2024 Excellence Award Winners
The ACTE Excellence Awards recognize those 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 their students and being committed to CTE. All ACTE Excellence Awards are presented at the ACTE Awards Gala in conjunction with ACTE’s CareerTech VISION.
Teacher of the Year
Administrator of the Year
Rod Belnap – Hooper, UTTeacher Educator of the Year
Laura Van Waardhuizen – Ames, IALifetime Achievement
Postsecondary Professional of the Year
New Teacher of the Year
Counseling and Career Development Professional Award
Carl Perkins Community Service Award
The Member Awards recognize ACTE members who have contributed to the success of CTE through the quality of their work and their involvement in the CTE community. Click here to learn more!
Do you know a business leader, organization or CTE champion who deserves recognition? Learn more about nominations for ACTE’s new Business-Education Partnership Award and the Champion for CTE Award.
Visit our award winner archive to learn more about past winners or return to the Excellence Awards homepage.
