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Influence CTE at NPS
Attend NPS 2024! Influence CTE-related policy priorities at ACTE's National Policy Seminar. With a featured event from the CTE Research Network!
NPS 2024 happens March 17–20!
Voice your CTE needs to help shape education policy priorities; participate in visits with policymakers on Capitol Hill. ...
Why go to the moon?
The student video challenge returns! ACTE, host of CTE Month, and NASA HUNCH are excited to collaborate once again.
Announcing the 2023–24 student video challenge
The contest engages students to showcase CTE and project-based learning programs in high-demand career fields on Earth and in space. ...
Join the Postsecondary CTE Summit
Join us at ACTE’s Postsecondary CTE Summit, happening Sept. 20–22 in Denver, Colorado. Help ensure that our postsecondary CTE students are successful in their educational journeys and beyond!
Address equity gaps
Build partnerships
Support educators
Identify and develop resources
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Influence policymakers at NPS
Join CTE professionals from across the nation at ACTE’s National Policy Seminar (NPS) to voice your vision on key education policy topics.
Engage policymakers on key CTE issues
Attendees will also learn about best practices for influencing federal policy, related to CTE advocacy and messaging. N...
“What is the purpose of NASA?”
The student video challenge returns! ACTE, host of CTE Month, and NASA HUNCH are excited to collaborate once again.
Enter the 2022–23 student video challenge!
The contest engages students to showcase CTE and project-based learning programs in high-demand career fields on Earth and in space. This...
Join our book club
With the support of the Inclusion, Access, Equity and Diversity (IAED) Advisory Group, ACTE members and career and technical education (CTE) professionals engage in webinars exploring IAED in CTE. Join the think tank. These interactive sessions will challenge CTE educators to consider how they may b...
Past Fellow Mentor Interview Blog
I consider myself blessed indeed to have been assigned to my mentor, Dr. Beyonka Wider! Our first conversation was like talking to a long-lost friend, like I had known her all my life! Dr.
Wider’s enthusiasm, excitement, and passion for all things CTE is absolutely contagious and is so refreshing...
Creating Real Connection: A Foundation for Strong Mentorship
If you were to ask anyone about how building a strong mentorship works, it would be to focus on building a strong connection. In meeting with Martin Hanley, my Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Fellowship Mentor, the principle of building connections was a clear focus. Our firs...
My 1st California (CACTE) Career Technical Education Board Meeting
Participation in the ACTE Fellowship Program motivated me to take an active role in my state ACTE chapter as Legislative Chair. I am honored to serve my state not only to support CACTE
members' awareness of local, state, and national CTE initiatives and funding but to personally carve out time to s...