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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi, All - sharing a key article brief below that features SBCTC’s I-BEST Policy Associate, Will Durden, and his work in helping to align career pathway strategies
with guided pathways reforms in WA State. Happy reading! Best - Ha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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T. Nguyen </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">(pronouns: she/her/hers)</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> claspmailing=clasp.org@mail.salsalabs.net <claspmailing=clasp.org@mail.salsalabs.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>CLASP<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ha Nguyen <hnguyen@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Better Together: Career & Guided Pathways<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">In celebration of Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) Awareness week, CLASP is releasing the first brief in a new series called
<b><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OEZhGtIzM5Tu%2BDrSKiGsP0paoi61sc87">Maximizing the Power of Career Pathways</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">The briefs focus on strategies to better define, develop, and promote career pathways. They are informed by CLASP’s July convening co-hosted by the Workforce Collaborative
of the Greater Washington Community Foundation. <b><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MCT7ObDqSoLxPjFXvZyIkEpaoi61sc87">Maximizing the Power of Pathways: Vital Career Pathway Conversations</a></b> brought together state education and workforce
development leaders, national organizations, advocates, funders, and federal agency staff to share perspectives on critical areas of career pathway work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">This first brief,
<b><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZxxFsnmGRuy4%2Fg8CdNxXPUpaoi61sc87">Better Together: Career & Guided Pathways</a></b>, focuses on the emerging relationship between career pathways and guided pathways. This brief will help policymakers
and practitioners understand that career pathways and guided pathways are complementary, not duplicative, and how aligning these efforts can produce comprehensive, community-wide pathways that support educational and economic success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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