Blogs
Personal Accountability-The Way Out of the Blame Game
Are you feeling frustrated, tired of others making mistakes that make your life more difficult, wishing away the day due to all the incompetent people around you? Many days of asking yourself…why do they do it that way? Why don’t they talk to the people who actually do the job? Why must I always...
Mock It Til You Rock It! How Mock Interviews Can Benefit Students
For the past three years, the Las Cruces Public School district has worked with the New Mexico Workforce Connections office to host a mock interview event for CTE students. The event gives students an opportunity to practice their interview skills with a community member. Students and interviewe...
ACTE Fellowship Mentor Interview
It was befitting that the opportunity arose to interview Ms. Jayme Fitzpatrick prior to attending the upcoming National Policy Seminar in March. Ms. Fitzpatrick currently serves as CTE Manager for Career &Technical Education in the Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix, Arizona. A fun f...
Work-Based Learning in New Mexico
Academic Career Experience (ACE) is the work-based learning program for Las Cruces Public Schools in Las Cruces, NM. In this program, students earn credit through participating in work experience or an un-paid internship related to their chosen program of study and career interests. This is the ...
Networking for Professional Growth
Do you ever wonder how some people become a leader in their profession or how they became an industry influencer over someone else?? We all start out being beginners at something. What happens along that career journey that causes some to stand out and others to observe from the sidelines?
These ...
New Mexico ACTE Informational Socials- A Great Way to Connect!
This past year, our New Mexico Association for Career and Technical Education has hosted CTE socials on the first Wednesday of each month. These events are hosted on zoom by NMACTE President, Jeff Waugh, and NMACTE Executive Director, Carol McAllister. Each social starts out with announcements a...
Hone in on Your Leadership
Leadership means different things for different people. Oftentimes as educators, we are tasked with so many other duties that we do not have the time to hone our leadership skills. Being a part of the Association for Career and Technical Education Fellowship Program is allowing me to do just that.
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My Mentor
It's hard to wear several hats, but Angie Koontz does it as well as anyone can. She is a mother, wife, CTE advocate, UDL expert, and she also has a day job she does very well, a school counselor. While excelling in all of these roles, there is one constant that drives her, an wavering commitment to ...
Interview with Betty Lieu, Esq. Torrance Unified School District Board Member
We are very fortunate to have Betty Lieu on the Torrance Unified School District school board as our district advocate for CTE and STEAM education. Betty Lieu has served on our school board for the past four years. She is also a Torrance Unified School District parent and resident in Torrance. Betty...
Region III Vice President Interview
No average person can become an ACTE Region VP and Lisa Stange is no average person. Despite thinking she never wanted to become an educator Lisa was called to it thanks to her experiences in her high school FACS classes. After earning her FACS educator degree from Iowa State University, Lisa worked...