What does teaching in Career and Technical Education actually feel like when you’re new to the classroom?

In this CHAT-CTE roundtable episode, we bring together teachers from different CTE programs to share new teacher perspectives on the realities of teaching — especially for educators coming from industry or post-secondary backgrounds.

This conversation includes:

• A construction trades teacher navigating vocational certifications, curriculum development, and the shift from job-site work to managing students
• An exercise science teacher balancing standardized testing, enrollment growth, and student motivation and career expectations
• A teacher leader who supports non-English-speaking students and works closely with new teacher ...