In this guide, you will find strategies to help state-level personnel improve collaboration among special education, vocational rehabilitation (VR), and career and technical education (CTE) for students who experience disability. NTACT:C staff held discussions with and gathered data from state agency representatives in Delaware, Indiana, and Ohio. Discussion questions include: Do you currently have interagency agreements (IA) supporting transition that …
Highlights from Perkins V: Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) represents an important opportunity to expand opportunities for every student to explore, choose, and follow career and technical education programs of study and career pathways to earn credentials of value. Perkins V includes specific supports for unique demographic groups, referred to in the law as special populations, …
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Career and Technical Education (CTE) CTE provides meaningful, real-world work-based learning opportunities to support students’ postsecondary education and employment goals. It should be combined with services with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), general and special education, and secondary CTE to increase students with disabilities participation in CTE with the ultimate goal of competitive integrated employment.What is Career and Technical Education (CTE)? combination …
Career and Technical Education Annotated Bibliography
This bibliography provides an overview of key research regarding students with disabilities involvement in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
Best Practices: Programs that Work, Models of Success (CTE Series 5)
This webinar is on the importance of collaborative partnerships across multiple stakeholders such as CTE, special education, vocational rehabilitation to support positive post school outcomes for students with disabilities in CTE.
Classroom Management: Behavioral Supports, Motivation, Reflective Teaching (CTE Series 4)
This webinar covers the importance of reflective teaching practices to support engagement and achievement of students with disabilities. Behavior management and classroom climate are also addressed as critical elements of effective teaching.
Classroom Supports: Universal Design for Learning, Differentiated Instruction (CTE Series 3)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a method to improve learning for all students. This webinar provides you with the CAST framework of UDL and explanations for how one district incorporates UDL into their CTE programs.
Effective Partnerships: Communication and Collaboration, Professional Practice (CTE Series 2)
Learn about collaboration, communication approaches, and needed professional development in order to support CTE for students with disabilities. Strategies for building relationships between special education and CTE professionals will also be provided.
CTE for Students with Disabilities: A Framework for Understanding (CTE Series 1)
This webinar provides a review of numerous pieces of legislation that impact students with disabilities, including Perkins V. In addition, strategies to support students with disabilities in secondary CTE through appropriate program placement are provided.
Career and Technical Education & Secondary Students with Disabilities Quick Guide
This guide outlines key information about career and technical education, its benefits, interagency collaboration related to it, and examples and links to websites with more detailed and specific information.