Strand 1
Career Counseling, Development, and Advising

• Career awareness/exploration/development
• Career coaching/navigating
• Career counseling
• College and career planning
• Family engagement
• Growing leaders
• Pathways advising
• Recruitment and retention strategies
• Supporting special populations

Strand 2
Teaching and Learning

• Ability to benefit
• Contextualized instruction
• Co-planning/co-teaching
• CTE program options
• Curriculum alignment
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Integrated education and training (IET) best practices
• Work-based / experiential learning opportunities
• Essential/employability/soft skills

Strand 3
Designing / Delivering Programs

• Adult career pathways
• Apprenticeships / pre-apprenticeships
• Competency-based education
• Credentialing
• Credit for prior learning / Prior learning assessment
• Design / Deliver Career Pathways Programs
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Dual and articulated credit
• Guiding learning pathways
• Industry-recognized certifications
• Internships
• Measurable skill gains
• Pathway mapping
• Scholarships
• Stackable credentials

Strand 4
Establishing / Growing Partnerships

• Building cross-agency partnerships
• Classroom speakers / mentors
• Dual and articulated credit
• Employer engagement
• Examining equity through Career Pathways
• Measuring impact
• Relationship management
• Policy and program alignment

Strand 5
Workforce Development

• Correctional models
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Essential / employability / soft skills
• Programs to support returning veterans
• Using labor market data
• Talent development strategies
• WIOA administration to support pathways
• Workforce board partnerships