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Equity Champions Awards Archives Each year, NAPE and the NAPE Education Foundation accept nominations for Equity Leaders in several categories and honors the awardees during a special ceremony at the National Summit for Educational Equity. NAPE and the NAPE Education Foundation have a shared vision that every student is able

Make the Future™, Connecting Girls to Manufacturing Create Effective Messages Connect with Your Audience Use Effective Strategies Microsite for Girls Make the Future™, Connecting Girls to Manufacturing  aims to encourage women and girls, especially those of color, to take part in STEM education and pursue advanced manufacturing careers. Video https://youtu.be/tEaX2UhVF-IHear

Review the Theory and Evidence. Recommendations and Strategies Conduct nontraditional student support groups and peer counseling: A group of studies found the following retention strategies to be effective: (1) access to nontraditional student clubs and team support systems and (2) participation in math clubs, competitions, and after-school programs.  Provide orientation

The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115-224) made several amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 relating to homeless individuals.  These amendments include designating “homeless individuals” as a “special population” and adding a new requirement that state

Accountability Data Dashboards Borrowing from the world of business intelligence, NAPE has developed data dashboards to assist state and local education agencies in making their data understandable, meaningful, and actionable. These dashboards can be used to compare enrollment of concentrators in CTE programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, disaggregated

Equity Leadership Academy for States Amplify Equity in Perkins V Executive Summary Full Project Report State agencies that use the right approach have the opportunity to lead Perkins V implementations with equity as the focal point. These states will enable more equitable educational outcomes for our most vulnerable students. Overview

Eliminating Barriers Through Culturally Responsive Teaching Summary Eliminating Barriers Through Culturally Responsive Teaching fosters an equitable learning experience through the promotion of belonging. Research shows that when educators are responsive to diverse cultural norms of behavior and communication in the school and classroom, students can have increased interest, motivation, persistence,

Strategies for Special Populations Success NAPE provides professional development, technical assistance, and resources of effective strategies for increasing access and success of special population students in career and technical education. Special population students as defined in The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) include: individuals

Ensuring Equity in Problem Based Learning Summary Ensuring Equity in Problem-Based Learning is designed to assist educators in creating, evaluating, and administering equitable and effective STEM projects and problem based learning (PBL) lessons. NAPE’s PBL for Equity Rubric centers the PBL process through an equity lens that centers the student

Review the Recommendations, Strategies, Effective Practices, and Resources What the Literature Says* Theory Students enrolled in nontraditional career and technical education programs who receive support services are more likely to succeed. Evidence Nontraditional employment programs that offer tutoring, mentoring, support groups, child care, and transportation report greater success rates with

NAPE offers research-based, strategy-driven, practical-application-focused professional development services that equip educators with tools to address specific school needs related to equitable learning environments, student academic success and ultimately, college and career readiness. To assist NAPE in providing services that are consistent with your objectives and that meets the needs of