GACTE Update
January 27, 2020.....Gold Dome, Summer Conference and More!
Greetings!
Your GACTE Team and Board of Directors have been busy representing YOU....our Members...to make sure that you have the tools, connections and support that you need to deliver high quality CTAE Instruction while preparing an educated workforce.
This Newsletter is full of helpful information as well as an update on what is happening during the 2020 Legislative Session.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or concerns.
Mission: To equip our members with leadership opportunities to advance the following priorities:
• Professional Development
• Program Excellence
• Policy Activism
• Public Relations
• Purposeful Unification
Gold Dome Report
We are anticipating that HB 444 (Dual Enrollment) will be finalized in the next few days. This bill reforms the current Dual Enrollment Bill so that the program can be sustained and healthy in the years to come. Thanks to many of you who have reached out with concerns and suggestions for changing the language in the bill.
Please follow #GoldDomeReport for a daily update of happenings at the Capital.
CTSO Day at the Capital is on February 13, 2020. Proclamations will be held in both Chambers along with a photo with the Governor. The State CTSO Officers will have an opportunity to share with their legislators throughout the morning. Lynsey Singleton, your DOE State Coordinator for CTSO's, has done a great job coordinating this day which is going to be meaningful for students and legislators.
National Policy Seminar
Come join GACTE and advocate on behalf of the career and technical education profession and increase our collective impact by participating in ACTE’s National Policy Seminar this March 29–April 1 in Arlington, Virginia. This year’s event features:
- Dedicated time on Capitol Hill to meet with legislators and advocate for your CTAE programs
- Sessions on policy and advocacy strategies to help you strengthen support for CTAE
- Updates on legislation and policies impacting CTAE
- Guidance to aid in Perkins V implementation
- An all new Innovation Summit on April 1
Register here: https://www.acteonline.org/nps/
Please send an email to jody.reeves@gacte.org if you are planning to attend. We are engaging with our Congressmen in a different way this year so please let me know so we can get you connected.
ACTE Career Tech Vision 2020-Call for Proposals
ACTE's CareerTech VISION 2020 will be held Dec. 2–5 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Are you interested in presenting a session at the conference? The call for proposals has been released. The deadline for presentation proposal submissions is Feb. 29. Please work with your CTAE Director when creating your submission. We have so many great things happening in Georgia and we need to share with others around the country.
Click here to start the submission process: https://www.careertechvision.com/submission2020.cfm
ACTE Best Practices and Innovations Conference
Interested in submitting a session proposal to present at the 2020 Best Practices and Innovations in Career and Technical Education conference? The annual conference co-hosted by the NCLA and the Administration Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education® (ACTE®) is specifically focused on the professional development for administrators of both secondary and post-secondary career and technical education programs and institutions. The conference will be held October 7-9, 2020 in Falmouth, MA.
The deadline to submit a proposal is 5 p.m. EDT, Friday March 2, 2020.
Click here to submit a proposal: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-e7MWCVwHltJX1VJzkCy4cotFthtdzM_OJz5WHB00t51ILA/viewform
GMEA Update
1) The offices of President-Elect, VP Membership, Secretary & GACTE Representative are up for election this year. The nomination forms, which require administrator signatures, will be made available by Feb. 1st on our website, mygmea.org
2) The GMEA Board looks forward to seeing many of our members at the upcoming State CDC (Career Development Conference), being held in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Jan. 30-Feb. 1st. Good luck to everyone during competition.
3) If you have questions or concerns, or want to nominate a colleague for GACTE Movers & Shakers, you can email us at GEORGIAMARKETINGED@GMAIL.COM
Summer Conference 2020
GACTE's 73rd Annual Summer Conference!
Highlights:
Keynote Speakers-Brooks Harper and Principal Baruti Kafele
Pre-Conference Tours
Professional Head Shots
8 Hours of Content Specific Programming
Registration and Housing Information coming soon! To ease the process, make sure your membership is updated and current through August 1, 2020.
Your DOE Program Specialists and GACTE Affiliate Representatives have been hard at work making sure that this is the best conference ever!
Sponsored by: GACTE, CTAERN and the Georgia DOE CTAE Division
Awards Committee Update
The Awards Committee would like the winners from the 2019 GACTE Summer Conference to please go in and revise and update your nomination, the deadline is February 15th. We will forward your information to ACTE Region II. An email has been sent to you with an attachment from ACTE concerning "Writing A Strong Nomination". In addition all divisions should have started their nominations for the 2020 GACTE Summer Program Award Nominations (2022 ACTE) for each of the categories. These nominees should be selected and one per category should be sent in a list to Angela Rucker (arucker@atlanta.k12.ga..us<mailto:arucker@atlanta.k12.ga..us>) by March 1, 2020. Please contact Angela Rucker, Bethany Gilliam or Alreda Lewis with questions.
Jody Reeves, Executive Director
Email: jody.reeves@gacte.org
Website: gacte.org
Phone: 770-367-6055
Facebook: facebook.com/@gacteinc
Twitter: @GACTE