; (II) allocating time for integrated curriculum design and development; (III) evidence-based delivery models of professional development that are structured to improve the quality of course delivery for career and technical education and core subject integration; (IV) evidence-based strategies that effectively prepare teachers, counselors, principals, and service providers, including through professional development with a focus on equity, that addresses the needs of historically underserved students; (V) structured inter-disciplinary collaboration and common planning time built into a school’s master schedule; (VI) teacher and leader ex­tern­ship programs developed in partnership with business or industry and local postsecondary education institutions; (VII) cross-credentialing to provide teachers with both an academic single-subject credential and a career and technical education credential