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CORD's Framework for Career Pathways Alignment

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Partnerships are essential to building and sustaining a vibrant career pathway ecosystem. Use the resources below to better understand the ecosystem approach to career pathways, identify existing partners, and plan outreach to potential partners.
Resources

Preparing Students for Work of the Future: A Call to Action for Communities (PDF)
Change Is the Constant: Rethinking Career Pathways as a Community (LINK)
Self-Check for Partnerships (PDF)
Ecosystem Inventory (PDF)
Framework Action Plan Template (PDF)
NCPN Webinar: CORD’s Framework for Career Pathways Alignment – https://www.ncpn.info/connected-conversations/ (need anchor/LINK to webinar 1)

Employer Engagement-blue bar/icon

Employer engagement in the design of career pathway programs embedded with stackable credentials is critical. Programs should be demand driven and industry responsive. Detailed input from employer partners about workplace expectations should serve as the cornerstone of program design and as a continual source for program improvement and innovation.

Resources

Self-Check for Employer Engagement (PDF)
Employer Goals (revised for NCPN) (PDF)
Business & Industry Leadership Team (BILT) Model/BILT Academy® Training
Employer Engagement Toolkit
A Look at Partnerships Between Employers and Community and Technical Colleges: Observations and Recommendations (PDF)
NCPN Webinar: Leveraging Employer Expertise to Drive Innovative Career Pathways (need anchor/LINK to webinar 2)

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Career Pathways Design
A career pathway is a combination of high-quality education, training, and related supports that focus on alignment between education and industry need, secondary and postsecondary credential attainment, entry and advancement in specific occupations or occupational clusters, acceleration of educational and career advancement, and career-focused counseling services.
Career pathway programs should address the skill demands of local employers and enable students to earn stackable credentials on the way to a degree. These milestones should prepare learners to enter the labor market with credentials of value and build on them to access advancing levels of employment and earnings.

Resources

Self-check for Career Pathways (PDF)
Pathway Mapping Template (PPTX)
(mention workshop option – text from toolkit we could use as an intro?)
Introduction to Stackable Credentials (PDF) https://s3.amazonaws.com/PCRN/file/introduction-to-stackable-credentials.pdf
Designing and Delivering Career Pathways at Community Colleges (PDF) https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/WWC-PraxGuide-Career-Pathways-full-text-Final-508.pdf (too long? – go to the page with the segments)
Contextualized Instruction Toolkit (LINK)
https://www.nc-net.info/teaching-contextually/
Future of Work Instructional Resources (LINK) https://www.preparingtechnicians.org
NCPN Webinar: Creating and Aligning Seamless Career Pathways for All Learners https://www.ncpn.info/connected-conversations/ (need anchor/LINK to webinar 3)
NCPN Connect Conference https://www.ncpn.info/connect-2026/ (LINK)

Supporting Completion-dark blue bar/icon

For many learners, the road to credential attainment is often filled with academic, financial and personal challenges that can be barriers to success. Providing wrap-around support services for all students can be the difference-maker in ensuring our communities have the talent they need to meet workforce demands.

Self-check for Supporting Completion (PDF)
Holistic Supports Inventory (PDF)
Necessary Skills Now – Employability skills resources
NCPN Webinar: Removing Barriers and Supporting Credential Completion
https://www.ncpn.info/connected-conversations/ (need anchor/LINK to webinar 4)

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