Association for Career and Technical Education of Arizona

A Message from the President - Dean Petersen - August 2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Shelly York   
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:30

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Welcome back to the 2010-11 school year. It will be the best ever as we all work to build roads to success for our student and to enhance our own professional lives. WOW! That about sums up how people felt about the 35th annual ACTE Professional Development conference held in Tucson in July. It was a great opportunity to see old friends, meet new ones, learn new skills and network with other professionals throughout our great state. Pat yourself on the back if you were one of 1100+ that took advantage of this opportunity. Once again, the Association would like to thank the Arizona Department of Education and Arizona Tech Prep for continuing the tradition of collaboration in making this event one of the premier state conferences in the nation. Hard to believe, but plans are already underway for the 2011 Conference scheduled for July 15-20, 2011. Mark your calendars now!



Currently, plans are underway for the annual Leadership Retreat planned for September 17-18th in Tucson. This will include all of the state and affiliate officers, program liaisons, fellows and other representatives from appropriate stakeholder groups. This group will work to develop the program of activities for the current year. If you have any ideas or suggestions for the upcoming year, please contact Pam Ferguson, Executive Director for your Association (contact information in this Newsletter).



Once again, I hope that this school year is all that you hope for and that you and your students enjoy tremendous success. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as the President of our State Association and if there is anything that I can do to help you or if you have ideas that will make the Association better, don’t hesitate to contact me. Now go out and build those roads to success for yourselves and the students you serve.


Sincerely,


Dean Petersen
ACTEAZ President
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:50 )
 
August 2010 ACTEAZ Newsletter PDF Print E-mail
Written by Shelly York   
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 20:42
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Read the August 2010 ACTEAZ Newsletter to catch up on the latest ACTEAZ news.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 September 2010 21:07 )
 
Message from the Executive Director -Pam Ferguson June 10 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Shelly York   
Thursday, 01 July 2010 23:13
From the desk of Pam Ferguson, Executive Director

Leading by Learning

For all of us in Career Technical Education, this is an excellent opportunity to learn how to continue strong leadership in the CTE Community by learning with the best!

This year is our 35th Anniversary Year for the ACTE Conference in Arizona. Some of us can even take pride in the fact that we were in attendance at the f rst conference!!!  Some of us were there but hate to admit it only because that makes us realize how many years young we really are!!    But ALL of US do remember the great learning opportunities that we have been privy to for 35 years of excellent training, invaluable networking and leadership in Arizona and National Career and Technical Education.  Each year, we have had “top flight” educational presentations that has challenged each of us to be on the cutting edge of Career Technical Education and our specific CTE Curriculum fields. Another stellar feature of our ACTE Conference is the facilitated peer-to-peer sessions, where you have discussed the latest and greatest educational  strategies for the best opportunities for student achievement in our classes.  Over the decades I have been in CTE, this component has been one of the most beneficial to me as a teacher because I could learn from those who had proven track records with excellent student achievement results and they were so willing to share all their resources and lessons.  Today, this remains a viable component of the conference. All of us can relate to Sharing 101 and the unique CTE self-reinforcing loop of professionalism, enthusiasm, dedication and commitment to our passion  for Career Technical Education and its role in student achievement and workforce development in our state. CTE’s fingerprint on the student achievement data is signif cant and I am confident we will see you at the 35th Anniversary Conference to maintain the momentum, experience the new trends and data we must learn for industry in our state and globally.


Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 July 2010 23:30 )