Washington Association for Career and Technical Education
WASHINGTON ACTE SECTIONS:
The Washington Association for Career and Technical Education (WA-ACTE) is organized into 8 Sections to provide members with professional development resources, events, and networking opportunities specific to their position or area of expertise. Members designate at least one Section when they join WA-ACTE, and an elected Representative represents each Section on WA-ACTE’s Executive Board.
The Administration Section informs members on current WA-ACTE policies and issues and their implications for developments and advancements in all facets of CTE programming. We strive to create, promote, and implement high-quality professional standards across the full spectrum of CTE, to provide professional development opportunities for our members and to work in concert with complementary WA-ACTE Sections, agencies, organizations, and institutions.
The Agricultural Education Section members include agricultural sciences teachers, state agricultural education leaders, and university agricultural educators. Our mission is to prepare students for successful careers and a lifetime of choices in the global agriculture and natural resources systems. We embrace partnerships and strategic alliances to ensure a continuous presence of the agricultural sciences in a variety of educational settings.
The Business and Marketing Education Section is a diverse group of members dedicated to educating today’s students for tomorrow’s business community. We invite those who hold the following positions and anyone interested in our field to get involved with our Section: business and marketing education teachers, applied academic teachers, administrators, school-to-careers coordinators, business leaders, local and state supervisors, teacher educators, and students in career, technical and business education teacher prep programs.
The Career Counseling and Employment Readiness Section is comprised of career guidance professionals who work in a variety of settings and design, implement, and evaluate career development programming to support CTE, career decision making and career pathways. We strive to provide our members with valuable resources and opportunities for professional development, advocacy, networking and career enhancement. Within our Section, we are also pleased to offer the School-to-Work/Careers section. Our section also includes a diverse group of professionals including work-based learning coordinators, apprenticeship coordinators, K-12 and postsecondary educators, business and community partners, program administrators and state workforce representatives. We strive to provide our members with valuable resources and opportunities for professional development, leadership and networking as we help students build awareness of potential careers, explore career opportunities and prepare for their future.
The Family and Consumer Sciences Education Section promotes and enhances education throughout the United States with a mission to empower individuals and families across their life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society. We strive to prepare our students for families, work, community and their interrelationships.
The Technology Education Section is comprised of members who are dedicated to preparing individuals for STEM-related careers, including engineering, technology, design and applied aspects of science and mathematics. Members exchange the latest innovative thinking in the field, collaborate with other WA-ACTE Sections to infuse, where relevant, STEM into CTE curricula, and enrich secondary and postsecondary CTE classroom experiences for their students. Our Section also includes secondary and postsecondary instructors and professors, representing a variety of trades, including carpentry, masonry, electrical and construction management; automotive technology; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; computer-aided drafting and manufacturing; and cosmetology. Together, they influence national policy and cooperate with federal and state authorities in promoting high standards and developing sound practices across trade and industrial education programs.
The Health Science Education Section includes instructors, administrators, applied academics instructors, local and state supervisors, teacher educators and others who are dedicated to educating today’s students for tomorrow’s health care community. Our members serve as advisers for HOSA-Future Health Professionals, bring a wealth of experience directly from industry and prepare youth and adults for such careers as nursing, dental hygiene and dental assisting, home health aide and medical technician professions.
The New and Emerging in Washington Section represents CTE professions and interests that are distinct from other WA-ACTE Sections. We are made up of special interest sub-sections. Whether members serve in an instructional, administration or support capacity, we offer representation of their diverse interests to the CTE community.