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HQ108 - Business and Community Partnerships: Bringing Partners to the Table

Building business and community partnerships is one of the 12 elements of the ACTE Quality CTE Program of Study Framework®. CTE programs benefit from creating partnerships with organizations in their community such as employers, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations and workforce boards.

These partnerships allow educators and community members to combine forces and provide input on CTE program quality and alignment to the labor market, experiential learning activities, and support for students that each institution or organization cannot deliver on its own.

The course explores the different roles each partner can play and their impact on students, instructors and faculty, and the quality of the CTE program. Success stories from partnerships across the United States will be shared, along with advice for how to sustain them.