CTE Resources

Originally reported by PBLWorks | PhillyCTE --- When HVAC pre-apprentices at Philadelphia's Career and Technical Education programs keep failing the Section 608 refrigerant handling certification exam, CTE instructors don't just…

Every CTE instructor knows the ritual: once a year, round up a few employer contacts, order sandwiches, hold a meeting, check the Perkins V compliance box, and file the minutes.…

State cell phone restrictions are sweeping the nation — but CTE labs and shops need a different conversation --- When a construction trades student pulls out a smartphone to scan…

How state-level AI guidance could reshape career and technical education labs — and what Pennsylvania can learn --- When HVAC students at a Florida career academy use AI-powered diagnostic tools…

The spaces where CTE students learn shape what they can actually do. A welding bay without proper ventilation limits what students can practice. A health sciences room without simulation space…

The Hook Advance CTE just closed out a five-year, six-community initiative called the New Skills ready network, funded by JPMorgan Chase's $350 million New Skills at Work campaign. The final…

The Hook Pennsylvania's push to move structured career exploration into the middle grades is more than a messaging change. It is a design challenge for CTE leaders. If students start…

When HVAC students at a Philadelphia career and technical education center kept struggling with the EPA Section 608 refrigerant handling certification exam, their CTE instructor realized that the traditional lecture-and-quiz…

A cosmetology student at a Philadelphia career and technical education center doesn't just practice on a mannequin head — she runs a functioning salon one day a week, taking real…