Free Downloadable CTE Guides

Empower your classroom with ready-to-use resources designed for Career and Technical Education (CTE). These free guides are packed with pathway-specific lessons, hands-on activities, teaching tips, and best practices – all created to help you engage students, save time, and bring real-world learning to life.

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8 Ideas for Incorporating Soft Skills into Any Classroom

Get strategies and five free posters that help your students practice workforce-ready soft skills.

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Building Future-Ready Skills: Integrating STEM in Trades with Hands-On Learning

Dive into our guides that align our tools with the STEM 7 Pillars framework—creating science-rich learning for trades education.

5 Easy Activities for Exploring Careers in Any Class

Explore simple, adaptable activities that help students connect interests with career paths and future opportunities.

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Using Scenario-Based Learning to Explore Careers

Implement scenario-based learning with practical examples that promote career exploration and skill development.

Childcare Career Pathway Classes: 5 Free Student Activities

Introduce human development, early education and other core concepts with 5 ready-to-use activities.

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Tools of the Trade: Hands-On Learning for 3 Trade Skills Careers

Explore hands-on career tools, concept-building lessons, and printable posters that bring trade skills to life.

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Classroom Ideas for Developing Empathy Toward Older Adults

Discover targeted, empathy-boosting lessons that highlight daily challenges faced by older adults.

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Hydroponics and Aquaponics: Know How to Grow

A classroom-ready guide to hydroponic and aquaponic systems—teaching practical operation, sustainability impacts, and more.

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5 Lessons to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning Into the Classroom

Use the five lessons in this free guide to address the core competencies of Social-Emotional Learning in your Family & Consumer Sciences or health science classroom.

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Scenario-Based Training in Healthcare: Tips, Tricks, and Scenarios You Can Use Today

Get ideas and best practices, plus free scenarios you can use immediately, for engaging your students in scenario-based learning with manikins, students or standardized patients.

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Basic Trade Skills Concepts: 5 Free Lessons For Any Introductory Trade Skills Class

Use the lessons and ideas in this guide to introduce students to fundamental trade skills, including measurement math basics, electrical wiring principles, welding safety concepts, PPE and soft skills.

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RealCare Baby® 4 Experience Guide

This free RealCare Baby® 4 Experience Guide offers practical tips, checklists, and classroom‑ready strategies to help educators confidently plan, run, and manage successful RealCare Baby programs.

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