The elections are behind us and excitement about the future
is everywhere! As educators we see
reasons to be optimistic and yet there are many challenges ahead. Your organization, ACTE Az, is prepared to work
on a variety of issues facing Career and Technical Education in Arizona. Here are a handful of priorities for the
upcoming year:
Work with the Arizona Department of Education to
ensure that there are not roadblocks which prohibit qualified teachers from
other states, and persons from industry, from entering the teaching
profession.
Work with the Arizona Department of Education to
determine how applied mathematics can apply to graduation requirements. While our Pre-engineering students may need
Algebra 3-4, Calculus or Trigonometry, students in many of our programs would
be better served by applied mathematics, applied geometry, and applied
algebra.
Continue to work with the legislature to ensure
full funding of JTEDs including ADM and inflation.
Clean up the wording in the current legislation
allowing us to report costs by program instead of by course. Additionally,
relative to funding central campus programs, a change in the wording from
"owned and operated by" to "owned and/or operated by" would allow us to
rent/lease satellite facilities in the evenings, summer or weekends to run
"central campus programs" and generate additional ADM.
Are you aware of issues
that impact our CTE programs? Please
contact either Jim Brown
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or Curt Bertelsen
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with your concerns. Our organization is committed to serving
teachers and students.
