Strands (2022)

Strands

Strand 1
Career Counseling, Development, and Advising
  • Career awareness/exploration/development
  • Career coaching/navigating
  • Career counseling
  • College and career planning
  • Family engagement
  • Growing leaders
  • Pathways advising
  • Recruitment and retention strategies
  • Supporting special populations
Strand 2
Teaching and Learning
  • Ability to benefit
  • Contextualized instruction
  • Co-planning/co-teaching
  • CTE program options
  • Curriculum alignment
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Integrated education and training (IET) best practices
  • Work-based / experiential learning opportunities
  • Essential/employability/soft skills
Strand 3
Designing / Delivering Programs
  • Adult career pathways
  • Apprenticeships / pre-apprenticeships
  • Competency-based education
  • Credentialing
  • Credit for prior learning / Prior learning assessment
  • Design / Deliver Career Pathways Programs
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Dual and articulated credit
  • Guiding learning pathways
  • Industry-recognized certifications
  • Internships
  • Measurable skill gains
  • Pathway mapping
  • Scholarships
  • Stackable credentials
Strand 4
Establishing / Growing Partnerships
  • Building cross-agency partnerships
  • Classroom speakers / mentors
  • Dual and articulated credit
  • Employer engagement
  • Examining equity through Career Pathways
  • Measuring impact
  • Relationship management
  • Policy and program alignment
Strand 5
Workforce Development
  • Correctional models
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Essential / employability / soft skills
  • Programs to support returning veterans
  • Using labor market data
  • Talent development strategies
  • WIOA administration to support pathways
  • Workforce board partnerships