Coming from a family of educators, Brad knows both the joys and challenges of teaching well. Through his own teaching background, he’s experienced both firsthand. As a writer for iCEV, Brad’s goal is to help teachers empower their students by listening to educators’ concerns and creating content that answers their most pressing questions about career and technical education.
Blog Post by Brad Hummel
Brad HummelJul 25, 2024 10:00:00 AM6 min read
Top 5 Health Science Challenges for CTE Administrators & How to Solve Them
The health science industry is experiencing an unprecedented worker gap that threatens ...
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Brad HummelJul 18, 2024 8:00:00 AM7 min read
6 Top Ways to Keep Health Science CTE Students Engaged
Every health science teacher knows the struggle of teaching bored and unengaged students. ...
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Brad HummelJul 16, 2024 8:00:00 AM9 min read
How to Track Work-Based Learning Using Eduthings
Work-based learning (WBL) is one of the most exciting and important aspects of career and ...
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Brad HummelJul 11, 2024 8:00:00 AM7 min read
13 Benefits of Work-Based Learning for Students, CTE Programs, & Employers
As a CTE teacher or administrator, you might be considering incorporating work-based ...
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Brad HummelJul 9, 2024 8:00:00 AM6 min read
5 Reasons to Attend the 2024 iCEV Back to School Seminar
If you’re a career and technical education (CTE) teacher or administrator, you may have ...
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Brad HummelJul 2, 2024 8:00:00 AM8 min read
What Is the Health Worker Gap?
If you’re an educator in a career and technical education (CTE) program, you may have ...
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Brad HummelJun 25, 2024 8:00:00 AM6 min read
The 5 Best Bell Ringer Activities to Boost Your Business Education Classes
As each class period begins, business education students can benefit from warm-up ...
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Brad HummelJun 20, 2024 8:00:00 AM6 min read
5 Top Reasons to Hire Certified CTE Grads
Career and technical education (CTE) provides a fantastic foundation for workers in a ...
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Brad HummelJun 18, 2024 8:00:00 AM7 min read
What Is Cooperative Learning and How Does It Work?
The concept of cooperative learning has been around for decades, but it has never gained ...
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Brad HummelJun 14, 2024 9:00:00 AM8 min read
What are the California CTE Career Pathways?
In the United States, career technical education (CTE) is found in every state and most ...
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Brad HummelJun 6, 2024 1:00:00 PM8 min read
How to Track CTSO Participation Using Eduthings
If you’re an educator in a career and technical education (CTE) program, you know that ...
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Brad HummelJun 5, 2024 3:00:00 PM8 min read
What Is NOCTI?
NOCTI is an American certifying body that tests students on their abilities to perform ...
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Brad HummelJun 4, 2024 2:00:00 PM10 min read
What Is Work-Based Learning?
Work-based learning (WBL) is a federally-supported program in career and technical ...
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Brad HummelMay 30, 2024 12:00:00 PM10 min read
How to Teach 21st Century Skills in Middle School
It’s an unfortunate reality that thousands of middle schoolers across the country aren’t ...
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Brad HummelMay 29, 2024 4:00:00 PM7 min read
6 Top Ways to Showcase Your Industry Certifications
Industry certifications are increasingly an essential measure of a student’s success in a ...
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Brad HummelMay 21, 2024 8:00:00 AM18 min read
11 Principles of Classroom Management to Teach Digital Natives
If you speak with an experienced teacher, you’re likely to hear a similar response: ...
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Brad HummelMay 14, 2024 8:00:00 AM10 min read
What Are the Florida Career Clusters?
In the United States, career and technical education (CTE) is found in every state and ...
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Brad HummelMay 9, 2024 10:00:00 AM7 min read
5 Ways to Celebrate CTE Students
As a career and technical education (CTE) teacher or administrator, celebrating the ...
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Brad HummelMay 7, 2024 8:00:00 AM11 min read
What Is Career Exploration & How Do You Teach It?
As a career exploration curriculum developer, we hear from thousands of teachers every ...
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Brad HummelMay 2, 2024 8:00:00 AM9 min read
What Is Principles of Information Technology?
If you teach business education in Texas, chances are you'll be asked to teach the ...
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Brad HummelApr 30, 2024 8:00:00 AM9 min read
What are the Texas CTE Programs of Study?
As a career and technical education instructor, you may know that career and technical ...
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Brad HummelApr 25, 2024 10:00:00 AM8 min read
How to Track Industry Certification Performance Using Eduthings
As a career and technical education (CTE) administrator, one of the greatest metrics of ...
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Brad HummelApr 23, 2024 12:00:00 PM7 min read
Employability Skills Lesson Plans for Middle and High School
Since employability skills are an important focus of career and technical education ...
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Brad HummelApr 18, 2024 8:00:00 AM7 min read
What’s the Difference Between Online Learning and Distance Learning?
As a digital curriculum developer, middle and high school teachers often ask us the best ...
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Brad HummelApr 16, 2024 1:00:00 PM25 min read
What Are ISTE Standards? (And Why Do They Matter?)
Educators in career and technical education (CTE) are consistently tasked with ...
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Brad HummelApr 11, 2024 4:00:00 PM6 min read
What Are the 5 Health Science Career Pathways?
There are five overarching industry pathways for CTE students interested in pursuing a ...
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Brad HummelApr 9, 2024 8:00:00 AM8 min read
11 Ways to Prevent Cheating in Schools
In working with teachers for more than 30 years, one of the most common frustrations we ...
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