Advance CTE Aims To Address the Educational Leadership Drought and Diversify the Career Technical Education Leadership Landscape
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Monday, October 30, 2023
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Learners and aspiring leaders need role models who look like them and share similar experiences to ensure they have the spaces and supports to thrive. While the demographics of the United States and of those enrolling in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are more diverse than ever, the demographic diversity among state CTE leadership is lagging behind. According to the 2019 Advance CTE Member Services Survey, 87 percent of State CTE Directors self-identified as White while the 2020-2021 Perkins Collaborative Resource Network data shows 53 percent of CTE learners self-identify as non-White.
Key Points:
- While the demographics of the United States and of those enrolling in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs are more diverse than ever, the demographic diversity among state CTE leadership is lagging behind.
- According to the 2019 Advance CTE Member Services Survey, 87 percent of State CTE Directors self-identified as White while the 2020-2021 Perkins Collaborative Resource Network data shows 53 percent of CTE learners self-identify as non-White.
- shares Janelle Washington , alumni of the inaugural cohort of the Postsecondary State Career Technical Education Leaders Fellowship at Advance CTE —Sponsored by ECMC Foundation (Fellowship) and Director for Career Technical Education, Illinois Community College Board.
- To address these challenges, Advance CTE with the generous support of ECMC Foundation has released The Building a Diverse CTE Leadership Pipeline Toolkit , a free resource that aims to empower states and institutions to increase leadership stability and achieve more demographically representative state CTE leadership.