ACTE

Guidelines
The award will be presented to those persons who have been identified with the work and purposes of the Association for Career and Technical Education. The award will be presented only to ACTE members who have made a significant impact on the field of career and technical education at national, regional and state levels. Only under unusual circumstances will more than one award be presented each year. Nominees must be active ACTE members.

The nominees will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• impact of contributions on student achievement, curriculum, community, career and technical education programs
• significant contributions at the state, regional and national level
• contributions or prominence achieved above and beyond job assignments
  

Eligibility
The award will be presented to distinguished persons who have been identified with the work and purposes of ACTE and whose contributions have made a significant impact on the field. Please see the 2010 Awards Booklet for official rules.

Application Procedures
All nominations must come from ACTE members. Each nominee must be endorsed or sponsored by an association, agency group, several individuals or a combination of these. Applicants should submit information written in the 3rd person context rather than the 1st. Events should be dated and listed with the most recent first. All materials must be submitted electroincally (in Word, PDF, or .JPG).

Applications for this award must include:

1. Nomination Form A.
2. Outstanding Accomplishments of the Nominee: List the contributions and achievements of the nominee that have advanced career and technical education. List pertinent information that will clearly indicate the nominee's contributions beyond his or her job assignment. Also list outstanding accomplishments of the nominee which are identified with the work and purposes of the Association of Career and Technical Education. This information should show the commitment and dedication to the association. Limit to one page.
3. Support: On a separate sheet for each heading please describe the following in regards to the nominee (limit to one page per heading):
   
   • Section A—Impact of contributions on student achievement, curriculum, community, career and technical education programs.
   • Section B—Significant contributions at the national, regional and state level.
   • Section C—Contributions or prominence achieved above and beyond job assignments. Support information can include, but should not be limited to, honors and/or recognition, professional offices held, professional memberships and activities and major publications.
4. Letters of support (no more than 10 pages). Letters should be one page in length. Suggested endorsers might include: political leaders, professional association leaders, business and industrial leaders, educational leaders, civic leaders, parents and students.
5. One photograph of the nominee in .jpg format. The photograph is used for publicity purposes only.
   

Nominations can be submitted to:
Cara DiMattina
Association for Career and Technical Education
1410 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 683-9305

Deadline
All nominations must be received at ACTE headquarters by May 7, 2010.