Project name: CAPE-Youth national research study on professional development
Project lead/principal investigator: Center for Advancing Policy on Employment for Youth (CAPE-Youth)
Contact: kosmani@cornell.edu
Description: The purpose of this study is to explore best practices, challenges, and strategies for improving professional development efforts and the subsequent capacity of youth-serving professionals, including supervisors and frontline staff within the workforce system, education system and other systems supporting transitioning youth and young adults with disabilities in attaining their employment goals. Participation in the research study is voluntary, but broad engagement in this research by a group of informed stakeholders is essential to ensure that the study develops robust insights to guide the efforts of state policymakers. If you choose to be a part of this study, you will be asked to participate in a 1 hour and 40 minute group concept mapping (GCM) process. Click here to participate: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZkCMPHJOCZkehv?Q_CHL=qr
Participants needed: Career and Technology Education, K-12/Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Workforce Systems, Credentialing Entities, Other Professional/Membership Organizations, and Other Youth Serving Agencies
Incentive/stipend/honorarium: None

Project name: Developing A Career Services Toolkit for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Pursuing Career & Technical Education
Project lead/principal investigator: Dr. Ni Gao, Rutgers University
Contact: gaoni@shp.rutgers.edu
Description: The goal of the project is to create a Career Services Toolkit to assist individuals with serious mental illnesses to succeed in postsecondary CTE programs and to gain employment within their intended field.
Participants needed: Current students or recent graduates of postsecondary CTE programs who have a mental health condition; supervisors, hiring managers and employers in CTE fields who employ people with a mental health condition.
Incentive/stipend/honorarium: $200

Project name: Principals’ Decision-Making, Organizational Commitment and School Climate on Teacher Performance in Vocational High School Based on Teacher Perceptions
Project lead/principal investigator: Kendra Flood, Penn State University
Contact: kendra.flood@psu.edu
Description: This survey seeks to learn about CTE high school teachers’ perceptions of principals’ decision-making impacting commitment, school climate, and teacher performance.
Participants needed: Secondary CTE teachers
Incentive/stipend/honorarium: None