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Your First Year as a CTE Teacher (Part 1) --> Developing an Understanding of CTE
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It was interesting to see when CTE began. Encouraged to see that most states are beginning to use the term pathways, which will help students that move from state to state on their journey.
I learned that CTE connects academic learning with real-world skills, helping students prepare for both college and careers. "High Quality CTE, and the 12 elements". These elements help students prepare for both college and careers. I plan to apply this by integrating more hands-on, career-focused activities and encouraging the students to explore CTE pathways that match their interests. CTE boosts engagement and supports diverse learners.
I have learned that I really need to incorporate steps for advancement. I can start these steps as early as my middle school kids and advance each year so the kids are ready for post-secondary education. I need to develop a good evaluation tool to make sure I am being effective and the kids are getting all they need to follow a POS.
"High Quality CTE" learning this catch phrase and the 12 elements that go along with it really gave me the understanding of the different sections of my whole program and that everything taught is under each of these elements.
I recently attended First Camp and learned so much more about Career and Technical Education (CTE). It helped me deepen my understanding of how CTE connects students to real world skills and future careers. I am especially excited to apply the new teaching strategies I learned, such as using more hands on, project based learning and incorporating industry relevant scenarios into my lessons. These approaches will help engage my students more effectively and better prepare them for the workforce.
CTE assists teachers in gaining a better understanding of career and technical education. It also helps them to become more acclimated with their roles as teachers.
CTE is a very important part of our education system, with such a high demand for trades and career pathways for students.
I appreciate the opening discussing the three areas that a CTE instructor needs to be aware of. The "administration" part of the profession. Certification, courses that will need to be taken and the like will need to be attended to. The "instructional" piece of the profession, where the instructor is actually in front of students doing what they do. Then the "local administrative" part. School rules, how to purchase, parking etc. The more everyday process of running a program.
So far I'm new to CTE. I have never used the program. Learning so far has been good. I have learned there are several ways to check on what has been learned. What is offered through CTE. I'm interested in getting into learning about the history of CTE.
I learned that CTE is a valuable option for students who otherwise may not have pursued post-secondary education. It is a place to give learners confidence in their ability to contribute and make a difference in the community.
The course has taught me about the history and importance of CTE. I found the career clusters portion to be the most interesting, allowing students to see how many hands-on career opportunities they have through CTE.
Context for Modern Practices – Knowing the origins and evolution of CTE allows teachers to understand why current programs, policies, and standards exist. This helps them align their teaching with industry and educational expectations.
CTE has a very different history than what I read here. Around 1920 it was called vocational education (trades) and didn't get called CTE until the 1980s with the emergence of PCs at a residential level. At that point the concept of technology was introduced because people needed to start understanding electronics and the trades had to accept a rebranding of terminology.
Much of the legislative narrative about skill based learning and career focus was interesting.
I enjoyed learning about the history of CTE and how it has evolved to let us reach where we are now. We indeed came a long way in comparison to the 18th century.
I too found the history of CTE fascinating. Technical education is another way to capture a different potential in ways that will serve the community.
As a veteran CTE teacher and alternative teacher, it was great to learn about the history aspect of CTE.