Exploring Summer Youth Employment Programs: Increasing Access Through Career Pathways builds the case and provides actionable recommendations for state-led support in the intentional alignment of summer youth employment programs (SYEP) with career pathways and the work-based learning continuum, including through Career Technical Education (CTE).

Representation matters. While we know this to be true, this statement alone does not provide the blueprint for how state leaders can create a pipeline of CTE leaders that are demographically representative of those that they serve.

The Building a Diverse CTE Leadership Pipeline Toolkit Guide is a comprehensive document with guiding questions, recommendations and additional resources to assist CTE leaders with replicating the Advance CTE processes to develop a leadership pipeline program.

The son of Chinese immigrants who worked 16-18 hour days, 360 days a year, Justin Chin is invested in CTE to create a better life and a better world for people like his parents.

Forced to find employment after the abrupt closing of her lab, Dr. Dimitria Harding worked her way from adjunct professor to Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs.

The grandson of a “ditch digger,” Carlos Lopez is a first-generation college graduate who pursued state-level CTE leadership to make a larger impact in the lives of underserved learners.

Janelle Washington is passionate about navigating the intersection of higher education and the criminal legal system. Inspired by her granddad, an ironworker, Janelle saw CTE as a natural place to pursue her passion.

Sharing the Scott family story and their dedication to making pet food with a purpose.

Earned media feature distributed digitally and in print to pet industry professionals across the US and Canada.

Animated video sharing the benefits of minimally processed nutrition created for RAWZ Natural Pet Food