What are the skills and knowledge that secondary CTE teachers require to respond to CTE’s broadened purpose of enhancing academic skills?  How do these teachers prepare students for an array of occupations within defined occupational clusters? In Professional Development for Secondary Career and Technical Education: Implications for Change, a publication by the National Center for Career and Technical Education, this document addresses the professional development needs of secondary-level CTE teachers, and the need to identify and deliver instruction that responds to students’ learning needs.
