The plan, developed in partnership by the Chancellor’s Office and the California Department of Education, lays out the State’s future vision for CTE, both in the short-term (the next five years) and long-term (10 years), using creative strategies to advance California community colleges’ Vision for Success goals and outcomes
The State Plan for CTE was organized into four key areas with equity and access established as core tenants of the framework design:. The four areas include:
- Targeting in-demand, high-road occupations by engaging and collaborating with industry;
- Creating and expanding competency-based education, online instruction, experiential/work-based learning, apprenticeships, and adult education for displaced workers;
- Utilizing data to inform regional investments, such as economic forecasts and aligning workforce training data systems that capture cradle to career readiness; and
- Strengthening K-12 and community college systems alignment to promote dual enrollment, teacher and faculty preparation, and teacher credentialing.
The State plan was designed as a call to action with the goal of ensuring that the K-14 systems jointly implement this work. Key elements of the regional implementation strategy include:
- Creating resources and tools to support implementation
- Facilitating a series of town halls across the state
- Development of state and regional implementation plans
- Coordinating a statewide virtual convening
View the California State Plan for Career Technical Education (CTE) (PDF)
Statewide Convenings
Ten statewide convenings were held in 2023 to support regional implementation by sharing innovative program designs and be a catalyst for a long-term community of practice that will create a peer to peer collaborative information network.
