Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teachers

How do you involve academics in your classroom? Does your school community realize there are integrated skills from their subjects in your class?

What is the hardest thing about being specifically a CTE teacher?

I'm looking for other CTE educators that teach the Education & Training Career Path. I'm curious as to how these educators structure and teach their classes under this cluster.

Anyone know a resource to have blueprints drawn? I have some projects that I need to have drawn up.

It’s a new year, NEW DECADE, so what will you try different in your class?

As we come to a close on the decade, what is one myth about teaching that you had to learn about the hard way once you actually started in the classroom?

At our showcase today, scholars demonstrated their technical skills via projects. Students used QR codes to connect with industry via LinkedIn. How do you encourage scholars build their network?

Any interest in utilizing Virtual or Augmented Reality in your classroom? How would you use it?

In addition to internships, what types of work-based learning experiences do you offer for your students?

What type of EdTech tools are you using in your CTE classroom?

Has anyone attended FETC? Wondering if it’s worth the $?

Do you attend the ACTE Conference (Regional or National)? If so, what do you love? If not, what’s the obstacle preventing you from going?

Does anyone have a cheat sheet of Perkins V? The more research I do... the deeper into the rabbit hole I go.

How do you assess the quality of your program? Do you use the ACTE framework?

100 Members & Growing! How do you keep up with trends by connecting with other CTE teachers?

CTE is all about “Learning by Doing”, what are some projects that your students produce that you’re proud of?

Thankfully, the Carl D. Perkins CTE Improvement Act has been routinely reauthorized by Presidents, however this time involved new stipulations. Have you been facing any new issues to use that money?

For us, the school year is about to begin, but perhaps you may have already started, however it is not too late to set goals. What is one thing you absolutely want to do with your students?

Budget is always a hot topic, as people try to save money and cut corners, how have you designed systems (fundraising, donors, etc.) to supplement the funds for your sequence’s needs?

A part of our jobs is training scholars with the technical skills from our professional trades, but what techniques, systems, or experiences do you utilize to teach the professional skills?

When working with postsecondary institutions, the goal is to forge an articulation agreement to create a pipeline for your scholars, but how do you reciprocate to improve relations and grow community?

What area of your program requires the most improvement? What would you need to make that improvement happen?

Have you used go education or other screen capture software?

I need an alternative to syncron eyes to capture student screens on desktops to monitor work and lock screens when attention is required. We r getting windows 10 which doesn’t work with syncron eyes?

How do you engage with postsecondary institutions to create a well developed partnership, with a subsequent articulation agreement?

Welcome CTE Educators! Let’s be real, we’re providing that relevance to the real world, using academics in action, but we need to support each other and grow. This is the place!