CAR Perkins Portal 2024 Training - Session #1

https://octae.ed.gov/events/car-perkins-portal-2024-training-session-1

The Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE) will host a Perkins Web Portal - Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) 2024 training session for States on Tuesday, October 29 at 2:00pm ET. This training session is designed to support you and your team in the submission of the FY 2023-24 Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) using the Perkins Web Portal. A meeting invite was sent out to Perkins Portal users. For any questions contact perkins-help@aemcorp.com.

The Evolution and Potential of Career Pathways (Government-Funded)

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/evolution-and-potential-career-pathways-government-funded

The Purpose of this Paper

Career Pathways systems provide a framework for organizing and formally aligning the education, workforce, and supportive services needed by a wide range of individuals to attain the credentials required for family-supporting careers. This paper provides a context for the increased attention that Career Pathways approaches have received in recent years—by examining the evolution and efficacy of pathways strategies for building a skilled workforce. The paper looks back nearly 30 years to examine prior initiatives that over time have contributed to the development of today’s Career Pathways framework and initiatives.

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

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/guide-development-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

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

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/tool-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).

Strengthening Skills Training & Career Pathways Across the Transportation Industry (Government-Funded)

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/strengthening-skills-training-career-pathways-across-transportation-industry-government

This collection and analysis of employment and skills data for the transportation industry is laid out in this report, Strengthening Skills Training and Career Pathways across the Transportation Industry, highlighting the future growth areas or employment “hot spots” in transportation by industry subsectors, occupations, career areas, and geographic areas. It also identifies high-demand jobs with good wages and analyzes the patterns in the education and work experience required for entry, as well as On-the-Job training required for new entrants to gain full competency.