Career & Technical Education (CTE)

News & Announcements

Career and Technical Education New Teacher Institute

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) in collaboration with the University of Virginia, will offer the CTE New Teacher Institute from July 12-16, 2021. Pre-registration is required. Refer to Superintendent’s Memo #029-21-This is a PDF document. (PDF) for more detail.

Career and Technical Education Creating Excellence Awards

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) in collaboration with the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is pleased to announce the Career and Technical Education Creating Excellence Awards for 2020-2021.  The secondary and postsecondary awards recognize excellence in the following categories: CTE exemplary programs, advisory committees, and business and industry partnerships.  See Refer to Superintendent’s Memo #320-20-This is a Word document. (Word) for the application and more detail.

Data to Support Student Academic and Career Planning

Pursuant to Superintendent’s Memo #258-20-This is a Word document. (Word), which identified 2020 General Assembly revisions to the Standards of Quality (SOQ), § 22.1-253.13:1 requires the Department of Education to annually compile a list of (i) the top 100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education, training, and skills required for each such profession and (ii) the top 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates. Such lists shall be provided to each local school board.  The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service in collaboration with the department has researched and compiled this data for the 2020-2021 school year.  The information is based on occupational employment statistics and educational attainment data produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as well as longitudinal wage data produced by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.  Refer to Superintendent’s Memo 281-20-This is a Word document. (Word) for more detail. 

• Top 100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education, training, and skills required for each such profession-This is a Word document. (Word)
• Top 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates-This is a Word document. (Word)

Virginia’s Workplace Readiness Skills:  Framework for the Future

In collaboration with the Demographics Research Group of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, the research report Virginia's Workplace Readiness Skills: Framework for the Future-This is a PDF document. (PDF) is being shared with school divisions.  The purpose of this research was to evaluate Virginia's current 21 Workplace Readiness Skills and to make certain they are up-to-date and aligned with the needs of employers. For more than 30 years, in each decade since the 1980s, hundreds of employers throughout the Commonwealth have been interviewed or surveyed to determine the most essential workplace skills for entry-level workers.