Exploring career development opportunities in a midsize Florida school district
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This project proposes a deep exploration of career development opportunities at a district level, undertaking mixed methods research to examine how schools and districts make decisions about their program offerings, how key stakeholders (students, teachers, school and district leaders) consider the goals of career development opportunities and their strengths and weaknesses, and how they think about program quality and the experiences of students.
The project also will examine participation and outcomes of specific career development programs, including career and technical education (CTE) coursetaking and dual enrollment. This project aims to be a comprehensive examination of a district’s approach to career development. Additionally, after learning more about the needs of the district in this exploratory research, the research team will identify a single career development opportunity that is either new or can be scaled-up. The research team will then conduct impact analyses on this program. Throughout, the research team will pay close attention to differences in access and outcomes for students of different populations across schools, race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, disability status, and level of academic achievement.
