The Exchange is the Roosevelt High School store that includes a physical retail store space and online presence with student employees from the ACE pathway and marketing and accounting provided by students in the business pathway. They will also introduce a branded pop-up trailer that will be positioned outside at school and community events. The majority of the products sold in The Exchange are designed and created by Roosevelt High School students from a variety of CTE pathways. Students in the ACE pathway have collaborated with their contracted food service provider to determine healthy allowable food options that will be sold during the school day. They have a merchandising production room where students create a variety of products (e.g. screen printed shirts or print graphic art). All profits earned go directly back into the CTE pathway that sold the product. 

Students in the ACE pathway are the employees in The Exchange. Students in the business pathway complete accounting and marketing tasks for The Exchange. Business students provide monthly reports to CTE pathway teachers who discuss cost-benefit analysis and use of profits with students. Students in all pathways are able to contribute to the items sold in The Exchange (e.g. agriculture- floral arrangements, ‘R’ branded truck hitches; engineering- branded and personalized coffee mugs, key chains, sunglasses; construction- Adirondack chairs; ACE- earrings; Business- shirts, hats.)

CTE Expansion occurred in part after a Bond/Mill Levy did not pass in November 2019. A concerted effort was made on the part of the District and the Weld RE 5J Board of Education to garner feedback from parents, community members, and local business leaders to foster stronger partnerships between all parties. Students are engaged in multiple pathways at the same time, which supports their variety of interests and supports them in their post secondary decision making process. Students who graduate from Roosevelt High School are able to directly enter the workforce in a high skill in-demand high wage occupation and/or successfully continue to pursue learning at a higher education institution in an area where they are passionate.

Poudre School District has taken a traditional high school of 1600 learners and shifted it from operating in subject-silos to teaching in cross-disciplinary teams focused on a technical core that serves as the lens for learning. Ninth graders choose a pathway of interest that guides their 4-year journey. Each pathway is aligned to one of the Colorado Career Clusters and includes a program of study. A student may choose the Agricultural pathway with a program of study in the Plant Sciences. This program gives students a real-world context to understand the skills they’re learning in Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science classes. Each pathway includes work-based learning opportunities and concludes with an authentic capstone.

Students in the Agricultural Pathway raise animals for show and sale or they grow plants for an end of year community plant sale. Pathways are comprised of students with similar interests who share in their learning as a member of the cohort. This cohort-model connects students to their interests and creates a team of teachers who keep the pulse of their students collectively. 

Students in the Entrepreneurship Pathway for Hospitality started a Food Truck business from scratch. It included crowd-funding to raise capital--$30 thousand in 30 days, passing health inspections, obtaining a small business license, and marketing the business to the community. Their students are now equipped with the skills needed to start a small business right out of high school. They have numerous key industry partners such as Saunders Construction who support our Engineering Pathway students in building a Habitat for Humanity home every year, Woodward Governor offers “Parents in Manufacturing Nights” to inform parents and students of the new world of manufacturing and support their students in earning an Associate Degree through the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program in Advanced Manufacturing. Columbine Health Systems offers Health Science Pathway students apprenticeships, and local foundations such as OtterCares provide funding for innovative student enterprises such as the Business Leadership’s Escape Room and Poudre's Thrift shop designed and run by our Entrepreneurship students in the Family and Consumer Sciences. They've created a Print Shop run by students with disabilities. This student-run business serves their community’s signage and clothing printing needs. Students learn employability skills through their customer service, budgeting, graphic design, and marketing of the business. 

With nearly half of their students living in poverty, 20% are English language learners, 15% with disabilities, and another 25% minority, they saw this as a moral imperative to disrupt the system and give students the direction needed to make the most of their time and money beyond high school. Their pathways create bonding and bridging networks for their students. Bonding networks are the cohorts of students and teachers that help students to be successful. Bridging networks are the sequences of courses, work-based learning opportunities, industry certifications, and college credits that students are earning at Poudre that will help them advance. 

St. Vrain developed P-TEACH, Pathways to Teaching program, to actively recruit, inspire, and launch the next generation of teachers who will serve our nation’s most precious resource - children. In this program, high school students can earn up to 43 college credits toward a Bachelor’s degree in Education at no cost. Through P-TEACH, high school students engage in rigorous college level coursework, immersive field experiences, paid work-based opportunities, active mentee/mentor relationships, and valuable apprenticeships. These experiences give their high school students unmatched skills, experience, and presence compared to future teachers prepared in traditional university programs. 

High school students may take one or more P-TEACH classes each semester. They currently offer 12 concurrent enrollment classes (37 credits) on a rotating schedule: Community Field Experience, Language Identity and Power, Child Ecology, Child Guidance, Understanding (dis)Abilities, Digital Storytelling, STEM Methods, Introduction to Early Childhood Education as a Profession, Makerspace Studio, English Composition 1 and 2, and Statistics. Two additional classes will be added in the 2024-25 school year, Universal Design for Learning and Children’s Literature, giving students the option to earn up to 43 credits. These concurrent enrollment classes are at the college level, encompassing the same rigorous content as the university. 

SVVS developed P-TEACH as a "Grow your Own" program to bolster the teaching workforce in their district. They recognized the need to: advance teaching as a profession for SVVS students; accelerate the career timeline and learning opportunities by offering concurrent enrollment and embedded classroom experiences; actively recruit and support future teachers from underrepresented populations; and create a pipeline to universities and back to SVVS that creates apprenticeships, mentoring, and skilled early career teachers that have a network of support and a strong professional identity.