Eligibility
Individual members who are currently employed as full-time classroom/laboratory teachers in a career and technical education program other than at the baccalaureate level are eligible recipients for this award. Nominees must be classroom/laboratory teachers at the time of selection as a regional winner. Contributions and achievements on which the nomination is based should have been made within the past 10 years. The nominee also should have been involved in some capacity in Association for Career and Technical Education activities at the regional and/or national level and must have been a member at the time of nomination to the Region level. Nominees recognized by persons outside their immediate field of endeavor and persons who have made contributions to education outside their field on state and national levels will be highly considered. Contributions to civic and philanthropic causes also will be considered. This award does not exclude any classroom teacher from nomination for any other ACTE award.

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 material 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 seprate JPG file). Regional awards committee chairs can provide applications 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 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
   • Student or Parent
7. Photo. Digital photo should be high resolution, JPG format and separate attachment from the ACTE Excellence Award application. (The photograph is used for publicity purposes only).
8. Interview

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 competitions information is listed on the state/Regional pages.