Home Fries/The Power of a Team

Over the past few weeks, I’ve gone down a rabbit hole of music from a group called Home Free; that makes me a “Home Fry,”...

The Importance of Career Connected Learning

As it stands, many of today’s youth are missing out on Career Connected Learning opportunities. If students do not receive focused career development information and...

Make Career Connected Learning available for every student

According to a 2016 YouthTruth survey on College and Career Readiness, over 50 percent of high school seniors and recent graduates perceive that no one...

We are Witnessing, “The Great Workforce Shuffle”

This post is part of Hans Meeder’s new series called, “Workforce 2030.”  In these posts, Hans shares insights on workforce trends and technology innovations and...

How “Avoiding a Climate Disaster” Relates to Career Connected Learning

If you are already familiar with our work at NC3T, you understand that “Career Connected Learning” is the umbrella term for educational strategies to bring...

Why We Need Crucial Conversations to Implement Pathways Systems and High Quality CTE

This March and April, I’m preparing to conduct two Leadership 360 workshops.  In each of these workshops, for part of the session, we are going...

ENCORE POST: Advisory Boards From the Employer’s Perspective

Now, more than ever, the focus on education; CTE programs, career academies and schooling is extremely vital to the upswing of our economy. The world...

Reflection on COVID-19: The Risk of Pulling Apart While We Keep Our Distance

Let’s be honest. Dealing with the COVID-19 maelstrom – both the knowns and unknowns – over the last few weeks has been emotionally rattling and...

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Do We Have a Skills Gap or an Expectations Gap?

The Skills Gap is a term that we use to describe any time an employer can’t find the right worker with the right skills for...