{"podcast":{"title":"College & Career Readiness Radio","slug":"college-career-readiness-radio-7075667","podcast_index_feed_id":7075667,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/college-and-career-readiness-radio/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.maialearning.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/college-and-career-readiness-radio/20250804_050839_cc2cb728133863268880b155262ae17b.png","author":"T.J. Vari","episode_count":43,"summary":"College & Career Readiness Radio with T.J. Vari A podcast about all things career and college readiness. Brought to you by MaiaLearning.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:20:24.060796+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667"},"episode":{"title":"Empowering All Students to Enact Their Postsecondary Plans with Eder Joseph","slug":"empowering-all-students-to-enact-their-postsecondary-plans-with-eder-joseph","published_at":"2025-09-02T12:56:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/empowering-all-students-to-enact-their-postsecondary-plans-with-eder-joseph","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/college-and-career-readiness-radio/2195124","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/292064/2195124/college-and-career-readiness-radio/2025_09_02_12_56_26_f9b657b5-e55f-4713-8c5c-84f8dd644ba1.mp3","summary":"Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Assistant Superintendent Eder Joseph. EJ shares that about 65% of his CTE high school graduates pursue two- or four-year college, reflecting that CTE is a path to college as well as careers . He highlights that parents often carry outdated views of CTE as “vocational,” and that it requires effort to change the narrative toward CTE as a viable, rigorous, and respected option. EJ points out that many of his students use CTE pathways as a springboard, for example, learning culinary, cosmetology, or trades and then choosing to pursue business education in college so they can become entrepreneurs in their field. He describes intentional program features such as having students in programs (like cosmetology) develop business plans, create resumes, and design business cards with help from other CTE students. EJ notes that students in his CTE programs get the chance to showcase their business plans schoolwide, including details like pricing and service offerings, which builds real-world business skills. EJ states that branding and program structure matter: his district groups CTE programs into “schools of” (e.g., School of Allied Health, School of Performing Arts Academy, School of Skills Trade) and uses “career major” terminology to enhance program appeal and clarity for families. EJ is a big fan of community college because of its affordability and the flexibility for students to explore various pathways before committing to a four-year program. Don’t miss what he shares about his own children who followed the two-year community college to four-year university path, resulting in significant cost savings. EJ reports that dual enrollment is a core focus, both in academic and CTE courses, making it possible f…","meta_description":"Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Assistant Superintendent Eder Joseph. EJ shares that about 65% of his CTE high schoo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1969,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/episodes/empowering-all-students-to-enact-their-postsecondary-plans-with-eder-joseph/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/empowering-all-students-to-enact-their-postsecondary-plans-with-eder-joseph.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}