Today’s postsecondary CTE students do not all enter at the same starting point or follow the same path to completion. A dual enrollment student may arrive with technical coursework and industry credentials already in hand. An adult learner may bring years of workplace experience but little formal recognition of those skills. Others may enter seeking a degree, a short-term credential, career advancement, or the opportunity to reskill. And their goals may change along the way. How can colleges and technical schools design programs that work for all of them?
This interactive session challenges the traditional linear pathway and explores how postsecondary CTE programs can better accommodate multiple learner journeys. Participants will consider how multiple entry and exit points, common foundational learning, modular program components, recognition of prior learning, and portable credentials can create pathways that allow students to build on what they already know while continuing to move toward their education and career goals.
Through learner scenarios and cross-program examples, participants will examine how the same program might serve very different students without sacrificing coherence or rigor. Attendees will leave with new perspectives and practical ideas to bring back to their colleagues and institutions as they consider how program design and credential architecture can better support the varied ways students enter, progress through, exit, and return to postsecondary CTE.
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