This episode left me scratching my head a bit. I teach at a community college in California, and our offerings are roughly split between transfer prep and career technical education (CTE). Prof. Cherry made it sound as though CTE either doesn’t exist at the community college level or if it does, it’s catered toward students who still plan on transferring to a four-year college. Perhaps things are done differently in New York, but I want to say that here in California virtually everything Cherry said we “needed”, such as stackable certificates, we already have. The CTE program at my school is huge, and the vast majority of students in those programs will take classes here to get training and then go directly into the workforce, NOT transfer to a four-year university. Our CTE faculty and staff use workforce data pertaining to the job market in our area to justify which programs we offer.
This episode left me scratching my head a bit. I teach at a community college in California, and our offerings are roughly split between transfer prep and career technical education (CTE). Prof. Cherry made it sound as though CTE either doesn’t exist at the community college level or if it does, it’s catered toward students who still plan on transferring to a four-year college. Perhaps things are done differently in New York, but I want to say that here in California virtually everything Cherry said we “needed”, such as stackable certificates, we already have. The CTE program at my school is huge, and the vast majority of students in those programs will take classes here to get training and then go directly into the workforce, NOT transfer to a four-year university. Our CTE faculty and staff use workforce data pertaining to the job market in our area to justify which programs we offer.