Business and Labor | Cradle to Career Roadmap

A Guide to Understanding Career and Technical Education

This guide provides a summary of the value of Career and Technical Education as well as a glossary of terms, branches of government, business associations, and student organizations meant for anyone conducting outreach in the CTE Community.

Microsoft, Verizon, and Other Big U.S. Companies Design Their Ideal High School Courses

This article details what courses executives at major companies would like to see in high schools.

Why Social and Emotional Learning and Employability Skills Should Be Prioritized in Education

This brief highlights the need for social and emotional learning in schools as a key of success to workforce development.

U.S. Businesses Need More Multilingual Employees

This report provides additional information supporting the claim that learning a new language opens career paths and increases employment opportunities for students.

Ready for Work? How Afterschool Programs Can Support Employability Through Social and Emotional Learning

This brief defines employability skills overall with a focus on social and emotional competencies and research on why they are essential. It also discusses how social and emotional learning programs and practices can support the development of these skills and how after-school and expanded learning settings are an ideal place for this to happen.

11 Future Lessons We Can Learn From the History of Business

This article details 11 lessons businesses can learn from history to ensure a better present and improved future business outcomes.

How to Use Colleges & Universities to Help Your Business

This article gives small businesses recommendations for creating partnerships with colleges and universities.

Well-Being in the Workplace: Why it Matters for Organizational Performance and How to Improve It

This report presents the key findings from a three-year international study that investigated workplace well-being, the activities most effective for enhancing well-being, and the benefits for organizations fostering well-being for their employees.

What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

This article highlights three findings from research on the definition of self-awareness and how to improve it.

Connecting Community Colleges with Employers: A Toolkit for Building Successful Partnerships

This toolkit offers practical advice on how community college leaders can take a deliberate approach to communication with potential partners in their community, including local businesses and industry leaders.

Career Pathways Advisory Committee Toolkit

This toolkit helps educators and business/industry representatives strengthen the CTE pathways system through advisory committees. It includes a guide for business/industry members on roles and responsibilities, with related interactive forms.

A How-To Guide for School-Business Partnerships

This guide helps school officials and business leaders who are interested in engaging in school-business partnerships.

Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare

The report argues for the importance of childcare for the business future of the United States.

Bridging the Soft Skills Gap

This report makes a case for partnerships between business and education sectors and outlines strategies already being used successfully across the country as well as providing recommendations for businesses looking to help students develop soft skills for the workplace.

The Importance of Teaching History In Business Schools

This article explains why business schools should teach history to better prepare their graduates for successful business careers.

Improving Social Emotional Skills in Childhood Enhances Long-Term Well-Being and Economic Outcomes

This paper provides data for investing in impactful social and emotional learning programs for all children and recommendations for future research.

ACTE's Industry Connect Blog: Connecting Educators and Employers

This blog gives business, industry leaders, and educators the opportunity to connect with each other by sharing information, news, and activities that emphasize the connections between CTE and industry

Attendance Awareness Toolkit 2019-2020

This toolkit includes customizable resources and strategies for schools, community organizations, businesses, and faith leaders to improve school attendance.

School Attendance: For Businesses, It Matters!

This blog post aims to inform businesses how they can help reduce chronic absenteeism through individual and collaborative efforts.

Defining Quality: Business and Community Partnerships

This documents shares the Quality CTE Program of Study Framework criteria within the Business and Community Partnerships element, recommends types of evidence that programs should consider when assessing their performance, and describes exemplary CTE partnerships.

How to Manage Self Monitoring Employees

This article provides recommendations to managers on how to manage self-monitoring employees without discouraging their initiative.

8 Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health

This article lists ways business managers and leaders can support employees as they face new stressors, safety concerns, and economic upheaval due to COVID-19. The authors offer eight concrete actions managers and leaders can take today.

How Organizations Can Help Employees Self-Manage

This article lists strategies for businesses in creating a workplace that enables employees to self-manage. To remain competitive, an organization must learn how to optimize people’s performance.