Today’s CTE classrooms require more than content expertise—they demand strong relationships, active engagement strategies, and a consistent focus on safety.

Session 1: Teaching the CTE Learner: Engagement, Management, and Safety that Works

This session explores how to effectively teach adolescent learners in hands-on environments while maintaining clear expectations, maximizing engagement, and embedding safety into daily instruction..

OBJECTIVES

• Apply classroom management strategies tailored to hands-on CTE environments
• Increase student engagement through active, relevant instructional approaches
• Integrate safety expectations as a routine part of instruction and lab culture
• Understand key characteristics of adolescent learners and how they impact instruction

Session 2: From Standards to Strategy: Designing Engaging CTE Instruction 

This session focuses on unpacking standards and competencies and transforming them into engaging, student-centered instruction—while maintaining alignment with assessment expectations for CTE courses and programs.

OBJECTIVES

• Deconstruct curriculum and standards into teachable learning targets
• Understand and incorporate career readiness benchmarks
• Design engaging instructional strategies aligned to CTE content
• Connect instruction to meaningful, authentic assessment practices
• Balance rigor and accessibility for diverse learners

Session 3: Career Readiness By Design: Embedding Benchmarks, Credentials and Experiences 

This session helps educators understand how to intentionally integrate Industry-Recognized Credentials (IRCs), Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs), Dual Credit (DC), and Work-Based Learning (WBL) into a cohesive student experience.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand key components of high-quality CTE programs (IRCs, CTSOs, DC, WBL)
• Identify opportunities to integrate these components into existing courses
• Align classroom instruction with career readiness benchmarks
• Increase student access and participation in career-connected learning experiences

Session 4: High Quality Career and Technical Education: Results and Reflection 

This session focuses on strengthening career pathways through data use, reflective practices, collaboration and strategies that increase rigor while maintaining student engagement.

OBJECTIVES

• Define the components of high-quality CTE career pathways
• Use data to inform program improvement and instructional decisions
• Increase rigor through relevant, real-world learning experiences
• Apply reflective practices to continuously improve CTE programs and outcomes

DETAILS

• Date:
  • Session 1: September 12, 2026
  • Session 2: November 7, 2026
  • Session 3: February 20, 2026
  • Session 4: May 1, 2027
• Times: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: CESA 6, Oshkosh
• Cost: $750.00 Series of 4 sessions

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Experience Based License (EBL)
• New CTE Educators

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Leah Bruess at lbruess@cesa6.org if you have any questions regarding this event.

CESA 6 Payment Policy for Event Registrations

CESA 6 accepts credit card payments for all event registrations. If you are unable to complete your registration using a credit card, please contact events@cesa6.org for assistance with alternative arrangements.

Please note if an alternative payment is needed, a purchase order must be received before your registration can be confirmed. All registrations must be finalized before the event date.

Alternative payment methods may be approved under the following circumstances:

• Registration fees exceed $1,000
• A specific funding source is being used (e.g., Title funds)
• Your school district requires use of an internal payment process