The CTE Advantage Diagnostic for Your Program
A practical, evidence-backed review of where your career education program creates advantage, where it leaks value, and what to fix next.
| Domain | Critical Analysis |
|---|---|
| Strategic Clarity | Can leaders clearly explain why the program exists, who it serves, and how it wins? |
| Stakeholder Alignment | Do students, families, employers, staff, and board leaders see the same value? |
| Pathway Architecture | Are pathways coherent sequences or just loose clusters of courses? |
| Credential Strategy | Are credentials aligned to student value, employer demand, and funding opportunity? |
| Funding Capture | Is the organization using available funding streams, incentives, and reimbursement opportunities? |
| Implementation Readiness | Are staffing, scheduling, testing, advising, and ownership clear enough to execute? |
| Work-Based Learning | Are employer experiences sequenced, documented, and connected to student artifacts? |
| Evidence System | Can leaders see enrollment, completion, credential, funding, and outcome data clearly? |
| Competitive Advantage | Is the program meaningfully different, hard to replace, and easy to explain? |
| Scale Readiness | Can the model expand without relying on heroics? |
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