A Systems Approach to Community Engagement | Origin: LC102
What are some ways your current CTE advisory committees could be enhanced to better serve your school programs?
To better serve school programs, CTE advisory committees can be enhanced by diversifying membership to include local employers, alumni, students, and post-secondary partners, ensuring a broader perspective on industry needs. Clearly defined roles and expectations, supported by a committee handbook, can improve engagement and focus. Strengthening employer involvement through classroom presentations, internships, and evaluations connects instruction with real-world applications. Meetings should be data-driven and aligned with strategic goals, focusing on program improvement and workforce alignment. Ongoing communication between meetings, such as email updates or newsletters, helps sustain involvement, while public recognition of member contributions reinforces their value and encourages continued support.
We definitely haven't employed a yearly calendar in our planning & will start doing so immediately.
Continue to add more members, which will in turn translate into more student opportunities. Bring pictures of past events and results to the meetings so industry partners can see what is going on. Maybe even have a quarterly newsletter where updates are sent out.
We need to establish a better planned calendar with meeting dates. We started allowing for more flexibility of times/locations, but getting consistency for Date would help. Also, many of our Advisories could use some new faces.
Expand the number of teachers involved in the committee and have greater representation across all CTE content areas.
Advisory commitees can support current course offereings with employment advice and skills needed for employment.
Developing a public calendar, inviting new faces to the advisory board meetings, increased involvement of students.
Our current TAC boards meet 2 times a year. We have 1 TAC for all of our areas because we don't have enough people per area to warrant a TAC for each. We try and get them involved in helping us stay up-to-date on equipment and material to teach.
The agenda could be sent out in advance... the meetings for the entire year could be posted on a public calendar... students could be involved and write thank you notes to business partners.
