What is this?

The DLCTE Toolkit has three major sections: program components, documents and forms, and additional resources. The program components will guide librarians through major steps in being a workplace partner and/or managing a program that places CTE students in library settings for their work-based learning. Within documents and forms, you will see downloadable templates that you can edit to fit your needs. The DCLTE Toolkit by the IMLS Diverse Library Career Training & Education Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

How to Use the Toolkit

This toolkit will guide librarians through the next steps of hiring a CTE high school student. Once you have established a relationship with your local high school’s CTE program, you will need information about recruiting, orientation, onboarding, mentoringship, supervision, and curriculum. Read through each of these sections to help you plan and prepare for each of these steps. Before creating something new, check the documents and forms to see if there’s a template for you to download and modify.