ACTE Announces 2017 Region III Excellence Award Winners, National Award Finalists
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June 26, 2017
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Kate Dowdy, ACTE
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ACTE Announces 2017 Region III Excellence Award Winners, National Award Finalists
ALEXANDRIA, VA—The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Region III Excellence Awards:
ACTE Region III Teacher of the Year—Jill Johnson from St. Paul, Minnesota
ACTE Region III Career Guidance Award winner—Carrie Hanson from Alexandria, Minnesota
ACTE Region III Administrator of the Year—Michael Lehn from St. Cloud, Minnesota
ACTE Region III Postsecondary Teacher of the Year—Sally E. Arnett-Hartwick from Normal, Illinois
ACTE Region III New Teacher of the Year—Elizabeth Chambers from Freeport, Illinois
ACTE Region III Carl Perkins Community Service Award winner—Tiffany Kauffman from Seymour, Missouri
ACTE Region III Lifetime Achievement Award—Jeanette A. Karjala from Winona, Minnesota
The Region winners were announced at an awards ceremony during the ACTE Region III conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 23, 2017. Region winners were selected from among state award winners in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
The ACTE Excellence Awards promote merit in career and technical education (CTE) by recognizing individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to CTE, programs that exemplify the highest standards and organizations that have conducted activities to promote and expand CTE programs. Award winners serve as inspirational leaders to ACTE: they embody the core values of serving students and being committed to CTE. For more information about the ACTE Excellence Awards, please click here.
The Region III winners will progress as national finalists in their categories. The national winners will be announced at the ACTE Awards Banquet, a dinner and award presentation recognizing the best CTE educators in the country, which will take place on December 6, 2017 during ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.
About ACTE
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the nation’s largest not-for-profit association committed to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers. ACTE represents the community of CTE professionals, including educators, administrators, researchers, school counselors, guidance and career development professionals and others at all levels of education. ACTE is committed to excellence in providing advocacy, public awareness and access to resources, professional development and leadership opportunities.