Today we’re continuing our celebration of Perkins V by recognizing the strides that CTE programs have made over the past five years in engaging stakeholders such as employers, community leaders, parents and students. Effective stakeholder engagement enables CTE programs to respond to labor market, community and learner needs.
To support CTE educators in engaging stakeholders, ACTE has developed or co-developed the following tools and resources. These resources feature examples of effective engagement strategies from states and local CTE programs:
- Engaging Families and Communities to Support Special and Underserved Populations in CTE: This report from ACTE recommends ways that CTE educators can communicate and collaborate with learners’ families and communities to support students, specifically individuals from historically underserved communities.
- With Learners, Not for Learners: A Toolkit for Elevating Learner Voice in CTE: This resource from Advance CTE and ACTE provides strategies, guidance and tools to help CTE leaders engage learners for the improvement of CTE policies and practices.
- Taking Business to School: A Resource Guide for Building an Employer Partner Engagement Plan: This ACTE toolkit supports CTE programs looking to expand the scope and quality of their work-based learning programs through improved employer engagement.
- High-quality CTE Library: Business and Community Partnerships: ACTE’s online library of resources contains publications and toolkits based on grounded research and best practices, including a section on how to support the formation of industry and community-based partnerships.
State and local leaders can use these tools to maximize their understanding of collaboration between key players to shape the future of CTE in their areas. ACTE and Advance CTE have also collaborated to provide more targeted technical assistance to states and local CTE programs focused on effectively connecting stakeholders.
