ACTEAZ

CTSO New Advisor Training
2024-12-05 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | ADE @ North Campus, 100 N. 15th Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85007, United States
Event Details:
*Pima JTED is excited to host CTSO New Advisor Training, facilitated by CTSO State Director Julie Ellis. Please register for this class using this link.
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) will take your CTE Program to the next level. Teachers who have strong student organizations love the benefits of having students involved in them. Students become leaders, take ownership of their CTE Program, increase their technical knowledge and skill through completion, and make friends.
Skills USA, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Future Farmers of America (FFA), Health Occupation Students Association (HOSA), Distribute Education Club of America (DECA), Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and Educators Rising are the seven approved CTSO’s in Arizona.
Come and learn about the CTSO that YOU will be advising! This is a very practical, hands-on course that provides the information, guidance, and time you need to start a chapter and meet the requirements for having a chapter. Come ready to work! By the end of the course, you will breathe a big sigh of relief as you will feel empowered to get your chapter up and running.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

CTE Program Management
2024-12-10 08:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Date: December 10th, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m.
NOTE: Registration for this Premier Series class will close November 26th, 2024. A PO must be received before you can attend the class.
CTE Program Management
Course Description:
What constitutes an “approved program”? Come and learn in depth what is required to ensure that your program is in compliance and eligible to receive Federal, State and JTED funding. You will leave with the skills needed to manage the many facets of running a premier CTE program including: purchasing, collection of data, reports, advisory committees, work-based learning, Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO), end of program assessments, attracting and retaining non-traditional students and more. You will develop a 3-year implementation plan for your own CTE Program to be a premier program!
Upon successful completion of the course which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
Location: Zoom
Cost: $100.00 per participant – Includes all materials.
LINK:
https://new.login.acteaz.org/registrations/conference/12-10-24-cte-program-management

Lesson Plan Writing
2024-12-10 08:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-19 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
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Level 2
Prerequisite: Completion of Instructional Best Practices Day 1 and Day 2
Option B approved course

This class will show you how to build a lesson plan with all the needed components for student success.
Wouldn’t you love to learn to write lessons that allow you to walk into your classroom each day feeling fully prepared? This class will help you with that goal. Each teacher will complete a task analysis for one or more measurement criteria, determine the number of lessons to be written for the unit of instruction, and write the first lesson in the unit.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

PK Test Prep
2024-12-16 16:00 - 23:00 | Online/virtual instruction
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Level 2 CTE Class
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers who must take the Assessment of Professional Knowledge Test
Session Dates: October 16 – January 27, 2025

This asynchronous online class allows you to learn at your own pace. You can access lectures, readings, and other learning materials to complete assignments and other activities at any time during the six-week period. A significant benefit to asynchronous classes is, of course, the flexibility.
This course provides an overview of standards and material covered on the NES (formerly AEPA) Professional Knowledge Assessment (Secondary). Participants will engage in discussion and application activities regarding student development and learning, assessment, instruction, the learning environment, and the professional environment.
Participants are required to attend a Zoom Kick-Off Meeting on Monday, December 16, from 4-5 pm. Participants must complete one section per week. The class will close on January 27 at midnight.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

School-Based Enterprises 1 of 5
2025-01-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Online/virtual instruction
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Participants must be in a program that can support an SBE. If you have questions, please contact PD@west-mec.org

Level 4
This class is designed for CTE teachers who create and implement a School-Based Enterprise
Participants must create a business plan for a new School-Based Enterprise (SBE) or an in-depth analysis of a current SBE to earn ADE credit
Option B approved course

This is a synchronous course that will have five (5) virtual meetings

Participants are required to be on camera and have a functioning microphone for the duration of all five virtual session
Participants must attend from a quiet, uninterrupted space
This is an interactive class that will require your active participation
After registering, a Zoom link will be sent

Participants must attend all five (5) virtual meetings from 4 pm-6 pm

Tuesday, Janaury 7, 2025
Tuesday, Janaury 14, 2025
Tuesday, Janaury 21, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

An effective school-based enterprise (SBE) provides students with the unique opportunity to develop and practice real-world industry experience while serving the needs of their campus and/or community! This course is designed to help participants successfully develop and manage a successful SBE.
Participants will analyze the key components of SBEs and identify the differences between this model and other forms of work-based learning. Participants will also identify the key elements necessary for planning and implementing a school-based enterprise, including best practices and record-keeping requirements. Throughout this course, participants will develop a business plan for their proposed enterprise.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes attending all five (5) virtual sessions and submission of classwork and homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Technical Reading & Performance Literacy Day 1
2025-01-08 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
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Level 1
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers.

This course consists of TWO 8-hour classes. You must attend BOTH classes to receive credit.
Your CTE classroom truly is the key to the meaningful application of the current career and college readiness standards. This course will give you specific examples where Arizona’s Common Core standards for Technical Literacy already exist in your CTE program, it will provide opportunities for you to incorporate additional standards into your lessons, AND it will give you strategies to take back to your classroom to increase your student’s ability to read difficult technical information more effectively.
Performance Literacy is the partner class for Technical Reading. This second course allows teachers to gain a deeper understanding of writing and speaking standards, identify how they currently use them in their programs, and determine specific steps they can take to increase their use of these standards as well as their students’ success with them.
The technical literacy standards are skill-driven and a perfect fit for our CTE programs’ focus on career AND college readiness as our students complete their programs.
Come find out why CTE really is a powerful driver for creating literate employees for our 21st-century workforce!
There is no homework for this class. Upon successful completion of Technical Reading and Performance Literacy, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

School-Based Enterprises 2 of 5
2025-01-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Online/virtual instruction

Technical Reading & Performance Literacy Day 2
2025-01-15 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States

Instructional Best Practices Day 1
2025-01-16 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
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Level 1
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers.

