Meet Ashley Adams

ACTE Engineering & Technology Education Division Vice President

Region: V
Division: Engineering & Technology Education Division
Occupation: Executive director

Employment History
Founding executive director, AME Institute: 2022–present; project director, Arts, Media and Entertainment Leadership Institute, California Department of Education: 2019–2022; arts programming consultant, Vista Unified School District: 2019–2020; arts programming consultant, Oakland School for the Arts: 2017–18

Education
Master of Arts, curriculum and instruction, Denver University; teaching credential, National University; Bachelor of Arts, theatre and English, Middlebury College

National ACTE involvement
Conference presenter, ACTE’s CareerTech VISION: 2023–25; reviewed arts, media and entertainment-related session proposals for VISION: 2024–25

Divisional ACTE involvement
Member, policy committee: 2023–present; co-lead for arts, media and entertainment area of interest within Engineering & Technology Education Division: 2023–present

Other CTE involvement
Executive director, Arts Media and Entertainment Institute: 2018–present

Platform statement
In my role as vice president of ACTE’s Engineering & Technology Education Division, I will continue to elevate the essential workplace skills of analytical and creative thinking. Our division, with its rapidly changing tools and processes, is leading the charge to ensure that students have these skills. And I am excited to bring my partnerships to the table and leverage the interest that our industry partners have in ensuring that students are prepared for the workforce. An essential part of this equation is ensuring that the teachers have the best possible training and support, and that is truly what inspires me as an educational leader: bringing teachers together with industry.