Blogs
Becoming more in ACTE
When I began my teaching career, I joined ACTE because my college professor encouraged me to do so. I found I loved attending my state ACTE conferences. They were held in a fun city and I got to meet new people and see old friends. It became something I looked forward to...
North Carolina Career and Technical Education Summer Conference July 2017
The North Carolina CTE State Conference is held each year in Greensboro, North Carolina. The conference begins on Sunday with some pre-conference sessions and sessions for directors and select participants. The main sessions of the conference begin on Tuesday afternoon with an opening...
Participation with State Organization
Over the course of my fellowship year, I have been blessed to learn more about the state organization and begin to participate more with the overall operation of the organization. I was asked this year to become the chair of the Ways and Means Committee after being a general committee member...
Time with Ruth Huff
The North Carolina Executive Director of NCACTE is Ruth Huff. Ruth has been in education for many years. She started out in education as a Health Occupations teacher in a rural North Carolina school district.
Ruth and I have been in the process of discussing the creation of a North Carolina L...
Creating Innovative Partnerships
Growing a supportive community around my programs has been essential to ensuring their success. Here are some examples of connections I’ve made in and outside my school that have improved opportunities for my students:
Local Businesses: Growing partnerships with local businesses is hard work,...
Innovating in a Computer Sciences Classroom
I teach computer technology and CompTIA A+ certification at Thomas A. Edison CTE High School in the New York City public school system.
Here are some of the strategies I’ve used to make my program successful:
Hands-On Performance Exams: I use official and approved online course data to give ...
Challenging the Status Quo: Innovation in CTE
In my many years as a teacher of technology in the New York City public high school system, I’ve found that my drive to not follow the status quo—whether it’s
integrating something new into my classes each school year or finding fresh ways to advocate for my program—has been a constant unde...
Thinking Outside the Box: A Confectionery Tale
The Kokomo Area Career Center (KACC), which is operated by the Kokomo School Corporation in Kokomo, Indiana, never stops looking outside of the box for meaningful learning experiences for its students from nine different high schools.
I have been teaching Culinary Arts and Baking Pastry at the KA...
IES Now Funding Innovative CTE Research Projects
CTE is enjoying renewed attention in education policy and practice, however, the body of CTE research to guide decision-making is relatively small. This has become more noticeable under the requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), as districts and states are using CTE in their educatio...
Rethinking Internships
For the past 9 years, I have been the coordinator for the marketing work-based learning program at my school. I have coordinated countless learning opportunities for students in the work force. My work has provided students experience in areas that relate to their career goals. ...