economic diversification. Because of these changes, the ability of displaced workers to learn marketable employment skills continues to be an important issue for the…

The purpose of this qualitative survey study was to explore the student performance expectations, classroom management and instructional practices, and related professional experiences and specialized training of Career Technical Education (CTE) instructors at a Regional Occupational Center in Southern California in order to learn more about how…

The purpose of this statewide study is to assess the perceived improvements made to programs that are offered at Career and Technical Education Centers from the perspective of vocational administrators and teachers following the Bureau of Career and Technical Education conduction of an Approved Program Evaluation. The Pennsylvania Bureau of Career…