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Winter Quarterly Newsletter | | |
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Welcome to 2024! Make this year the best yet by staying connected and getting involved with the ACTE Work-Based Learning (WBL) Division.
Join this Thursday’s WBL Monthly Webinar focused on “Sharing WBL Successes and Measuring Impact.” Jan. 25 @ 3 p.m. ET Register here.
Submit a nomination for the YouScience Brightpath WBL Professional of the Year Award. The deadline to submit has been extended to Feb. 20.
Submit your nomination here.
Registration is open for the 2024 ACTE National Work-Based Learning Conference held on May 1-3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This conference is the leading WBL event of the year and this year includes two pre-conference tours, WBL in Postsecondary Workshop, and over 60 sessions presented by fellow WBL professionals. Learn more and register here!
We need your stories! For the spring WBL Division Newsletter, we would like to share the work you are doing. Please send articles, videos, and websites that showcase the work you are doing, so we can celebrate together! Send your stories to Jan Jardine.
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Best regards,
Jan Jardine
VP, ACTE Work-Based Learning Division
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Upcoming WBL Division Webinars |
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Sharing WBL Successes and Measuring Impact
Jan. 25 @ 3 p.m. ET
Register here
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Generating Support to Grow Your WBL Programs
Feb. 22 @ 3 p.m. ET
Register here
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Project and Problem-Based Learning in WBL
March. 28 @ 3 p.m. ET
Register here
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If you have webinar ideas or would like to be part of a future panel, please contact Sapph Espinoza. | |
Annual ACTE WBL Conference
Join us at the Annual ACTE Work-Based Learning Conference – May 1–3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Learn about innovations in WBL, model programs across the nation, and insights on supporting the delivery of quality experiences that foster in-depth, firsthand engagement with the skills required in any given career field.
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WBL Division Zoom – March 7 at 3 p.m. ET
Hear about division news, connect with fellow WBL professionals, share success stories and ask questions.
Register here
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ACTE WBL DIVISION NEEDS YOU!
Consider joining one of the WBL Division Committees— Advocacy, Awards, or Professional Development— and be part of the great work that is happening nationally. Email Jan Jardine, WBL Division VP, if you are interested.
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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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Submit Session Proposals for CareerTech 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 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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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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