A Guide for the Development of Aligned Career Pathways Systems (Government-Funded)

ABOUT THIS GUIDE 

This guide is intended to help state and local Career and Technical Education (CTE) systems to align their work on Programs of Study (POS) with parallel state and local efforts on the development of Career Pathways systems. The paper identifies similarities between these initiatives; the steps that some states are currently taking to align and integrate this work; the lessons they are learning in doing so; and the value they are realizing through their efforts. The guide also shares lessons learned from the states that participated in the Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’s (OCTAE) Advancing Career and Technical Education in State and Local Career Pathways project (Advancing CTE in Career Pathways) as they worked to develop and integrate CTE POS and Career Pathways efforts.