This website offers a series of four stories about typical students several years after high school graduation to check on their preparation for the real world. The stories, from the California School Boards Association’s California Schools Magazine, illustrate how the achievement gap can affect each student and that student’s future.

This website was developed by the California Association of Leaders for Career Preparation, a statewide organization that provides professional development opportunities for CTE teachers of kindergarten through adult students. The website provides up-to-date information about CTE legislation and professional development workshop opportunities throughout California.

Available on this website is a toolkit developed by Jobs for the Future that aims to help teachers and their community partners implement community-connected learning to increase students’ achievement and likelihood of attending college.

This website provides a description of the Leadership Development Institute, a program for emerging ROCP CTE leaders run by the California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs.

This website provides information for candidates who want to pursue certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in one of the following specialty clusters: agriculture and environmental sciences; arts and communications; business, marketing, information management, and entrepreneurship; family and consumer sciences; health services; human services; manufacturing and engineering technology; and technology education.

These workforce education webcasts provided on the NCCTE website are distance learning tools for CTE teachers. The webcasts, all of which are live and then archived for future viewing, provide teachers with access to nationally known CTE experts and researchers.

This website contains information about the Ohio Career Development Program, providing educators and school administrators with a model for implementing a teacher externship program. In addition to the model, this website provides a planning and implementation guide and additional resources.

This website provides access to all Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) TeacherLine courses offered both nationally and locally. The course catalog offers over 90 online courses, with some courses providing graduate credits for teachers.

Visitors to this website can access a policy brief that provides a short review of literature about professional development for CTE teachers. The brief emphasizes technology, professional development, and worksite learning.

This website provides information about the State Center Consortium, a community partnership located in Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa Counties and dedicated to CTE. The Consortium offers local, regional, and statewide workshops for CTE teachers.