{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Make It Mindful: An Education Podcast","title":"#69 How Portland Is Reimagining CTE with AI and Community Partners (with Chris Brida from Portland Public Schools)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2812,"description":"Guest: Chris Brida, District Administrator, Career & Technical Education (CTE), Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate at Portland (OR) Public Schools. \nA returning guest, Chris is building systems-level, boundary-spanning partnerships that tie K–12 CTE to real pathways in higher ed, industry, and community—while bringing AI into both the classroom and the collaboration process.\nEpisode Summary:\nCTE isn’t “shop class” anymore. Chris Brida returns to map how AI is reshaping CTE on two fronts: AI in CTE (a cross-cutting skill every pathway needs) and AI for CTE (a co-pilot for partnership design and management). He explains “boundary spanning leadership”—innovation that happens in the gray space between systems—and shows it in action through the Albina D-Lab, a seven-year pipeline linking Portland Public Schools and Portland State Engineering to community partners serving Black student excellence. We also dig into student aptitudes, why literacy looks different in CTE (think schematics and blueprints), and why deeper, interdisciplinary learning is the antidote to anxiety about a fast-changing world.\nKey Topics:\nAI in CTE vs. AI for CTE—and why both matter now\nBoundary spanning leadership as a template for real partnerships\nThe Albina D-Lab: a systems-level model for equity and engineering pathways\nStudent aptitudes, durable skills, and invention education\nDeeper learning and the end of siloed “90 minutes of math”\nResources Mentioned:\nAdvance CTE (national career clusters; AI as cross-cutting)\nOregon Clean Energy Workforce Coalition (statewide clean energy pathway)\nAlbina Vision Trust\nPortland State University — College of Engineering\nMESA (engineering, human-centered design)\nThe Lemelson Foundation (invention education)\nPPS Center for Black Student Excellence\nConnect with Chris Brida:\nLinkedIn\nConnect with Banyan Global Learning:\nbanyangloballearning.com\n If this conversation sparked a new way of thinking, share it with a colleague or leave a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aX0c3Zcu_BWgnhhPpU7UI3YNLxRjFjQabj8M1H8irwE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjhi/ZWY0ZTA5YTUxYjE1/YTlmY2NlYTQ3NDkz/ZDZlYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}