CTE Month 2025
Interactive Class Activities (25-35 minutes)
Speed Career Dating: Students rotate through CTE career profiles every 5 minutes,
using a structured form to note key facts about required skills, certifications, and work
environment. Conclude with students presenting their top "match" and explaining why.
Technical Skills Bingo: Create digital or printed bingo cards using common technical
skills from CTE career profiles. Play during job shadow videos, marking skills as they're
demonstrated. Winners explain how the skills they spotted are used in the career.
CTE Cluster Challenge: Teams use Pathful's comparison tools to find unexpected
connections between different careers within CTE clusters. Example: How might an
automotive technician and a surgical technologist use similar skills or tools?
Industry Reflection: Students watch job shadow videos from careers they've seen in
their own community (like healthcare workers, mechanics, construction workers, etc.).
They create presentations comparing what they learned from the Pathful videos to
what they've observed locally - noting similarities in tools, workspaces, and daily tasks.
Excellent for connecting career exploration to students' real-world experiences and
observations.
Industry Tools Exploration: Students identify and research professional tools
mentioned in job shadow videos. Create digital flashcards showing how similar tools
are used across different CTE fields.
Extended Learning Projects (35-60 minutes)
Day in the Life: After watching job shadow videos, small groups create and perform 2-
minute skits showing key moments in different CTE careers. Must include accurate
technical terminology and workplace scenarios.
Salary Scenario Planning: Using Pathful's salary data, students create detailed
monthly budgets for different CTE career paths. Factor in certification costs, starting
salaries, and career progression.
Technical Skills Lab: Students identify entry-level technical skills from Pathful videos
and create "how-to" guides for beginners. Focus on foundational skills that can be
safely practiced or simulated in a classroom setting.
Career Evolution Timeline: Teams research how specific CTE careers have changed
over the past decade and predict future developments. Create visual timelines
showing the evolution of tools, skills, and job responsibilities.
CTE Professionals Showcase: Using Pathful videos as models, students create
engaging presentations about local CTE careers, including interviews from Pathful’s
WBL sessions*, if possible.
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