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Winter Quarterly News Update | | |
Dear ACTE Region II Members, | |
Happy New Year!
I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday season and were able to enjoy some much needed time with your family and friends! I greatly appreciated the opportunity to focus my attention on my family! I know for many of us, this break gives us a chance to re-energize as we head into the start of a new year!
For those of you who were able to attend ACTE's CareerTech VISION in Phoenix, Arizona, I know you had a wonderful experience with all this conference had to offer! We were excited to celebrate our national ACTE award winners! Throughout this newsletter, you will see many additional opportunities to get involved with ACTE and benefit from the professional development that is available to each of you!
I would like to extend my congratulations to Dustin Davis-Austin, from Georgia, who was recently elected to serve as the ACTE Region II vice president-elect! His term will officially begin in July 2024. I appreciate all of those who participated in the voting process!
I hope everyone has had a great start to 2024 and looks forward to all the year has to offer!
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Sincerely,
Beth Parks
ACTE Region II Vice President
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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
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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!
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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.
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Join Us at Our Annual WBL Conference
Happening May 1–3 at The Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: the ACTE Work-based Learning (WBL) Conference 2024! This annual event, which sold out last year, offers focused professional development for WBL professionals in secondary and postsecondary CTE programs and institutions. Participants will gain access to a wealth of WBL resources. And they will learn how effective networking can enhance high-quality work-based learning experiences.
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Call for Session Proposals Opens Soon for VISION 2024!
Join CTE professionals at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION, happening Dec. 4–7 in San Antonio, Texas. We are seeking session proposals that address the full range of conversations happening in CTE. As educators, you seek to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in their careers! And ACTE seeks to support you in those endeavors. VISION offers unparalleled networking and hundreds of concurrent sessions. The submission form opens this month and the deadline to submit your session proposals is March 1.
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Best Practices Call for Proposals Now Open!
Happening Oct. 9–11 in Portland, Oregon, ACTE’s and NCLA’s Best Practices and Innovations in CTE Conference is seeking session proposals to strengthen the field for CTE administrators of both secondary and postsecondary CTE programs and institutions. The deadline to submit presentation proposals is March 8.
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Online Entrepreneurship Institute Supports Teachers
This all-new Entrepreneurship Institute runs in two parts, Feb. 19–March 22 and April 8–May 17, and offers participants instructional best practices, classroom-ready resources, and assignments that they can use with their students. Easily customizable, the Institute’s online modules are self-paced. And live Zoom classes feature introductions to community partners and breakout groups for national networking, resource sharing, and lesson planning. Attendees will receive 55 hours of professional development or an optional three hours of undergraduate or graduate credit.
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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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Showcase Your ACTE Membership with 2024 Digital Badge
We encourage you to download, post and share the 2024 ACTE membership badge via your email signature, website and on social media.
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