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Comprehensive Career Counseling Briefing
Featuring experts from throughout the CTE community, the briefing highlighted the critical role of counselors in informing and guiding high school students into career fields that meet their individual needs and interests. -
CTE 101 Briefing
The briefing focused on introducing Members and staff to Career and Technical Education, a tried and true solution for creating jobs, retraining workers, and ensuring that students of all ages are career- and college-ready.
Welcome
The Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus is a bipartisan group of Representatives committed to supporting and promoting CTE. Co-chaired by Reps. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), the caucus is comprised of members of Congress representing constituents from across the United States and transcends the ideological spectrum.
CTE programs exist in every congressional district and every state. The goals of the bipartisan caucus are to educate and promote quality CTE programs and well-paying, family-sustaining jobs. These fields include STEM disciplines, nursing, allied health, construction, information technology, energy, cybersecurity, sustainability, and other areas that keep our nation competitive in the global economy.
The skilled trades are the hardest jobs to fill in the United States, with recent data citing 550,000 jobs open in the trade, transportation and utilities sectors and 246,000 jobs open in manufacturing. CTE programs assist businesses in closing the skills gap on a daily basis, by training a competitive workforce to fulfill these 21st Century demands.
