Business Education Division
ACTE Business Education Division Vice President
Annika Russell-Manke
Mitchell Technical Institute
Mitchell, SD
The Business Education Division of ACTE® is a diverse, broad-based group dedicated to educating today’s students for tomorrow’s business community.
Business Education and Marketing Education in a Time of Uncertainty
The Association for Career and Technical Education and MBA Research have joined forces to host a live event featuring a panel of experts focused on the current state of education in the fields of business and marketing education. While no one has all the answers, we will share what we know, take questions, and are eager to learn from other participants about your promising practices in the era of COVID-19.
The skills taught in business education programs include:
- communications
- information systems/technology
- financial procedures
- economics
- entrepreneurship
- international business
- principles of management and law
- interpersonal and leadership skills
- career development
Members include educators from:
- middle schools
- junior high schools
- secondary schools
- adult education
- community and technical schools
- two-year colleges
- four-year baccalaureate degree programs
- business teacher education programs
- graduate degree programs
- other related institutions and organizations
Those who hold the following positions should become involved: business education teachers, applied academic teachers, administrators, school-to-careers coordinators, business leaders, local and state supervisors, teacher educators, students in vocational/business education teacher prep programs.
The ACTE Business Education Division is aligned with the following career clusters:
- Business, Management and Administration
- Finance
- Government and Public Administration
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information Technology
- Law, Public Safety and Security
- Marketing, Sales and Service
- Meet Annika Russell-Manke
- ACTE’s Standing Committees and Task Forces
- Policy & Planning Committee and Procedures Manual
- Business Education Division Policy & Planning Committee
- Business Education Division Meeting Minutes
- Business Education Division Reports to the Board
- Business Education Division Newsletters
- Business Education Division Awards
- Business Education Hall of Fame
- Policy Commission for Business and Economic Education