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Greetings Health Science Educators! 

We have entered the “home stretch.” Spring is here (well almost in North Dakota). I hope the wind down of the school year has you feeling accomplished. It’s been a difficult couple of years, and you’ve pushed through again to help mold the future health care professionals. 

I am grateful for my time serving as Vice President of ACTE Health Science Division thus far, and I appreciate all of you as members. It’s been fun to get to know so many of you via email and even better to see some of you at conferences! I recently returned from National Policy Seminar and a couple weeks later the Region V conference in Rapid City, South Dakota. Both were fantastic events with a strong Health Science showing. I encourage you to get to one of the upcoming atate or regional conferences and for sure ACTE's CareerTech VISION 2022 which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our community, students, and healthcare. 

Thank you for all you do, you are amazing teachers, and ACTE is always here for support and encouragement as well as professional growth and development.

With gratitude,

Holly Strand-Rysgaard

VP, Health Science Education Division

From ACTE

Professional Development Conferences & Events

Early Bird Registration is Open! 

ACTE’s CareerTech VISION is the must-attend event for career and technical education (CTE) professionals. Happening Nov. 30–Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada, VISION offers dynamic programming covering high-quality CTE in secondary and postsecondary environments, an abundance of networking opportunities, the CareerTech Expo, hundreds of concurrent program sessions and more! Early bird registration is now open!

One-Day Event Addressing Access and Equity in CTE   

The Good Trouble: Busting Inclusion, Access, Equity and Diversity Barriers in CTE Conference will offer model programming to amplify the four strands of student voice: content, culture, social and emotional learning, and metacognition. Happening virtually on June 9, this event will explore strategies for removing systemic barriers and revolutionizing students’ CTE experiences.

ACTE Awards Opportunities

ACTE Student Trophy Contest

ACTE is excited to announce our annual student contest to redesign the 3D-printed trophies for the ACTE Excellence Awards. The winning trophy design will be 3D-printed by Stratasys and presented to the national award winners at the 2022 ACTE Awards Gala, happening at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION in Las Vegas, Nevada. The deadline for design submissions is May 1.

ACTE Impact Awards

The ACTE Impact Awards recognize groups and individuals from the education, business and industry communities who contribute to the improvement, promotion and development of CTE. The deadline to apply for the two Impact awards, the Business-Education Partnership Award and the Champion for CTE Award, is June 30.