Iowa Association for Career and Technical Education is offering a $1,000 scholarship for a student who is entering their junior or senior year in preparation for teaching in Career and Technical Education.  They must be majoring in an Iowa teacher licensure program in one of the CTE areas in Iowa.  Priority will be given to a students with previous CTE and CTSO experience while in high school or in an Applied Science program at a community college.  A minimum of a 2.5 GPA is required and a current transcript must be included to verify GPA and major. Click here for more information.

• CTE Presidential Scholar Information for Iowa ACTE
• Presidential Scholar Nomination Form
• Iowa ACTE CTE Presidential Scholars Nomination Rubric

CTE Day at the Capital
February 11, 2021

Goals: Champion state legislators to advocate for Career and Technical Education Heighten awareness about Iowa ACTE within Iowa

Objectives/Action of the day:

• Showcase high quality CTE Programs from across the state at displays with students
  explaining the benefit and learning as a result of CTE and CTSO’s (Career and Technical
  Student Leadership Organizations).
• Sponsor several tables from each division with displays (20+ tables total) -Agriculture,
  Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Science and Industrial Technology.
• Advocate how CTE prepares students for contributing to society and the economy.
• Build rapport with our state representatives and senators by making personal contacts,
  through appointments made prior to the day (see link below to Find Your Legislators).
• Experience the importance of being active in State government.

Do you know and regularly communicate with your state and federal legislators? Do you monitor and advocate for legislation that is critical or detrimental to career and technical education? IACTE wants to link you to key legislative initiatives at the state and national levels:

• ACTE National Policy Seminar
• Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
• Iowa’s Five-year Perkins Plan
• CTE State Profiles (search Iowa and all topics)
• Iowa Legislation
• Iowa Secondary CTE Task Force

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