Understanding students want and lifestyle preferences helps to gain buy in and student engagement. The process of students completing self reflections, personality and learning style quizzes, and having options of how they complete assignments.  

I will take this knowledge and have students try learning style quizzes and create career profiles to encourage more participation and student excitement about the work we're doing.

I do hands on plumbing and use of actual plumbing equipment .

I use input from local plumbing companies to try to include the needed training in the classroom

Have a criteria that will ensure your teaching goals .

Use it to let students know that CTE actual learning and will help them with a particular profesion in the work force .

Something I've only become attuned to recently is how important documenting your progress and success can be when trying to communicate a story to potential partners.  Stories are important because they embody goals and allow potential partners to see entry points for support, whether that be time and talent or other.

I have learned the importance of reviewing coursework. Making sure it not only aligns with state requirements but also with workforce trends and learners needs. I obtained several new ideas of how to implement a review process to ensure stakeholders have a say in the process and also to gain outside perspective on the ideas, subjects and also the methods of material being taught.

I hadn't had my advisory committee assess my assessments in the past, but it is a practice I will now add.

Really, this lesson helped me look at how I am assessing my students and I have already started using more formative assessing that enables me to give my students more feedback along the way. Aligning is something I feel I do well, but I did need to use more formative assessments along the way.

I've learned that all stakeholders should have input or curriculum and design of CTE programs. This will ensure that students are prepared with the needed skills to secure in demand, high wage, high skills jobs upon graduation.