Professional Learning
Our team is happy to work with you to meet the professional learning needs of your district or school. Throughout the year we offer in person and virtual workshops that are designed to support high quality career technical education and career readiness. To discuss opportunities to build professional learning tailored to your needs, contact Jewyl Alderson.
To learn more about upcoming opportunities, join our Career Pathways Navigator newsletter and bookmark this page for regular updates.
The Future Starts with You POdcast
SDCOE is launching a new podcast, The Future Starts with You, where we explore career readiness initiatives with the people doing the real work in the field, from the classroom to administrators, industry and beyond. Our work at the San Diego County Office of Education is focused on ensuring all students have a future without boundaries.
Podcasts will be less than 20 minutes long with interviews from the field highlighting the wonderful work happening in career readiness for our K-12 students. Like the title says, the future starts with you. Listen on the podpage, or subscribe wherever podcasts are found!
CTE Professional Learning Opportunities
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October 12, Marina Village, San Diego
Learn more about career readiness at our annual conference! The call for presenters and registration is live.
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January 30, 2024
San Diego County Office of Education
Main Campus, Annex C
Spend a day focused on strategies you can use to support special populations in CTE! This is a great workshop for any CTE teacher.
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Join us for a morning focused on college and career readiness strategies for counseling at the High School Level! Offered at no cost to San Diego County counselors.
San Diego Session: February 28, 8-12:30
North County Session: March 1, 8-12:30
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Join us for a morning focused on college and career readiness strategies for counseling at the elementary and middle school level! Offered at no cost to San Diego County counselors.
Networking with Peers
Counseling for Career Readiness Network
SDCOE is developing a series of opportunities designed for counselors to better support students along their pathway to careers. Join now and help us prioritize topics as we launch this network in spring 2023
Join the SDCOE CTE Leaders Network
Are you a CTE leader in San Diego County? Join the CTE Leaders Network! We meet monthly to cover everything you need to know about CTE, and are also developing opportunities focused on CTE in Alternative Education and Career Readiness at the Elementary Level.
Join the SDCOE Esports Network
Join educators from across San Diego County to learn and support each other in all things eSports. Our focus is networking and support for each other to address success in academic gaming for our students.
Professional Learning Video Resources
Applying to jobs or internships can be intimidating, especially if you’re a student and have minimal experience with the job search process. Our Application Skills workshops equip teachers with the abilities and know-how toprepare their students to write effective resumes, prepare for interviews, and identify careers that align to their skills and interests.
- CTE
- Career Readiness
- Counselors
- High School
- Middle School
- Teachers
- Teaching and Learning
- WBL
Dig into assessment practice for distance learning in Career Technical Education with this 1 hour webinar.
While this webinar was originally designed to support Distance Learning, it is a great overview of authentic assessment practices in any classroom environment.
- Assessment
- Instructional Practice
Learn more about credentialing requirements for CTE and the SDCOE designated subjects credentialing program.
Part of SDCOE's Go Virtual Career Pathway Conference 2021. For more info, including a description and additional sessions go to https://careerpathways2021.sched.com/
- Credentialing
- Leadership
Incorporating interactions with employers in your curriculum helps students connect what they are learning in the classroom to their future career. The Employer Engagement workshop provides teachers, counselors and school staff strategies for effective outreach to establish lasting and productive partnerships with employers and maximize the impact they have in the classroom.
- CTE
- Career Readiness
- Counselors
- High School
- Leadership
- Middle School
- Teachers
- WBL
According to regional labor market data, employers have the greatest difficulty hiring entry-level employees with adequate essential skills. But how can teachers teach students to be more creative, improve their communication, or show more initiative? SDCOE's Essential Skills Training helps educators train their students in these skills so that they graduate prepared to start a career.
- CTE
- Career Readiness
- Counselors
- High School
- Middle School
- Teachers
- Teaching and Learning
- WBL
Professionals work in Google "Suite" daily. Teachers can use this quick course to train students in the fundamentals of Google Docs (word processing), Sheets (spreadsheets), Slides (presentations), and Sites (website creation) so that they're ready for the workplace and then coach students in how to craft a resume and cover letter for their upcoming job applications.
- CTE
- Career Readiness
- High School
- Middle School
- Teachers
- WBL
We all want students to end up in fulfilling careers that pay a living wage, and there are a number of things we can do to prepare them for this throughout their educational journey. In this session, we will discuss strategies to help students find what they like, what they are good at, what the world needs and what they can get paid for. These approaches can be applied at the classroom, district or regional level, as we work together to help all students discover and pursue their Ikigai, or Purpose.
- Career Readiness
- Elementary
- High School
- Ikigai
- Middle School
Are you looking to ensure all students can one day find a meaningful career that allows them to afford the life they dream of? High quality career readiness initiatives are driven by industry data, and are designed to support upward economic and social mobility for our students. Join this session to dive into data on equity in the workforce, get insight into where you might find equity data for your own career programs and the college and career indicator, and discover strategies you can use to support all students as they seek to find their purpose.
Slide Deck: https://bit.ly/EquityCTE
- CTE
- Career Readiness
- Equity
- Leadership
- Webinar
While this was developed for distance learning, it is also great advice for lesson planning and engaging students in the classroom!
- CTE
- Teaching and Learning