Business/Industry Partnerships

This webpage gives information about Advisory Committees, including a link to the “Advisory Committee Handbook”; information on the Kansas Advisory Committee for Career & Technical Education (KACCTE); and links to CTE Wage & Employment Data for all 16 Career Clusters.

Career and Technical Student Organizations CTSO’s:

This webpage contains information about the eight KSDE supported CTSO’s in Kansas with links to the individual webpage for each.

Career Cluster Guidance Handbook

The Career Cluster Guidance Handbook contains Course Design Sheets for all Kansas Career Cluster Pathways, the Kansas Career Clusters & Pathways Chart, the Pathway C.I.P. Codes, the chart of Pathway Crossover Courses, Kansas Career Clusters Terminology, and information on creating Program Improvement Plans with SMART Goals.

Cluster Handbook SY 2024-2025​​ (PDF)
Cluster Handbook SY 2025-2026  (PDF) Revised Nov. 22, 2024

Carl D. Perkins

This webpage provides information on Perkins grants, monitoring and resources.

CTE Achievements and Recognition

Kansas has many outstanding career and technical education students and teachers. This webpage will recognize those who earned such status including the KS CTE Scholar and the Presidential CTE Scholar. 

CTE Assessments/Skill Validation:

This webpage provides information about End of Pathway Assessments (such as cPass, AAFCS Pre-PAC, National Health Science Assessment, etc.) and a link to a list of sample industry-recognized Assessments, Certifications, and Credentials (K-PAC)

CTE Fact Sheets and Resources

This webpage provides access to KSDE fact sheets, policies and guidelines for secondary Career and Technical Education in Kansas. The fact sheet documents give a brief overview of facts related to such topics as Pathway Changes, CTE Funding, Personal Finance Literacy, and Professional Learning Experience.

KSDE CTE Consultant Contact Information

A listing the contact information for all KSDE CTE Consultants.

Pathways

This webpage contains links to all documents, User's Guides, PowerPoint Presentations and Forms necessary for completing new and/or maintenance Pathway applications, including information on Writing Pathway Improvement Plans utilizing SMART Goals.

Postsecondary Partnerships

This webpage contains information about, and links to all of the current Statewide Articulation Agreements, as well as, a link to the “Creating an Articulation Agreement” Guidance Document. Information about Excel in CTE (Formerly SB 155) and related documents can be found on this webpage.

Work-Based Learning

This webpage contains information and links to documents that assist schools in designing professional leaning experiences for students enrolled in CTE Pathway courses.