TWEET OF THE WEEK
From @CTEWorks & @actecareertech – summary of the Perkins reauthorization https://t.co/xdnpm3ShNh #careerteched #CTE #Funding
— Jim Schultz (@JamesBSchultz) July 28, 2016
WEBINAR OF THE WEEK
The Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center and Advance CTE are co hosting a webinar, Kentucky Gets Students on TRACK with Youth Apprenticeship, to discuss TRACK, Kentucky’s Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky youth pre-apprenticeship program. Speakers will provide information about registered apprenticeship and pipeline needs and issues from employer and student perspectives, including outcomes and lessons learned.
RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Check out our latest installment of Connecting Classroom to Careers: Leveraging Intermediaries to Expand Work-based Learning. This brief explores the role of intermediaries at the school, region and state levels, who coordinate between educators and employers to develop critical work-based learning opportunities for students taking an in-depth look at South Carolina and Georgia.
RESOURCE OF THE WEEK: PERKINS
Earlier this month, the House Education and the Workforce Committee unanimously passed legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Act. With the Association for Career and Technical Education we developed a summary and analysis of this legislation available here.
Katie Fitzgerald, Communications AssociateÂ
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