Advancing Career and Technical Education in Career Pathways: Model for Technical Assistance (Government-Funded)

THE OPPORTUNITY

Across the nation, education and workforce development systems are responding to increasing employer demand for academic, employability and technical skills among employees. As postsecondary credentials have become the key to a middle class standard of living, education and training systems are all working to help both youth and lower-skilled adults access and succeed in postsecondary credential programs with labor market value. This includes the country’s K-12 and postsecondary education systems, particularly Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs within those systems, and our adult education and workforce development systems. Given their common goals, the traditional autonomy of these education and training institutions no longer makes sense. For this reason, innovators are reaching out across system boundaries to develop more robust pathways to industry-recognized postsecondary credentials and family-sustaining employment.