The national organization that promotes career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development, and supports CTE professionals. http://www.acteonline.org
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Events
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- National Policy Seminar
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Monday, March 9 at 8:00am - 2008 ACTE Convention and Caree...
Charlotte Convention Center
Thursday, December 4 at 12:00am - CTE Month
All over the US
Friday, February 1 at 12:00am
Association for Career and Technical Education Obama announces nominee for Asst Secretary for Vocational & Adult Ed: Brenda Dann-Messier.
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Rafael Borras, Under Secretary for Management , Department of Homeland Security
Association for Career and Technical Education CTE article in NYT:
Source: www.nytimes.com
Employers are begging for specially skilled applicants in fields like critical care nursing and geology.
Association for Career and Technical Education DoE and National Research Center for CTE announce green Programs of Study grant recipients
Source: 136.165.122.102
The mission of the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education is to improve the engagement, achievement and transition of high school and postsecondary CTE students through technical assistance ...
Association for Career and Technical Education Does anyone have contact info for a Nashville celebrity? It's for an interview to help promote the upcoming ACTE conference in Music City
Association for Career and Technical Education New podcast with PTA President Byron Garrett at http://careertechtalk.podbean.com, and ACTE President Bryan Albrecht travels to Jordan with DOE for international conference on community colleges
Source: careertechtalk.podbean.com
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Association for Career and Technical Education
2009 Convention early-bird deadline ends in a month! Save 30 percent on your registration fees and make use of set-aside funds that you might lose at the close of the school year
http://www.acteconvention.com
Source: www.acteconvention.com
Mark your calendar today for the best professional development event of the year, Nov. 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Sign petition for Perkins funding for CTE:
http://petition.takepart.com/pressurecoo
Source: petition.takepart.com
Career and technical education helps prepare youth and adults for the future by building the skills that are essential to strengthening the American workforce and ensuring the nation’s economic competitiveness.
Association for Career and Technical Education Find a showing of Pressure Cooker, an inspiring story of culinary students and their teacher preparing for a culinary competition.
Source: www.participantmedia.com
Pressure Cooker profiles the lives of three high school seniors from Northeast Philadelphia, each with unique hardships but with the shared goal of winning scholarships to the country's best culinary schools. ...
Association for Career and Technical Education ACTE Pre-Convention Tour of WMH product showroom and distribution center (WMH is a subsidiary of Walter Meier Holding AG). Innovations in woodworking and metalworking and how WMH successfully designs high-quality and innovative equipment, manufactures around the world, and distributes. Only 50 people! http://www.acteconvention.com
Association for Career and Technical Education Share your thoughts about CTE news, economic recovery, challenges, best practices and more on the ACTE discussion forums: http://www.acteonline.org/forum.aspx
Association for Career and Technical Education Secretary Duncan announces competitive grant to establish community college programs and national models that prepare displaced workers for second careers. Applications due August 7.
Secretary Duncan Announces Grant Competition to Retrain Displaced Workers, Help Rebuild America's Ec
Source: www.ed.gov
Secretary Arne Duncan visited the Milwaukee Area Technical College to announce a $7 million special competitive grant to establish innovative and sustainable community college programs that prepare displaced workers for second careers. ...
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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) questioned U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan about the need for 21st Century skills: http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=313
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ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Carol Dvorak wins HBO’s “Who’s Your No. 1 Lady?” contest! http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
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Another NPR story on job training: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story
Association for Career and Technical Education CTE is starting to take the stage in the national media! NPR broadcast a story May 20 on CTE with Wilma Stephenson, culinary teacher profiled in the film Pressure Cooker. The interviewer asked if CTE is a trap for disadvantaged students! Give your feedback on how wrong this perspective is!
Source: www.npr.org
Wilma Stephenson's culinary arts course at Philadelphia's Frankford High School is not your mother's home-economics class. Stephenson and her students are the subject of the new documentary Pressure Cooker. ...
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Link to recording of Green Tech Webinar: http://www.acteonline.org/multimedia.asp
Association for Career and Technical Education
Free Webinar on green technology jobs, curricula, resources and partnership models, May 20 at 4pm EDT. http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Association for Career and Technical Education You can help CTE get media coverage by reaching out to local media with your success stories in CTE. Learn how to make contact:
Source: www.acteonline.org
ACTE is currently conducting a media campaign to encourage Members of Congress to increase funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins) to $1.4 billion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. ...
Association for Career and Technical Education Secretary Duncan spoke to students in Detroit who have beaten the odds to graduate. They recommended hands-on learning and CTE to him! Please share
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
DETROIT -- Four of Dennis Black's childhood friends have been shot to death. Last year, he quit the Cody High School football team for a job at Popeyes to help his mother pay rent. He failed ninth grade on his first try but is on track to get a diploma. Many of his peers aren't.
Association for Career and Technical Education Another Pre-Con Workshop for the 2009 Convention: Willard Daggett will address developing creative new programs that blend the best of academic and CTE programs. Topic include: CTE in school reform, leadership strategies for integrating CTE and academics, and rigor and relevance.
Source: www.acteconvention.com
Mark your calendar today for the best professional development event of the year, Nov. 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Association for Career and Technical Education
ACTE has a step-by-step action plan you can follow for contacting your legislators to get more funding for Perkins in the budget proposal. Learn more at http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Source: www.acteonline.org
President Obama released his detailed Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget this morning and has proposed to level-fund the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act at FY 2009 levels. Although the inclusion ...
Association for Career and Technical Education Check out FCCLA in the running for the Act Out Loud safe teen driving PSA contest. http://actoutloud.org/#/home
Source: actoutloud.org
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Career and technical education gets level funding in Administration's proposed FY10 budget! Prepare to take some action soon to get that funding raised! http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Source: www.acteonline.org
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Today, the White House unveiled its Fiscal Year 2010 budget request, proposing level funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act) at $1.3 billion. The ...
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Techniques magazine introduces an interactive, digital edition. You can flip pages as you would with the print edition, click links, zoom in and out, even watch video ads. http://www.acteonline.org/tech_may09.htm
Source: www.acteonline.org
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Register for Green Economy Webinar May 20 at 4pm EDT - https://ciscosales.webex.com/ciscosales/
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Check out our new Web page with a ton of resources on the economic stimulus package - http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Association for Career and Technical Education
Promoting CTE in the Media Teleconference May 7, 2pm EDT http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Association for Career and Technical Education
Education for the Green Economy Webinar May 20, 4-5pm EDT http://www.acteonline.org/content.aspx?i
Association for Career and Technical Education ACTE releases issue brief highlighting need for STEM CTE programs to meet workforce demands: