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Legislative Update—2011 Year in Review

2012 ACTE National Policy Seminar
March 5-7, 2012 

CTE Works! 

Join us again in March for the 2012 ACTE National Policy Seminar—beef up your advocacy skills, meet with important Members of Congress and hear from national leaders in education. Registration (print form) is now open!

ACTE is beginning the process of collecting information from members related to the next reauthorization of Perkins, which could begin as early as 2012. We need your input! Please respond to the following question and check back regularly for new poll questions. You can also leave more extensive comments on the CTE Policy Watch Blog.

Upcoming Webinars—click the links to register! 

• 21st-century Skills in the CTE Classroom  (Jan. 23, 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT): In this second event in ACTE's educational technology Webinar series, business and computer technology teacher Melanie Wiscount (also a Microsoft Partners in Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum winner) shares activities and assessments to help you incorporate 21st-century skills and technologies into CTE instruction and learning. Watch the first in the series here (recorded Webinars are available to ACTE members only). Join us for this in-depth Webinar!
• CTE=Economic Development: A Five-step Process to Ensure a Strong Return on Investment for Your Program  (Jan. 31, 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT): Join ACTE for an hour-long Webinar that will guide you through a proven, results-based approach to calculating the return on investment for your CTE program. Robin Parker of Mississippi State shares lessons from her work developing secondary occupational-specific curriculum frameworks and research-based, standards-based curriculum and assessment for CTE educators. Attend this Webinar to get the strategy and tools you need to turn your program into a visible, indispensable profit center for your community.

ACTE has launced a new blog, Educators in Action! Check in to see CTE practitioners tell their stories and offer best practices from the field. Interested in submitting? Submit your relevant blog post (500 words or less) and a photo of yourself to onlinemedia@acteonline.org.

You can also keep up with the latest from Capitol Hill on the CTE Policy Watch blog, your home for CTE policy and advocacy news, or follow developments leading up to the 2011 Convention and Career Tech Expo on the ACTE Convention Blog, then follow along with the action during the event itself.