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# Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work

> Advance CTE supports State CTE Directors and leaders in advancing high\-quality and equitable policies, programs and pathways to learner success\.

## Posts
- [Integrating Career Awareness into Elementary School](https://careertech.org/blog/integrating-career-awareness-into-elementary-school/)
- [Chasity Johnson is a Credit for Prior Learning in Family and Consumer Sciences Champion](https://careertech.org/blog/chasity-johnson-is-a-credit-for-prior-learning-in-family-and-consumer-sciences-champion/)
- [ED \& DOL Announce New “Partnership” Amid Withheld Funding](https://careertech.org/blog/ed-dol-announce-new-partnership-amid-withheld-funding/)
- [Dr\. NiñaFe Awong: Developing High\-Quality Training for Alternatively Certified Instructors](https://careertech.org/blog/dr-ninafe-awong-developing-high-quality-training-for-alternatively-certified-instructors/)
- [Reconciliation Bill Signed Into Law as Administration Withholds $7 Billion in Education Funding](https://careertech.org/blog/reconciliation-bill-signed-into-law-as-administration-withholds-7-billion-in-education-funding/)

## Pages
- [Resources](https://careertech.org/career-clusters/resources/)
- [Your Place in the Framework](https://careertech.org/career-clusters/your-place-in-the-framework/)
- [Work\-Based Learning](https://careertech.org/resource-center/topics/work-based-learning/)
- [Perkins Act](https://careertech.org/what-we-do/engaging-policymakers/federal-policy-agenda/perkins-act/)
- [Learner Voice](https://careertech.org/resource-center/series/learner-voice/)

## Documents
- [Carl D\. Perkins Act Funding Chart \(July 2025\)](https://careertech.org/document/carl-d-perkins-act-funding-chart-july-2025/)
- [Campaign Logos](https://careertech.org/document/campaign-logos/): Support the CTE: Learning that works for America campaign by using the national or state logo in your advocacy resources, on your website and on other communications materials\. 
- [2024 Annual Report](https://careertech.org/document/2024-annual-report/)
- [CTE Month](https://careertech.org/document/cte-month/)
- [](https://careertech.org/document/20009/)

## State Profiles
- [Minnesota](https://careertech.org/state-profile/minnesota/)
- [Wyoming](https://careertech.org/state-profile/wyoming/)
- [Wisconsin](https://careertech.org/state-profile/wisconsin/)
- [West Virginia](https://careertech.org/state-profile/west-virginia/)
- [Washington](https://careertech.org/state-profile/washington/)

## News
- [Louisiana Community \& Technical College Director Leads 2025\-2026 Advance CTE Board of Directors ](https://careertech.org/news/louisiana-community-technical-college-director-leads-2025-2026-advance-cte-board-of-directors/)
- [ACTE \& Advance CTE Deeply Concerned About Interagency Agreement that Threatens the Integrity of Career and Technical Education](https://careertech.org/news/statement-acte-advance-cte-deeply-concerned-about-interagency-agreement-that-threatens-the-integrity-of-career-and-technical-education/)
- [Advance CTE on Nomination of Dr\. Kevin O'Farrell as Assistant Secretary for Career Technical Education](https://careertech.org/news/nomination-of-dr-kevin-ofarrell-as-assistant-secretary-for-career-technical-education/)
- [Advance CTE, ACTE on U\.S\. Department of Education Funding \& Staffing Impacts on Career Technical Education](https://careertech.org/news/statement-advance-cte-acte-on-u-s-department-of-education-funding-staffing-impacts-on-career-technical-education/)
- [Nine States Selected for National Cohorts to Enhance Recruitment and Learner Voice Practices in Career Technical Education](https://careertech.org/news/nine-states-selected-for-national-cohorts-to-enhance-recruitment-and-learner-voice-practices-in-career-technical-education/)

## Team Members
- [Dr\. Mindi Parsons](https://careertech.org/people/california/)
- [April White](https://careertech.org/people/kansas/)
- [Beth Hargis](https://careertech.org/people/kentucky/)
- [Heather Meissen](https://careertech.org/people/iowa/)
- [Dr\. Brittney Baptiste Williams](https://careertech.org/people/brittney-williams/)

## Events
- [The State of CTE: Credentials of Value](https://careertech.org/event/the-state-of-cte-credentials-of-value/)
- [Data Quality for Data Decision\-Making](https://careertech.org/event/data-quality-for-data-decision-making/)
- [CTE Unlocked: A Summit to Shape the Future of the Skilled Workforce \(Invite Only\)](https://careertech.org/event/cte-unlocked-summit/)
- [State Policies Impacting CTE: 2024 Year in Review Webinar](https://careertech.org/event/state-policies-impacting-cte-2024-year-in-review-webinar/)
- [Leveraging Learner Voice: Learner\-Led Research to Improve CTE](https://careertech.org/event/leveraging-learner-voice-learner-led-research-to-improve-cte/)

## Resources
- [Elevating Family Voice In Career Pathways](https://careertech.org/resource/elevating-family-voice-in-career-pathways/): This brief provides framing and promising local and state practices to embed family engagement systems, structures, policies and processes to build the capacity to form trusting, deeper partnerships that are integrated into all aspects of improvement strategies for career pathways\.
- [Empowering Learners: Kentucky’s Learner\-Led CTE Program Improvement Pilot](https://careertech.org/resource/empowering-learners-kentuckys-learner-led-cte-program-improvement-pilot/)
- [Leveraging Learner Voice in CTE: Empowering Learners, Enhancing CTE](https://careertech.org/resource/leveraging-learner-voice-in-cte-empowering-learners-enhancing-cte/)
- [With Learners, Not for Learners: A Toolkit for Elevating Learner Voice in CTE](https://careertech.org/resource/with-learners-not-for-learners-a-toolkit-for-elevating-learner-voice-in-cte/): This toolkit provides state and local Career Technical Education \(CTE\) leaders with actionable resources, guidance and tools to ensure CTE learner voices are elevated and heard for the improvement of CTE policies and practices\.
- [Connecting Every Learner: A Framework for States to Increase Access to and Success in Work\-Based Learning](https://careertech.org/resource/connecting-every-learner-work-based-learning/): This Advance CTE report provides a 5\-step framework to address equity gaps in work\-based learning by building a statewide infrastructure that enables cross\-agency collaboration and prioritizes relationship building, data and accountability, quality, and extending social and cultural capital\.

## Series
- [Legislative Updates](https://careertech.org/blog/post-series/legislative-updates/)
- [COVID\-19 and CTE](https://careertech.org/blog/post-series/covid-19-and-cte/)
- [Virtual June Meeting Series 2022](https://careertech.org/blog/post-series/virtual-june-meeting-series-2022/)
- [Excellence in Action](https://careertech.org/blog/post-series/excellence-in-action/)
- [2022 Fall Meeting](https://careertech.org/blog/post-series/2022-fall-meeting/)