Time: 3:00-4:30 PM EST

Location: Virtual

Registration Link: http://events.constantcontact.com/register /event?llr=zmfbvx8ab&oeidk=a07ehdfxy1ted8e3386

Description: This webinar will focus on the potential benefits of examining program and participant data to support the creation of exceptional career and technical education (CTE) programs that prepare students for high-demand careers. Presenters will share real-world examples from three Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) studies that used participant data to inform CTE program improvements that align with the needs of the 21st century workforce. Participants will learn what can be gained by examining CTE data, such as tracking postsecondary outcomes of CTE participants. They will also strengthen their knowledge of how states and districts across the country are using data to inform improvements to their CTE programs.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Cross-REL Collaboration

Audience: The webinar’s primary audience will be state and local education agency CTE leaders and data analysts who are interested in learning about how to improve CTE programs.

Speakers:

• Miya Warner, collaboration and coordination lead, REL Appalachia (REL AP), SRI International (SRI)
• Julie Harris, senior researcher, REL AP, SRI
• Amy Arneson, senior researcher, REL Northwest, Education Northwest
• Lynn Mellor, deputy director, REL Southwest, American Institutes for Research

Report Citation: Harris, J. C., Warner, M. T., Wilkerson, S. B., & Yee, K. (2020). Assessing the alignment between West Virginia’s high school career and technical education programs and the labor market (REL 2020–019). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED605044

Arneson, A., Hodara, M., & Klein, S. (2020). Career and technical education in Oregon: Exploring who participates in high school and the outcomes they achieve. Portland, OR: Education Northwest, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED607349

Mellor, L., & Shuqiong, L. (2020). Examining high school career and technical education programs and the postsecondary outcomes of career and technical education students in the Round Rock Independent School District (REL 2021–050). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs