As an educator, you have a vision for your students. You know their potential, what they can accomplish, and the amazing careers they have ahead of them. You just need everyone else (parents, principals, district administrators) to catch your vision. Advance CTE is here to help.

Advance CTE is a non-profit organization that supports state CTE leadership to advance high-quality and equitable career and technical education policies, programs, and pathways that ensure career and college success for each learner.

In this episode, we were privileged enough to sit down with Advance CTE's Deputy Executive Director, Kate Kreamer, to discuss the history of CTE, the educational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the future of CTE looks like. Kate also offers incredibly practical, data-based advice on how to improve CTE outcomes in your classroom, district, and state.

Kate mentions some valuable resources, and you can find all of them linked below.

• CTE Without Limits: https://careertech.org/without-limits
• Brave Dialogues: A Guide to Discussing Racial Equity in Career Technical Education: https://careertech.org/resource/brave-dialogues
• With Learners, Not for Learners: A Toolkit for Elevating Learner Voice in CTE: https://careertech.org/resource/learner-voice-toolkit
• Communications tools and resources to engage families and learners: https://careertech.org/recruitmentstrategies
• Career Readiness Metrics Framework: A Continuum of Actionable Measures of Career Development and Readiness: https://careertech.org/resource/career-readiness-metrics-framework
• Beyond the Numbers: A Toolkit for Communicating CTE Data: https://careertech.org/resource/beyond-numbers-toolkit-communicating-CTE-data
• History of Advance CTE: https://careertech.org/100yrs

You can also connect with Kate and the rest of the Advance CTE team on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AdvanceCTE) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/CTEWorks).