Career & Technical Educator Resources

• FLDOE Exceptional Student Education
• Tuition Waiver for Classroom Teachers (Rule6A-14.0542, F.A.C.) list of college courses that full-time Florida public school teachers can take and receive a full tuition waiver - includes special education courses on working with students with disabilities.
• Section 1012.39(c), Florida Statute, - regulates CTE teacher certification training and ongoing professional development.
• Florida Association of Career and Technical Education (FACTE) - conferences and professional development for CTE professionals.
• CTE Learn - CTE professional development courses and resources for employability skills, work-based learning, and career exploration.
• Career Ed Lounge - online learning community of career education professionals with topical discussion boards
• CTE Research Network - New CTE Practitioner Training Modules - free, self-guided training modules for CTE practitioners that have been designed to strengthen capacity to access, conduct, understand, and use CTE research.

Career and Technical Educator Webinars

• Career Fairs – A How To Guide with CareerSource Capital Region and Xello – video recording (11/1/23)
• What Makes a CTE Teacher of the Year? with Dr. Brian E. Myers of the University of Florida and Tiara Jernigan-Arline of Columbia County School District – video recording (10/11/23)
• Funding Career Readiness Innovation with Makayla Buchanan of the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations – video recording (3/6/2023)
• Career Exposure and Exploration with Dr. Rebecca Schumacher of the Florida School Counselor Association and Sophia Watson of Hernando County School District – video recording (10/27/22)
• CTE Leadership and Organization Theory with Dr. Lisa Martino of the University of Central Florida – PowerPoint slides (PDF) and video recording (4/14/2021)
• How Sarasota County School District Defines and Measures Career Readiness with Tripp Jennings – video recording (11/17/2022)
• Bridging the Gap – Connected Business and Education Through Work-Based Learning with Carlos Artime and Courtney Stahlman of Collier County Public Schools and Michael Dalby and Alex Breault of the Naples Chamber – PowerPoint slides (PDF) and video recording (3/10/2021)
• Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in Work Based Learning with Brandi Boyer Rutherford and Johana Valdivieso of Florida Vocational Rehabilitation – PowerPoint slides (PDF) and video recording (2/10/2021)
• Expanding Middle School CTE with Kate Kreamer of Advance CTE – PowerPoint slides (PDF) and video recording (1/27/2021)
• Recruiting and Hiring Career and Technical Education Instructors with Dr. Michael of Northwest FLorida State College – PowerPoint slides (PDF) and video recording (12/2/2020)
• CTE Student Recruitment with Travis Jordan of FDOE’s Division of Career and Adult Education and Parker Antoine of Orange Technical College – PowerPoint slides (PDF), video recording, and presentation links (11/4/2020)
• Building Reading and Vocabulary Skills in CTE with Rebecca Mead Executive Director of Just Read, Florida! – PowerPoint Slides (PDF), video recording, and presentation LiveBinder (10/14/2020)