Counselors and CTE

High School Counselors and CTE

School counselors play an integral role through the context of school counseling programs to facilitate students’ acquisition of attitudes, knowledge and skills needed to achieve positive postsecondary and career outcomes.

School counselors at all levels recognize that employability skills align well with ASCA’s Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success (2014). Consequently, they integrate a structure for organizing and delivering information about various careers and corresponding clusters such as The National Career Clusters Framework (Advance CTE, 2018).

NH CTE Center Map

Resources

CTE Research Links

Learn what studies reveal about the impact of CTE on student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates, employment rates, and completion rates):  

  1. Interactive Data Story on Career and Technical Education in High School
  2. Career and Technical Education Research Network 
  3. 5 Benefits of Career and Technical Education Programs for Schools and Districts

CTE Resource Links

Learn what studies reveal about the impact of CTE on student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates, employment rates, and completion rates):  

  1. Association for Career and Technical Education
  2. AdvanceCTE

Stories

Students on the Right “Career Path” in CTE

Students on the Right “Career Path” in CTE

Students on the right “career path” in CTE While Career and Technical Education (CTE) has garnered more attention in recent years, much is still misunderstood about it. “CTE is not a lower level of education,” said Samara Holmes, current student at...

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