Ready for the Workforce: Employability Skills for Today's CTE Classrooms (Outcome 3)

Prepare your students for success in the workplace or higher education with this interactive, one-day workshop. Centered on the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework, this training equips educators with practical, ready-to-use strategies for embedding essential 21st-century skills—such as communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving—into daily instruction. Presented by Christi McBride, co-author of Ready for the Workforce: Engaging Strategies for Teaching Secondary Learners Employability Skills. Participants will explore how to integrate these skills across CTE pathways and leave with immediately applicable strategies to support student readiness for the workforce.