Career Readiness

Houston ISD CTE Professional Development

The Career Readiness Department will offer enlightening professional development to upscale veteran and new teachers' classroom skills.  We offer these opportunities during new teacher training, back-to-school staff development, throughout the school year and during the summer months.  Please check this website and the internal website OneSource for a list of these courses. 

Out-Of-District Professional Development

The primary goal of CTE Professional Development is to keep CTE teachers up-to-date on current professional learning opportunities, as well as develop new skills for student academic success through instructional practices that reach all students. 

Click here to access the 2024-2025 Professional Development Request Form

Requests to attend Out-Of-District Professional Development is not guaranteed. 

 CTE Teacher Professional Organizations

These are essential contributors and support systems for CTE programs and educators; teachers are highly encouraged to join an appropriate professional organization. These entities usually provide advocacy support for CTE, liability insurance options, professional learning opportunities, and a professional network of colleagues who offer ideas and support.

The Houston ISD CTE district leadership team strongly encourages all CTE teachers to join and actively participate in a CTE professional organization. Below is a list of some of the recommended organizations that offer out-of-district PD:

• Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
• Career and Technical Association of Texas- (CTAT)
• Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas (FCSTAT)
• Hospitality Educators Association of Texas (HEAT)
• National Business Education Association-(NBEA)
• Texas Industrial Vocational Association-(TVIA)
• Texas Health Occupational Association-(THOA)
• Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas (VATAT)

The Education Service Center (ESC) Region 4E (website) team provides various workshops for teachers throughout the year. Some workshops are specific to CTE content, while most of the available training relates to general education topics like special education, pedagogy, English learners, and more. Teachers can find all available workshops through the Region 4 website. 

Online Learning Platforms Outside resources available for CTE teachers; recommended platforms, Texas Gateway: Texas Courses (CTE-specific and general education/safety topics) at Texas CTE website https://www.txcte.org/