The first year I was a judge for the Massachusetts state DECA competition, I was assigned to the HTDM or Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Event. At the time, I had two years of Sales experience out of college and had recently started working as a Marketing Manager for educational materials. I was worried that there had been a mistake. I had never worked in the hospitality industry, although I do have friends who live

Click here to see available CTE Hands-on online simulations across the career clusters. Simulation and virtual reality as a means for professional training is becoming more common each year, especially in businesses that want employees to practice real-world professional communication, team training, and test how they handle stressful situations. For example, NPR had a story this past October that described the Virtual Human Interaction Lab software that Walmart has since purchased to train over a

There is plenty of data that proves students in CTE (Career and Technical Education) programs who make “Concentrator” status are more likely to graduate high school and enroll in secondary education or accept a job after graduation. “Concentrator Status” used to vary depending on your state, but is now defined by Perkins V as students who complete at least two CTE courses in a single career pathway. While 94% of all high school students are

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