Summer Quarterly News Update

Greetings Region IV ACTE members!

As I write my first quarterly newsletter as your Region IV Vice-President, I hope you all are just as excited about the new school year as I am. One of the greatest things about a career in education, is you have the chance to start over each year. In early July, I participated in my first ACTE Board of Directors board meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. As an ACTE member, you should feel confident that our association is in great hands with an amazing ACTE staff and awesome board of directors. We learned how fiscally sound our association is, conducted the necessary business of the association and listened to updates from our career and technical education (CTE) liaisons and report out summaries from ACTE staff. The future of CTE is bright!

Also, in July, I traveled to Biloxi, Mississippi, to visit and speak at the MSACTE Summer Conference. It was an honor to speak to 1,400 CTE educators participating in professional development and celebrating their CTE award winners. More recently, OkACTE just wrapped up our 56 Annual Summit, where 4,000 CTE educators gathered in Tulsa to celebrate our CTE Award winners, listen to keynote speaker Kevin Brown and participate in divisional professional development. I appreciated the invite from MSACTE, and I hope to have the opportunity to visit the remaining four state’s conferences in the future.

Again, I hope you have a wonderful school year and I hope to see you all at ACTE's CareerTech VISION in Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 29–Dec. 2. Also, mark your calendar for ACTE's Region IV Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 17–19, 2024.

Michael Culwell

VP, ACTE Region IV

From ACTE

Upcoming Conferences & Events

Early Bird Deadline Ends

Aug. 31!

ACTE’s CareerTech VISION, happening Nov. 29–Dec. 2 at the Phoenix Convention Center in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, is the most comprehensive national conference for career and technical educators! Attendees can experience featured keynote speakers and leaders on our main stage, hundreds of concurrent program sessions covering high-quality secondary and postsecondary CTE, the CareerTech Expo, a reimagined Career Pavilion, and more. Be sure to register by Aug. 31 to secure the best rates!

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Calling All Law & Public Safety Educators

Join us for the LAPSEN National Conference at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION! The Law and Public Safety Education Network (LAPSEN) is pleased to offer its national conference in conjunction with ACTE’s CareerTech VISION to provide the opportunity for attendees to take advantage of both events. The LAPSEN National Conference, happening Nov. 28–29 in Phoenix, Arizona, will cover:

· Law and public safety pathways

· Youth preparation

· Industry partner strategies to develop a pathway between education programs and careers

There are also CareerTech VISION pre-conference offerings on a variety of certifications and training with a featured Phoenix Police Academy Tour on Nov. 27, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

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Transform Postsecondary CTE

Join us at ACTE’s Postsecondary CTE Summit, happening Sept. 20–22 in Denver, Colorado, to address:

Best practices related to faculty recruitment and retention
How to collect data on special populations to help mediate equity gaps
Building partnerships to support your work and ensure that your postsecondary CTE students are successful in their educational journeys and beyond

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Calling All CTE Administrators

Hosted by NCLA and the Administration Division of ACTE, Best Practices and Innovations in CTE Conference provides tailored professional development for CTE administrators of both secondary and postsecondary CTE programs and institutions. Featured topics include mentoring CTE teachers, marketing your CTE programs to your district, business and industry partnerships and more! The event happens Sept. 27–29 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Leadership Program Opportunities

Application Deadline for ACTE’s Leadership Programs is Sept. 1

ACTE’s premier leadership programs provide CTE professionals opportunities to enhance their leadership potential through the following three yearlong programs.

ACTE National Leadership Fellowship — Fellows will receive a $1,500 stipend and complimentary registration to ACTE’s CareerTech VISION and National Policy Seminar.

NextLevel Postsecondary CTE Fellowship — Fellows will receive a program stipend and complimentary registration to ACTE’s Postsecondary CTE Summit and CareerTech VISION.

IAED Mentorship Program, sponsored by IMAGO — Participants will receive complimentary registration to ACTE’s CareerTech VISION and free access to IMAGO’s intelligence learning platform content.

The deadline to apply for these leadership programs is Sept. 1. For more information, contact Lauren Fillebrown, ACTE’s senior manager of leadership program.

Resources

New Teach CTE Teacher Recruitment Toolkit

Help raise awareness of the CTE teacher shortage with students, potential career changers and other CTE stakeholders by using these tools to help build interest in CTE education as a profession. This toolkit, designed to help you spread the word about the benefits of choosing to be a CTE educator, contains several print- and web-ready pieces, including promotional materials, social media messages, and graphics and videos.

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Upcoming Free Webinars from ACTE

Help from Above: How to Maximize Support from Your Supervisor (or Committee), Sep. 14 at 1:00 p.m. EST
- WBL for All: Tools for Improving WBL Access, Sep. 28 at 3:00 p.m. EST
- I Need Help! Seeking Support from a Mentor and a Sponsor, Oct. 12 at 1:00 p.m. EST

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