Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Dr. Cynthia Thomas, work-based learning program coordinator and CTE consultant in higher education.

Dr. Thomas says career readiness instruction should be personalized just as intentionally as technical skill instruction.

She explains that students retain learning more effectively when instruction is connected to their lived experiences.

Cynthia developed the POWER Method after identifying a gap in culturally responsive frameworks for postsecondary CTE and workforce development.

She says the framework is built around eight pillars, including learner identity, student voice, workforce connections, equity, personalized learning, a ...