2024-2025 Highlights
An Annual Report of the CTE Resource Center, Serving Career and Technical Education in Virginia
For the Record
CTE Resource Center records show that in the past 43 years, since 1982-1983, the Center has
- distributed more than five million curriculum documents
- conducted more than 2,300 searches for patron-requested information
- developed more than 3,600 curriculum products
- facilitated or presented to more than 2,750 groups, addressing more than 51,000 educators and business/industry representatives.
Reach
The Center connects with teachers, administrators, and others through social media and quarterly emails that describe ongoing activity. Through Facebook, the Center has approximately 760 followers; our current subscribers to quarterly emails totals about 1,200.
Distribution
The Center's website—in tandem with Virtual Virginia, which houses the Center's CTE curriculum frameworks—is the primary method of distributing CTE curricula, student credential information, student competency records, and instructional resources. Through the website, the Center had nearly 900,000 views and an event count of more than 2.1 million in 2024-2025.
In-service Programs
In 2024-2025, the Center presented or facilitated 50 in-service programs and workshops to approximately 321 people. Forty-four meetings of business/industry experts and CTE teachers were held at the Center to create or update rigorous, relevant curriculum frameworks.
The Center also conducted presentations for school divisions and for Virginia Department of Education professional development and training sessions. The Center exhibited at six CTE teacher conferences and at the annual New Teacher Institute.
Meeting Facilities Use
During 2024-2025, the Center hosted eight meetings. Approximately 78 business representatives, state CTE Advisory Committee members, administrators, school counselors, teachers, and students attended meetings at the Center.
CTECS
The Center managed Virginia’s 2024-2025 program initiatives with the Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS). The year’s work continued to focus on the 21st Century Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth and the completion of instructional resources for each of the Career Clusters.
Curriculum Development
From July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, the Center completed XXX products in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
Academics
History and Social Science Instructional Guides (editing/formatting)
Across the Board
- Workplace Readiness Skills Instructional Resources for Career Clusters
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- Agricultural Education–Development
- Agricultural Education–Preparation
- Biological Applications in Agriculture
- Forestry Management
- Forestry Management, Advanced
- Operating the Farm Business
- Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Systems Management
Architecture & Construction
- Carpentry I/II/III
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration I/II
- Masonry I/II/III
- Plumbing I/II
- Utility/Heavy Construction I/II/III
Arts, A/V Technology, & Communications
- Commercial Photography I/II
- Fashion Careers I/II
Business Management & Administration
- Business Law (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Legal Administration (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Medical Administration (18 weeks/36 weeks)
Finance
- Accounting
- Accounting Advanced
Health Science
- Emergency Medical Responder
- Emergency Medical Telecommunications
- Health and Medical Sciences Exploratory (9 weeks/18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Medical Terminology (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Medication Aide (18 weeks)
- Nurse Aide I/II
- Nurse Aide I/II Condensed
- Nurse Aide
Hospitality and Tourism
- Sports and Entertainment Marketing
- Sports and Entertainment Management
Human Services
- Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory I/II/III
- Family Relations
Information Technology
- Computer Information Systems (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Computer Information Systems, Advanced (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Computer Solutions (6 weeks/9 weeks/12 weeks/18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Database Design and Management (Oracle)
- Database Design and Management with PL/SQL (Oracle)
- Java Programming (Oracle)
- Programming
- Programming, Advanced
Manufacturing
- Advanced Manufacturing Systems II
- Manufacturing Systems I (18 weeks/36 weeks)
Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
- Technology Assessment (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Technology Awareness
- Technology Education–Development
- Technology Education–Preparation
- Technology Foundations (18 weeks/36 weeks)
- Technology Transfer (18 weeks/36 weeks)
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
- Automotive Technology I
- Automotive Technology I (MLR 3-year program)
- Automotive Technology (MLR 3-year program; 2nd year)
- Automotive Technology II
- Automotive Technology III
- Automotive/Autobody Specialization
- Utility/Heavy Construction I/II/III
Editorial and Production Services
- 2025 Creating Excellence Program (editing)
- 2025 Creating Excellence Script (editing)
- CTERS Manual Review 2024-2025 (editing)
- FBLA Handbook 2024-2025 (production)
- 2024 VACTEA Conference Program (editing/production)
- Virginia ACTE Fact Sheet
- Virginia ACTE Priorities for Education and Workforce Initiatives (editing/production)
- Virginia ACTE Professional Development Seminar Program (editing/production)
- VDOE English Language Learners Credentials Survey 2025
Meeting/Facilitation Services
- CTE Advisory Committee (3)
- Virginia ACTE Board of Directors (2)
Center Products
- Annual Report 2024-2025
SUMMARY
Total VDOE Products: 113
Total Center Products: 1
Total Products: 114
Top Web Activity
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- Search: 135,272
- Home: 79,062
- Career Clusters: 33,125
- Workplace Readiness Skills: 26,556
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources: 25,920
- Educators: 18,781
- Health Science: 18,728
- STEM: 16,471
- Information Technology: 16,449
- Marketing: 15,642
Total: 386,006
Total Site Page Views: 889,169*
Total Event Count: 2,171,596**
*Views is a count of how many times a page is viewed by a visitor to the website.
**Event count is a count of every action by a user visiting the site, such as clicking a link, button, or scrolling.
