The ACTE Excellence Awards seek to promote excellence in career and technical education by recognizing individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the field, programs that exemplify the highest standards and organizations that have conducted activities to promote and expand career and technical education programs.
There are three categories of the ACTE Excellence Awards:
Nominated Awards
These awards are submitted by a nominator who is an ACTE member in good standing. They include the following:
ACTE Member Awards
These awards are limited to individuals who have won at both the state and Regional level prior to competition at the national level (see State and Regional Competitions Web page for details). They include the following:
Essay Contests
These contests are sponsored or co-sponsored by ACTE and require a written essay for consideration for the cash prizes. They include the following:
All awards, except Policymaker of the Year, ACTE/NIOSH School Lab Safety Award, and Cliff Weiss Memorial Essay Contest are administered by the Association’s Awards Committee. The Committee, which comprises one representative from each of ACTE’s five Regions and a chair, is responsible for recommending awards programs to the Association’s Board of Directors, setting criteria for awards, reviewing applications, recommending award recipients to the Board and overseeing all aspects of the recognition program for award winners.
The Policymaker of the Year and ACTE/NIOSH School Lab Safety awards are announced or presented each March at the National Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C.
Important Deadlines
Application Materials
Detailed information about the Excellence Awards for 2013, including application procedures, is contained on each award Web page. Please pay careful attention to the information concerning criteria, eligibility and application procedures for each award. If you have any questions, contact the awards committee liaison at ACTE Headquarters for assistance.
All national award nominees must submit materials as outlined. Nomination packets or dossiers that do not follow the rules listed will be rejected and returned. All applications should be submitted electronically.
For questions regarding ACTE Excellence Awards, please contact the awards liaison at 703-683-3111.
2012 Award Prize PackPartners
Thanks to the generous companies who participated in the first ACTE Awards Prize Pack!
ETA International
Oklahoma CIMC
EdITS Publishing
Lab-Volt Systems Inc.
Career Communications Inc.
NOCTI
Stratasys Inc.
SolidWorks
John Wiley & Sons
CEV Multimedia
"NOCTI appreciated the opportunity to participate in the first ACTE Award Prize Pack campaign. It was a pleasure to assist ACTE in honoring the national/Regional award winners. Not only did it provide us an opportunity to provide the winners with some useful NOCTI products and services, it also allowed us to interact with the winners, as many of them stopped by the booth and/or sent a personal note of thanks for donating. We are looking forward to being a long-standing contributor to this annual activity!”
—Amie Birdsall, Customer Care and Outreach Division Manager, NOCTI