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Winter Quarterly Newsletter

Happy New Year, Region I Members! 

As I sit here and write this newsletter, we are getting pounded with snow here in central Michigan. It is that time of year when students (and sometimes teachers) are checking the newsfeeds for school closings. Our region goes from Michigan to Maine, down to West Virginia, and the states in between so I am sure many of you are dealing with similar winter weather. If you have to shovel, don’t forget to lift with your legs!  

It was great to see so many of you at CareerTech VISION! I always enjoy getting a chance to see the smiling faces of co-workers in this great field for career and tech (CTE) from across Region I. If you were able to attend the conference in Phoenix, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The Region I Policy Committee met prior to the conference to carry out Region I business. I want to thank all of the Policy Committee members for making the time to attend the meeting and contribute to our work. 

The Policy Committee is continuing to advance our Strategic Plan. One of the goals under the Professional & Leadership Development focus areas is to increase engagement in the Region I Conference. The conference planning committee has been meeting monthly since August to make sure we have a great conference. We have been working closely with members from New York and UFT.

The leadership conference for Region I will have an excellent keynote speaker, great breakout sessions, an amazing awards banquet, area tours and opportunities to work together on best practices with practitioners from throughout the region. Although many excellent proposals for breakout sessions have already been submitted, the deadline for session proposals has been extended to Jan. 31 in order to accommodate a few more slots. We have some amazing work happening in Region I. I encourage you to submit a proposal so you can share with your colleagues. 

As a reminder, the conference will be held in New York City,

May 1-3. Information about the call for proposal submission, registration and the hotel can be found at Region I Conference webpage.

Below are a few more reminders and notices for you to consider.

Sincerely,

Douglas Bush

VP, ACTE Region I

From ACTE

ACTE Announces Board of Directors 2024 Election Results

ACTE's recent board of directors election was open to the Association’s membership of approximately 25,000 career and technical education (CTE) professionals. We are grateful to all of the candidates for their willingness to serve the Association. Congratulations to the winners:

• Dustin Davis-Austin, Region II Vice President-elect
• Martin Hanley, Region III Vice President-elect
• Karin Davis, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Division Vice President-elect
• LaDonna Selvidge, Health Science Education Division Vice President
• Richard Trinkwalder, New and Related Services Division Vice President-elect
• Jan Jardine, Work-based Learning Division Vice President

Further, given that one person applied to serve in each of the following positions, the board of directors voted to appoint:

• Shani Watkins, President-elect
• Craig Statucki, Region V Vice President
• Matthew Eddy, Agricultural Education Division Vice President

Celebrate CTE Month!

Generously sponsored by NAHB

Join us as we celebrate CTE Month^®, generously sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Each year in February, we celebrate educators like you and spread awareness about the importance of CTE by sharing your success stories via #CTEMonth on social media, encouraging your students to participate in this year’s CTE Month-NASA HUNCH student video challenge, “Why Go to the Moon?,” gearing up with festive CTE Month merchandise at shopacte.com to show your support for CTE, and much more!

2024 Events

Hone Your CTE Advocacy Skills & Raise Awareness for CTE

With a featured event from the CTE Research Network

Come voice your opinion on CTE policy and programming, and share what your community needs, at ACTE’s National Policy Seminar, happening March 17–20 in Arlington, Virginia. Featured sessions will cover best practices for influencing federal policy and CTE advocacy and messaging. And on the last day of the event, March 20, the CTE Research Network will address topics that will help expand the evidence base for CTE.

Achieve 100 Award

Apply for the Achieve 100 Award 



ACTE’s Achieve 100 Award is presented to schools and institutions that achieve 100% ACTE membership among their CTE staff and faculty. This is a distinguished award that showcases an organization’s dedication and commitment to CTE. Applications are due Feb. 1.

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