Perkins V recognizes the importance of beginning career exploration as early as possible by enabling Perkins funds to be spent starting in grade 5. The legislation also includes new definitions and provisions that focus on expanding and improving work-based learning and career development.
As we continue our celebration of five years of Perkins V, take a look at these resources from ACTE and its partners with tips for and examples of effective strategies for career development and middle grades CTE:
- Broadening the Path: Design Principles for Middle Grades CTE: This Advance CTE and ACTE resource lays out a theory of action for CTE in the middle grades, defines outcomes for student learning, and introduces 10 design principles that should be part of any middle grade CTE program.
- Student Career Development series: This ACTE series of briefs and webinars dives into topics such as social emotional learning, work-based learning and equitable career development through technology.
- High-quality CTE Library: Student Career Development: ACTE’s online library of resources includes publications and more on how to empower and prepare learners for the workforce through career development.
CTE educators and career development professionals can use these resources to support career advisement, exploration and more, including programming in the middle grades.
