Blogs
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?
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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...
Finding CTE Mentorship, Never Compromising, and Leading from the Heart
Meet past ACTE fellow Dr. Patrick Biggerstaff, the Director of Career and Technical Education at Area 31 Career Center in Indiana. In this blog, Dr. Biggerstaff shares his career path to CTE leadership and imparts knowledge from his years of experience, as well as words of wisdom. Biggerstaff leads ...
Meet Shani Watkins – Region V Vice President
Shani Watkins, Director of the West Sound Technical Skills Center located in Bremerton, Washington. Shani has held the Director position for the last seven years and is currently serving as the ACTE Region V Vice President. Shani is the recipient of the 2022 ACTE National Administrator of the Year a...
NPS Experience
It was my honor to attend the ACTE National Policy Seminar (NPS) in Washington DC, March 20-23, 2022 and join a wonderful group of 20 ACTE new and experienced fellows who flew in from all over the United States to partake in the NPS event sessions and legislative activities. Although we met a few ti...