ACTE Teacher of the Year/Outstanding Career and Technical Educator/Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher/Career Guidance/Outstanding Teacher in Community Service
To be considered for one of these awards, an applicant must first compete at the state and Region levels. Information on the state competitions is available from the career and technical association in the applicant's state. State winners then compete within their Region. The awards chairperson for each Region and the state associations in each Region are as follows:
Region I | Region II | Region III | Region IV | Region V
Region I
Lynda C. Spittle
States: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Federal Career and Technical Association, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Region II
Dr. Karen A. Curtis
States: Alabama, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, Virginia
Region III
Dr. Gary B. Hutchinson
States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin
Region IV
Cheryl C. Probst
States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Region V
Pepper B. Poulsen
States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Trust Territories, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Guidelines for State/Regional Awards Chairs
Winners selected at the Regional level compete for the national Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Career and Technical Educator, Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher, Career Guidance and Outstanding Teacher in Community Service. The selection of the national winners is made by the ACTE National Awards Committee.
Guidelines for State and Regional Competitions
- Each state should have an awards committee headed by an awards chairperson. The make-up of the committee should be determined by the state.
- That committee should be responsible for selecting a state winner for each award category to represent the state in the Regional awards competition: Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Career and Technical Educator, Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher, Outstanding Teacher in Community Service and Career Guidance.
- Only one representative from each state will compete at the Regional level for each award.
- The same evaluation form used by the National Awards Committee should be used at the state and regional levels to evaluate nominees.
Guidelines for Regional Awards Chairs
- Winners selected at the Regional level will compete for a national ACTE Excellence Member Award. The selection of the national winners is made by the ACTE National Awards Committee.
- For the sake of equity and continuity, the National Awards Committee strongly suggests that each state and Region follow the guidelines of the national competition. This will ensure that the nominee selected by the state and the Region have the best chance of competeing sucessfully at the national level.
- Each Region award committee chair will submit the ACTE Excellence Award application to ACTE Headquarters prior to the Sept. 1, 2012 deadline (i.e. Aug. 31, 2012).
- ACTE Membership must be verified before the award application is submitted from Regional to national.