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Looking Forward Research & Development

CEBOT executed career‑discovery fellowships like its OppZone VIP Federal Virtual Internship—an immersive, challenge‑based pilot tied to the NIST NICE All‑Source Analyst role—that build student agency and local credibility at anchor HBCU institutions 

As a result, in part, of CEBOT's industry advisory role, NTIA’s OMBI $268 million Connecting Minority Communities Pilot (authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 116‑260 signed by President Trump in December 2020) funded 93 institutions (majority were HBCUs) to enhance broadband, digital readiness and IT workforce infrastructure 

CEBOT’s CEO Karl Cureton now co‑chairs NIST NICE’s Promote Career Discovery Working Group, anchoring the model within federal workforce ecosystems 

These initiatives showcase a scalable, capacity‑building methodology that delivers quantifiable learning and employment outcomes within under-resourced communities and insights for evaluators.

Reference Sites

• www.cebot.us/oppzonevip
• www.cebot.us/cmcpilot
• www.smarthbcu.org

Student to Employee Competence Research

Systems
Change

Program Improvement

Instructional Delivery

Desigen-Based Research that facilitates short and long-term industry approved instructional plans and strategies that encourage  problem-solving, critical thinking , and teamwork.  Program aim to represent organizations foacued on upskilling individuals to build resilient communities  Transformational partnerships with Community Colleges,  HBCUs, MSIs & Tribal Institutions.

Applied research to align  "Data-driven & Career-relevant" delivery systems.  Harmonizing student assessment and success outcomes with  District, and Regional  Tech employer's future needs.   Programs focusing on critical innovation ecosystem requirements like cybersecurity, AI and Advanced Manufacturing.

Advocating for Career and Technology Education (CTE) Instructors, University Faculty and learning delivery professionals to have access to innovation.  Facilitating new approaches for student/learner engagement with  employers.   Direct access work-based knowledge and applied skills development.

Building a Nation of Producers

TM

In a very real sense completing high school today is like completing middle school 30 years ago.  We are in the middle of a crisis and Industry has a responsibility to be part of the solution.  The Council Exchange Board of Trade (CEBOT) - Looking Forward Research & Development Initiative's design based research develops new industry credentials and certifications.  The Center for Innovation and STEM-CTE Research brings stakeholders together from diverse backgrounds to transform how learning and earning can grow our economy and bring more agency to citizenry.    

Cognitive Development

Design Based

Understanding how information is processed and the creation of models that anticipate effective human thinking.

Cognitive processes include perception, recognition, imagining, remembering, thinking, judging, reasoning, problem solving, conceptualizing, and planning  

CEBOT is engaged in a systematic yet flexible study methodology aimed to improve educational practices in CTE through iterative analysis, design, development, and implementation.  Industry and evidence based collaboration among industry, academia, and government within real-world settings.

Critical Pedagogy & Andragogy

Capacity‑building

Discovering learning models that are student/learner  centered.  Researching how additional context and questions  provide an opportunity to better frame the knowledge acquisition process as a benefit to future outcomes, rather than earning a grade or passing a test.

Through iterative stakeholder‑aligned coaching, open‑source toolkits, evidence‑based action‑learning pilots, peer mentoring networks, and feedback‑driven dashboards, CEBOT builds institutional capacity for transformational, sustainable strategic resilience, workforce readiness, scalable enterprise growth, measurable job placements, and innovation performance improvement continuously.

New Ideas for
Industry Certification

 Significant inequities in educational resources and opportunities are provided to minority students nationwide.  As a national trade association CEBOT works to provide research innovation that investigates CTE policies, programs, and curriculum that are effective in improving the education and career outcomes for students.

 Our mission is to both discover or innovate funding mechanisms and to research how to reduce the gaps in access to and success in the school to career process, particularly for students who leave high school and go to work in Information Communications and Technology (ICT) positions.

CEBOT represents 65,000 U.S. minority technology companies with combined revenues of over $100 Billion.  Developing an effective, outcome based workforce system is a key mission.   

CEBOT is focused on the development of industry-recognized credential or certification's the secondary and post-secondary level.  Secondary level advancement research in cybersecurity that will ensures students are ready for work requires programed coordination.  CEBOT subscribes to follow the Program of Study Design Framework (Click Image to Download).

Design Based Research
in Cyber Security

The Minority Cyber Inclusion Council works to bridge the gap between industry, government and education in order to inform the minority community about the growing employment and training opportunities.

Brenda Cureton

Karl Cureton

“Partnerships and Policies must promote learning outcomes that are accountable to workforce requirements  and industry credentials that lead to post high school employment for a greater number of U.S. citizens ”.

“Creating written memorandum of agreements (MOAs) with industry associations that promote workforce and economic development strategies that create jobs will attract employers and build communities”.

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