The Association for Career Technical Education of Arizona and the Arizona Department of Education would like to invite you to attend our 37th annual conference in Tucson, AZ.  Share your ideas and open up your network of contacts to discover new insights and valuable strategies in helping to make CTE meet the challenges ahead and shape the future for our students and the coming generations.

2012 Summer Conference Program

Conference Highlights

  • 37 years strong and continues the commitment to the Career Technical Education Fingerprints on the future
  • Networking with like-minded educators who are committed to providing the best education and career training to youths and adults
  • Accessibility to an endless portfolio of opportunities for sharing ideas, curriculum, and student achievement strategies to stay informed, prepared and motivated in the pursuit of excellence
  • Receiving creative and practical ideas and strategies thru workshops, speaker presentations and networking opportunities that can be implemented immediately upon your return to school
  • Commitment to the research to take your classes from ordinary to extraordinary
  • Learning the importance of building sustainability into your classroom curriculum that meet the needs of industry and the standards they must demand for employment
  • CTE – premier educational delivery model for student achievement
  • Conduit to educational reform that brings life, human resources and needed skills to our economy
  • Professional development opportunities in one spot that capitalizes on good old fashioned personal communication that gives greater opportunity to educational delivery that is intense, complete and relevant because of two way communication with educational and industry leaders
  • Celebrate the contributions of Career Technical Education by sharing “what works” in CTE Classrooms and Industry with professional peers
  • Educators, Business and Industry Learn, Connect and Grow and discover innovative solutions, share best practices and network at the one of CTE’s highly regarded event
  • 200 plus Sessions to Showcase
  • Academic Integration into CTE Curriculum
  • ACTEAZ Trade Show and Expo
  • Arizona CTE Technical Assessment Opportunities
  • ADE Teacher Certification On-site
  • CTE Program Areas Integration
  • Exemplary Computer Lab Sessions
  • Incorporating the Latest Technology into the Curriculum
  • Innovative Programs and Best Practices
  • Partnerships with Business and Industry
  • Postsecondary Articulation
  • Program Areas Content and Updates
  • State and Federal Legislative Updates
  • Successful Strategies