Blogs
What is the biggest challenge you face to get students excited about CTE?
When you hear the following three letters what is your first thought? CTE For me, I immediately think about career and technical education but for others they are left wondering if this is a new shortcut kids are using while texting, communication technology education, a disease associated w...
Addressing the Skilled Trades Skills Gap
In Durham, like across the country, we are facing a crisis in the skilled trades. Many of our skilled workers are aging out at a faster rate than new laborers are entering the career. From carpenters to electricians, North Carolina is facing a significant decline in skilled laborers, while the d...
Lifelong Learning Competencies
College and Career Ready Definition: “Students are considered college and career ready when they have the knowledge, skills, and academic preparation needed to enroll and succeed in introductory college credit-bearing courses within an associate or baccalaureate degree program without the ne...
Utilizing Time Away to Understand Team Dynamics
The things we’ve learned about our co-workers during this time of remote work range from knowing whether your teammates own a desk or prefer to work from their couch to their interior design preferences or what they look like without makeup and a blazer. While I thoroughly enjoy analyzing co-worke...
Transitioning To Post-Secondary Transitions That Make Sense
The transition from the familiar walls of high school to the unfamiliar greens of a college or university can be both an exciting and confusing/scary time for students. The excitement of new opportunities, new experiences, and new freedoms; the fear of the unknown that can come with those new oppo...
Mastering Appreciation
In times of stress, reflecting on the people in your life can bring you to positive spirits. Most of us in education have some way of reflecting back; senior pictures beside our desk, special trinkets reminding us of friends or family, or a binder overflowing with thank you notes from students and c...
Read Techniques in November/December. The future is emerging!
For the November/December issue of Techniques, board of directors President Doug Major wrote,
"There has never been a more exciting — and challenging — time to be part of career and technical education (CTE). We have an opportunity to work together.
To reimagine CTE in a post-pandemic world...
Make Plans to Attend ACTE’s CareerTech VISION!
CareerTech Vision is the place to be for professional development, learning about and purchasing the newest software, equipment, supplies, and networking. This conference is the largest meeting of Career and Technical Education, which focuses on secondary and postsecondary CTE. Input from all of the...
ACTE experiences CTE Learn network growth
CTE Learn is growing! ACTE is excited to announce, a total of 28 states and organizations have joined the CTE Learn network since Jan. 1, 2020. CTE Learn offers an expanded collection of online professional development courses for CTE professionals.
Help us welcome the following states and organiza...