Supporting Non-Traditional Learners in Career Technical Education. Maximizing Access & Success for Special Populations. Brief

Advance CTE: State Leaders connecting Learning to Work. 8484 Georgia Avenue Suite 320, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 301-588-9630; Fax: 301-576-7115; Web site: https://careertech.org/

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Nontraditional Students; Vocational Education; Technical Education; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Definitions; Educational Strategies; Career Guidance; Vocational Education Teachers; Diversity; Inclusion; Faculty Development

Career Technical Education (CTE) policies and programs have increasingly focused on supporting the needs of historically marginalized learners and closing access and performance gaps among learner groups. Perkins V, the latest iteration of federal CTE legislation known as the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, is part of this trend. The law defines nine learner groups as special populations and includes a number of provisions that address expanding access to and supporting success within CTE programs for special populations. This brief will describe strategies for supporting one of these special populations: non-traditional learners.

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2024

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