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We are excited to introduce you to the remaining five Fellows of the NYSACTE Postsecondary State CTE Leaders Fellowship at Advance CTE - Sponsored by ECMC Foundation. Meet them here https://lnkd.in/eTmh_7BM

Every community deserves high-quality Career Technical Education. The Advance CTE team traveled to 18 states in 2024 to conduct professional development, deliver technical assistance, give presentations, and learn about the great things happening on the ground. Check out everywhere we’ve been as our Top 5 highlights from the year continue! 

We would like to introduce you to five more of the NYSACTE Postsecondary State CTE Leaders Fellowship Fellows from the inaugural cohort of the NY Fellowship! Click the link to meet these extraordinary postsecondary CTE leaders! https://lnkd.in/gmuj_qzN

Meet the NYSACTE Postsecondary State CTE Leaders Fellowship Fellows (part 1)! NYSACTE, Advance CTE, and ECMC Foundation are excited to introduce the Fellows of the inaugural cohort of emerging leaders from across New York State. The Fellows of the NYSACTE Postsecondary State Career Technical Education (CTE) Leaders Fellowship at Advance CTE—Sponsored by ECMC Foundation include representation across multiple demographic categories reflecting the Fellowship’s goal of intentionally building a postsecondary leadership pipeline for underserved populations in CTE that closes racial representation gaps and removes equity barriers to postsecondary leadership advancement. https://lnkd.in/epqmBCDz

This week we are counting down some of Advance CTE’s top moments of 2024! #5: This year we saw continued formal support for Career Technical Education (CTE) that recognizes CTE’s unique role in education and its tangible contribution to the nation’s workforce talent pipelines. Over 90 members of Congress supported House and Senate resolutions recognizing February as Career Technical Education Month. We also continued to impact CTE’s connection to federal policy on and off Capitol Hill, ranging from additional funding for the Perkins Act, shaping apprenticeship regulations, and testifying on CTE’s next-level in data collection, work-based learning, and more.

Wisconsin’s participation in Advance CTE’s Leveraging Learner Voice to Strengthen CTE technical assistance cohort focused on: 👉🏽 Building a Strong Foundation 👉🏽 Centering Learner Perspectives 👉🏽 Empowering Learners Pictured is the WisCORE 2024 Student Panel: Courtney Chambers (Western Technical College), Dajanae Williams (Gateway Technical College Alumni), Aaron Bennett (Waukesha County Technical College alumni), Valery Liriano (Fox Valley Technical College), Ashley Jones (Waukesha County Technical College) Swipe to preview Wisconsin’s key achievements in the image and read more about them here: https://lnkd.in/exsCQyCy

What if there was a tool that you could share with CTE leaders at any level that could help them build a blueprint for regular, meaningful stakeholder engagement and that would improve the effectiveness of recruitment and program communications? Now there is! The Effectively Communicating Career Technical Education (CTE) to Engage Every Learner: A Recruitment and Engagement Tool uses seven, short videos to provide information and instruction on communication and marketing skills that CTE leaders at every level can use and apply. The accompanying workbook helps the team complete the work, document lessons learned, and develop their blueprint for effective, regular, engagement. Explore it now ↓

Need inspiration for your CTE Month celebrations this February? During CTE Month 2024, champions of Career Technical Education (CTE): 🏛️ Organized CTE showcases at state capitols or key venues to highlight learner achievements 📱 Ran social media campaigns to build enthusiasm for programs and initiatives across the state 🖼️ Hosted poster contests to engage learners and their creativity 💥 Busted myths with CTE awareness campaigns to build knowledge and challenge common misconceptions These are just a few examples of the many ways you can promote CTE during CTE Month (and year-round). Explore last year’s highlights for inspiration in our blog: https://lnkd.in/eKbmcqq3

At Advance CTE, we believe the best resources are shaped by direct input from the field. To develop our recent publication on Experiential Work-Based Learning (EWBL), we established a shared solutions workgroup earlier this year, bringing together representatives from state education agencies, intermediary organizations, and national non-profits. Their expertise and insights played a key role in shaping the strategies in this resource for expanding and improving EWBL opportunities within career pathways. https://lnkd.in/eW9f6CKF

Oregon has successfully fostered a culture of learner engagement within the CTE system and has created a supportive environment which has empowered learners to share their perspectives. Oregon’s participation in the Leveraging Learner Voice to Strengthen CTE technical assistance cohort focused on: 👉🏽 Establishing a Sustainable CTE Student Advisory Council 👉🏽 Amplifying Learner Voice 👉🏽 Building Capacity 👉🏽 Measuring Impact Preview their key achievements in the image and read more about them here https://lnkd.in/exsCQyCy