Eligibility
Individual members who are currently employed as full-time classroom/laboratory teachers in a career and technical education program are eligible recipients for this award. Nominees must be classroom/laboratory teachers at the time of nomination and winner must be a classroom/laboratory teacher at the time of award presentation. Contributions and achievements on which the nomination is based should have been made within the past five years.

The nominee also should have been involved in some capacity in Association for Career and Technical Education activities at the state, regional and/or national level and must have been a member of ACTE and a state association at the time of nomination to the Region level. 

Application Procedures
Each ACTE awards nominee must first compete in their state and Regional award competitions prior to being considered for this ACTE member award. All materials must be submitted electronically through the Regional awards committee chairs to the ACTE awards committee (Items 1-6 in one single PDF file, photo in separate JPG file). Regional awards committee chairs can provide application deadlines and other details.

Each nominee shall be evaluated on the following components:

1. ACTE Excellence Awards Program Application  
2. [Section A] Description of innovative programs and/or significant accomplishments in career and technical education 
   • Maximum of two pages
   • Written in 1st or 3rd person
   • Paragraph format
    
3. [Section B] Description of career and technical education memberships and/or affiliations (to include leadership responsibilities and activities)
   • Maximum one page
   • Written in 1st or 3rd person
   • Paragraph or list format
    
4. [Section C] Description of community involvement (to include industry/business partnerships, community activities and/or contributions)
   • Maximum one page
   • Written in 1st or 3rd person
   • Paragraph or list format
    
5. [Section D] Share a personal story of significance in career and technical education
   • 500 words or less
   • Written in 1st person
   • Paragraph format
    
6. [Section E] Letters of Support (2)
• Supervisor
• Community Leader
7. Photo. Digital photo should be high resolution, JPG format and separate attachment from the ACTE Excellence Awards Program application. (The photograph is used for publicity purposes only)
8. Interview.

All procedures must be followed for an application to be considered. The completed materials should be submitted to the Regional Awards Committee Chairperson no later than the dates indicated by the Region.

Interview
The interview specifications will be provided to the Region winners/ACTE national nominees. 

Deadline
Check with your state and Region representative for application deadlines. State and Region competition information is listed on the state/Regional page.