Developing Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Scholars to Advance the Field: Projects and Training

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium examines a year-long program developing post-secondary CTE researchers at the post-doctorate, dissertation, and graduate student levels using a logical model was a framework to examine specific outcomes. The discussion will dive deeper into a writing program used to supplement training during COVID19. The symposium will end with the research fellows reflections concerning the program as a tool for career development. The logic model will include training, webinars, mentoring, and input from stakeholders, including the sponsoring foundation, research fellows, and the project team. The session will describe the projects’ outcomes from year one and the research efforts of the fellows. The symposium provides an examination of how this research fellows program provides pathways to disseminating research and future employment.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Career and Technical Education

Chair

• Howard R. Gordon, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Papers

• Examining Outcomes of a Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Research Fellows Program Through the Lens of a Logic Model - James E. Bartlett, North Carolina State University; Michelle Elizabeth Bartlett, North Carolina State University; Patrick Quillan Bourke, ECMC Foundation

• Implementing Virtual Writing Accountability Sessions to Boost Research Fellows' Productivity During COVID-19 - Jordan Dolfi, North Carolina State University

• Reflections of Research Fellows: Impact on Knowledge, Network, Dissemination, and Career - Gresham D Collom, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Adam K. Atwell, Jobs for the Future; Alain Ayangma, Wake Technical Community College; Linda Van Doren, Emily Griffith Technical College

Discussant

• Cameron Sublett, WestEd