Awards
K-ACTE Awards Portal is now OPEN for 2024
Click here to nominate yourself or a colleague for one of the award categories below.
Applications are due: June 1st, 2024
Awards will be presented to winners on July 29th over breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn, Manhattan, KS during the Awards Ceremony of the K-ACTE Summer Conference.
More Information
The K-ACTE Awards Program seeks 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. The State Awards Program is modeled off the ACTE Program.
State winners will be eligible to proceed to the regional competition and national competition with the exception of Kansas only awards: Young Teacher of the Year, Award of Merit, and Policymaker of the Year.
Award Categories
Kansas Only awards include: Young Teacher of the Year; Award of Merit; and Policymaker of the Year
ACTE Teacher of the Year
Full-time classroom/laboratory CTE teachers at the middle or secondary school level
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year
Full-time classroom/laboratory CTE teachers/educators at the postsecondary level
Outstanding Career and Technical Educator
ACTE Administrator of the Year
Full-time classroom/laboratory CTE teachers (at the middle/secondary/postsecondary level) with 3-5 years’ experience
Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher
ACTE Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award
Individual ACTE members who have contributed to CTE’s positive impact on communities and the lives of individuals
ACTE Counseling & Career Development Professional Award
Full-time school counselors and guidance professionals
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award*
Individual ACTE members whose dedicated contributions have been identified with the work and purposes of the association over an extended period of time
Applications
All nominations for awards must be submitted through the ACTE Awards Portal.
All awards are administered by the K-ACTE Awards Committee.
Deadline
The deadline is June 1st, 2024.
Questions
Contact the K-ACTE Office at: (785) 233-2690, or e-mail: melissa@kearneyandassociates.com
