A Tool for Sustaining Career Pathways Effort (Government-Funded)

This paper outlines key considerations for putting career pathways into operation and provides a checklist of action items that states or local communities can use to assess the status of their sustainability efforts. It draws in part from research on change management theory, which has produced strategies for sustaining organizational shifts. To help illustrate these points, the paper draws on lessons learned from states participating in the Advancing Career and Technical Education in State and Local Career Pathways Systems project, a three-year initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE).