Perkins V and Employability Skills

Perkins V calls out "employability skills" as a necessity for students. We can help. Thanks to a grant from the Daniels Fund, we have 72 lesson modules (LAPs) available at no cost. Many of these are easily integrated into your current courses, as shown in the chart below. See a complete list of topics and find out how to download these complimentary resources today.

Compare State CTE Data Using Advance CTE's New Tool 

Using this map, learn about your state as well as others. This includes school and enrollment data, information on funding, accountability indicators, state contact information, and more for secondary, postsecondary, and adult CTE.

Project Management Materials at No Cost

Project management in the classroom? Yes, please! Free, high-quality resources are available through our friends at Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF). Hear how these benefit teachers and students in this info video.

Don't Miss! Action Briefs for Teachers

Action Briefs like the latest one titled “Analytics Advantage: Data Analysis Helps Small Businesses in Everyday Operations” are free to educators in member states via the State’s Connection portal. Each Action Brief dives into different business trends and their impact on the workplace and curriculum. We are able to share these business trend reports through research with business executives across the country.

It's #DECAMonth! 

Cheers to all the DECA Advisors and students! As you prepare for competition this year, don't miss all of the resources and tips we have to help you succeed. Just like you, MBA Research resources are focused on in-depth learning of performance indicators.

Learning Center LMS
Search by Performance Indicator

Did you know? In the Learning Center, you can search by performance indicator and create lesson plans in an instant! Question banks include thousands of test items aligned to performance indicators that you can use to build your own quiz or add to existing quizzes.

For an in-depth look at the Learning Center, watch this video.

"When I am creating lesson plans, the ability to use the performance indicator to locate appropriate LAPs is wonderful."

-Kim Guest, Genesee Career Institute, Flint, MI

CTSO Ethics Education Summit
BPA, DECA, and FBLA Leaders Meet With Daniels Fund and MBA Research

We all know the importance of ethical business practices and decisions. Learning to base decisions on ethical principles is the core of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative. This week, leadership from BPA, DECA, FBLA, Daniels Fund, and MBA Research met to discuss how we can help students develop a skill set that they can rely on for making ethical decisions throughout their careers. The Summit was the first step of this five-year initiative.