Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Describe the history and development of CTE.
- Identify the essential characteristics and components of CTE and its impact on multicultural society.
- Explain the major educational philosophies that influence CTE.
- Develop a personal philosophy of CTE.
- Analyze current trends in CTE.
- Describe how federal legislation and federal funding revenue streams impact CTE.
- Explain how CTE can be looked at as both a structural and instructional approach.
- Generate strategies to overcome challenges associated with CTE.
- Locate useful resources for CTE teachers.
- Compare state resources for CTE teachers.
- Identify the importance of collaboration at all levels to support both teachers and students and to make a CTE program successful.
- Locate professional organizations available to career and technical educators and the role they play in developing policy, practices, and legislation in CTE.
- Develop CTE materials for a specific program area using instructional principles and best practices for improving student outcomes.
- Align standards to CTE curriculum.
- Incorporate technology to support student career development.
- Evaluate effective strategies for managing the CTE classroom.
- Identify external factors that influence the CTE classroom.
- Describe methods to mobilize stakeholders.
- Create plans to promote and emphasize the integral role of career and technical student organizations (CTSOs).
- Identify effective methods of advocating for CTE programs.
