CHAT-CTE: Finally—PD That’s Personal
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<p>This isn’t your typical education podcast. <strong>CHAT-CTE</strong> is built for the trade teachers—the welders, the cosmetologists, the culinary kings and queens—who teach with their hands, hustle, and heart.</p><p>Each episode tackles the real-life challenges of CTE teaching: from writing a curriculum when you’ve got zero time, to using AI tools that actually help, to managing a shop full of teens with more energy than a MIG welder. You’ll hear honest stories, get practical tools, and leave with something you can use tomorrow.</p><p>Hosted by a CTE mentor who’s been in the fire and came out forging something better. This is PD that respects your craft, your time, and your why.</p><p><strong>Because you're not just teaching a trade—you're changing lives.</strong></p>
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Recent Episodes
August 12, 2026
S3 - E6 - Who Belongs Here? - (CTE) - Career And Technical Education Professional Development
<p>Who gets to shape what happens next in CTE? Not the boards. Not the districts. Not the state office. Not Rick Hess writing op-eds. It's you. In week two. Deciding — usually without knowing it — which kids belong in your program and which kids shouldn't have gotten scheduled.</p><p>News desk: Lauderdale County, Mississippi opens a brand new CTE Center on the first day of school — and how to protect the win before the vultures show up. And Rick Hess in Ed Week asking whether CTE is stuck in the past — with a critique that hurts because parts of it are true.</p><p>The lesson: Who Belongs Here? Two moves for the first two weeks. Catch yourself sorting. Widen the picture — one kid, one small structural move.</p><p>The rant: the roster problem. Auto body is not gym. C-IEPs, career pathways, and the conversations that should have happened in April.</p><p>Toolbox: three questions, ten minutes, one kid.</p>
August 5, 2026
S3 - E5 - Lead With Trust - (CTE) - Career And Technical Education Professional Development
<p>Trust is all we have in the end. And you have exactly one shot to prove it — the first ten minutes of the first day of the year.</p><p>News desk: WSWHE BOCES is loading up a mini-excavator, welding equipment, and student demonstrations for the Washington County Fair. Actual CTE, in the middle of the funnel-cake stand, where the community can see it. And two students from Wilson Talent Center just won Michigan's first CTE student podcast competition — kids in CTE making podcasts about CTE, which is honestly the coolest thing this show has ever gotten to talk about.</p><p>The lesson: Lead With Trust. Three moves in the first ten minutes that determine whether a kid decides "this is real" or "this is survival." What they SEE. What they DO. What they HEAR.</p><p>Plus a rant every CTE teacher has lived: the PD scheduled for the week you finally get your room back.</p><p>Toolbox: sit in the doorway of your classroom. Ask three questions.</p>
July 22, 2026
S3 - E4 - Read the Room, Save the Year. - (CTE) - Career And Technical Education Professional Development
<p>This is a different kind of episode. Two news stories, both about what happens when the system fails to show up.</p><p>First — the federal investigation into the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, one of the largest CTE districts in the country, over the handling of alleged staff-on-student sexual misconduct. Handled with weight. No speculation, no rant, just the facts and what they mean for every CTE teacher this summer: mandatory reporting refreshers, personal boundary frameworks in trust-heavy hands-on pathways, and the courage to report when we see something.</p><p>Second — a pattern nobody in CTE is talking about. Grants that fund CTE instructional coach positions at the district level basically don't exist. Academic teachers get literacy coaches and math coaches funded as line items. CTE teachers get a binder. Minnesota's CTE Teacher Induction Program and Kansas's Mentoring Network are the exceptions. Everywhere else, the industry-to-classroom teacher who needs coaching most gets the least of it.</p><p>The lesson: Run Your Radar. When the system won't show up, your own attention is the whole game. Five signals to notice, every week, in fifteen minutes. How your kids sound at baseline. What isn't being said in the meetings. The colleague who's become isolated. Your own energy on the drive in. And the gap between what your district SAYS is a priority and where the money actually goes.</p><p>The rant — a lighter one this week. Kevin. The microwave. The salmon. We are the adults in the building.</p><p>Toolbox: five diagnostic questions to answer between now and the first day of school. Week one. Room. The five people you need. What changed from last year. Your one thing.</p><p>CHAT-CTE is brought to you by Blueprint-CTE. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://blueprint-cte.com">blueprint-cte.com</a>.</p>
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- What is CHAT-CTE: Finally—PD That’s Personal?
<p>This isn’t your typical education podcast. <strong>CHAT-CTE</strong> is built for the trade teachers—the welders, the cosmetologists, the culinary kings and queens—who teach with their hands, hustle, and heart.</p><p>Each episode tackles the real-life challenges of CTE teaching: from writing a curriculum when you’ve got zero time, to using AI tools that actually help, to managing a shop full of teens with more energy than a MIG welder. You’ll hear honest stories, get practical tools, and leave with something you can use tomorrow.</p><p>Hosted by a CTE mentor who’s been in the fire and came out forging something better. This is PD that respects your craft, your time, and your why.</p><p><strong>Because you're not just teaching a trade—you're changing lives.</strong></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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