Overview

This eLeadership Guide examines how Alberta school authorities are strengthening high school career education and creating meaningful pathways for students. It highlights system-level approaches that align programming, guidance, partnerships, and career-connected learning with the needs and opportunities of diverse communities.

The guide uses the Government of Alberta’s continuous improvement cycle to examine this work from a system education leader perspective. Organized around the four interconnected components of explore, develop, take action, and evaluate, it brings together provincial context, current research, Alberta stories of practice, leadership reflection, and considerations for continuous improvement.

Pathways in Action: Advancing High School Career Education Across Alberta eLeadership Guide Outcomes

 Participants will:

• examine how intentional system leadership can strengthen high school career education and expand pathways for students;
• explore Alberta stories of practice to identify effective programs, partnerships, and career-connected learning experiences;
• analyze the leadership decisions, structures, and processes used to develop and coordinate high school career education across diverse school authority contexts;
• assess opportunities to expand equitable access, strengthen student participation, and respond to local community and labour market needs; and
• identify evidence and measures that can be used to assess student outcomes and program effectiveness, inform continuous improvement, and support successful student transitions.