Reading Level: 3.0 | Grades: 9 to 12 | Lexile: HL360L to HL560L
CTE Journeys Handbooks help teens plan a post-high school path without a four-year degree. Each of the 16 handbooks explores a specific industry, from healthcare to information technology, covering the field's real rewards and challenges, the different roles within it, and the skills and interests that lead to it. Students walk away with the educational requirements for each path, concrete next steps, realistic workplace scenarios, and a full glossary of career vocabulary, all in a roughly 100-page handbook written at an accessible reading level so every student can explore these careers, not just strong readers.
Want the bigger picture on why career-ready materials like these matter? Read our blog post, Career Exploration for Students Who Will Not Earn a Four-Year Degree, which looks at how most schools build career guidance around a four-year-degree path even though the majority of adults don't hold one, and why accessible, right-reading-level CTE materials help close that gap.