This course consists of TWO 8-hour classes. You must attend BOTH classes to receive credit.
This course is an introduction to the design and use of CTE curriculum. In this highly engaging course, teachers will focus on the design and delivery of relevant and engaging lessons. Special emphasis is placed on active participation strategies, a strong introduction to each lesson, clear and appropriate objective(s), a variety of ways to meet the objective(s), and closure to assess learning. These strategies will be woven across the entire workshop.
All participants whose districts are members of the AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium and who complete both days of this workshop will receive password-protected access to the Curriculum Connection with its 3500+ bank of outstanding lesson plans for more than 20 CTE programs written by Arizona CTE teachers.
This course is excellent for every teacher. Ace your next evaluation!
There is no homework for this class. Upon successful completion of BOTH Instructional Best Practices classes, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

School-Based Enterprises 3 of 5
2025-01-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Online/virtual instruction

Instructional Best Practices Day 2
2025-01-23 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States

Grading and Assessment
2025-01-27 08:00 - 16:00 | Yavapai College CTEC, 220 Ruger Road, Prescott, AZ, 86301, United States
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Level 2
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning.
How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? Learn about the wide variety of options that address both of these issues to help you develop both your own philosophy for grading as well as effective strategies for multiple ways to assess student learning and progress. You will also leave with a greater understanding of how to align testing and evaluation to your course outcomes and grading policies that will increase effective feedback for students.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

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Serving Exceptional Students In CTE
2025-02-04 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
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Level 3
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE educators.

This course is designed to provide CTE educators and other interested parties with a broad understanding of special education. During the course of this interactive class, we will cover a range of topics, including special education law, modifications, accommodations, interventions, supports, the special education process, the Response to Intervention process, and more.
Our goal is to provide you with the tools you need to serve exceptional students enrolled in CTE courses more effectively.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

School-Based Enterprises 4 of 5
2025-02-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Online/virtual instruction

Using Advisory Councils Effectively
2025-02-05 13:00 - 2025-02-06 12:00 | Prescott Resort & Conference Center, 1500 AZ-69, Prescott, AZ, 86301, United States
February 5th: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
February 6th: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (This day includes Lunch @ Midwinter Conference after course)
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Level 3
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

An energetic and involved advisory council can have a significant impact on helping your program and students achieve their goals! This interactive class is designed to ensure success in the formation and use of industry advisory councils. During this class, you will learn how to form a committee, how to conduct useful advisory council meetings, and how to use advisory council members for continuous program improvement.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
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Literacy For CTE
2025-02-10 08:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Event Details:

Level 2
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Research and experience show that implementing effective reading and terminology practices directly impacts student academic success. CTE students with strong reading and terminology skills are able to make connections to new content quicker, perform better on certifications and assessments, and engage more readily in professional communication in industry.
This course is designed to equip teachers to use their program instructional terminology along with high-yield vocabulary practices to plan and teach in both the class and hands-on settings. Whereas technical reading and performance-based literacy focus on standards for reading, writing, listening, and speaking, this course takes a deeper look at using effective reading and terminology strategies.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

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Work-Based Learning
2025-02-11 08:00 - 16:00 | JTED @ Master Pieces, 2855 W Master Pieces Drive, Building 1/PD Classroom, Tucson, AZ, 85741, United States
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Level 3
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Create meaningful work-based learning experiences for your students. This course will provide teachers with a variety of models of work-based learning along with the associated forms, agreements, and guidelines. You will select the model that is most appropriate for your situation and create a plan to implement work-based learning as a part of your premier program!
**This course satisfies the ADE requirement for the Cooperative Education Endorsement.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Classroom Management
2025-02-13 08:00 - 2025-02-14 16:00 | Pima JTED @ Master Pieces, 2855 W. Master Pieces Dr., Tucson, AZ, 85741, United States
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Level 1
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers.

In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing procedures and routines that are perfect for their situation. We will take a deep look at the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” and develop classroom rules and consequences.
Participants will be empowered to create an atmosphere that is conducive to learning and high expectations. All of this is based on the belief that excellent classroom management is built on the foundation of well-planned, relevant, and engaging lessons.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes the submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hour, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Classroom Management
2025-02-14 08:00 - 16:00 | West-MEC District Office, 5487 N. 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States

Work-Based Learning
2025-02-14 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States

Rubrics To Increase Student Success
2025-02-14 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
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Level 3
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

CTE courses are driven by student-created projects. Rubrics are an evaluation tool that can increase the quality of those student projects while simultaneously giving the teacher a quicker, fairer way to assess their quality. Come to this workshop with one or two student projects that you would like to assess more easily, and you will leave with an excellent rubric that you personalized for your classroom and the confidence and skills to create additional rubrics for the other student projects in your curriculum.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

School-Based Enterprises 5 of 5
2025-02-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Online/virtual instruction

Formative Assessments For CTE Programs
2025-02-25 08:00 - 15:30 | Pima JTED @ Master Pieces, 2855 W. Master Pieces Dr., Tucson, AZ, 85741, United States
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Level 4
No prerequisite
This class is designed for advanced CTE teachers
Option B approved course

This highly engaging course will provide you with an opportunity to evaluate the purpose of formative assessments. Topics include the role and types of assessments, the process to develop an objective assessment, as well as criteria for crafting quality multiple-choice items. You will learn the skills needed to create objective assessment items using a process that mirrors the development of items for the Arizona CTE Technical Skill Assessments. You will develop an understanding of how to assess student skills in relation to standards and Bloom’s Taxonomy levels that require the application of concepts and critical thinking. In addition to learning about assessment development, you will create formative assessment items for use with students in your CTE program and others in the CTE community.
You will be empowered to implement concepts immediately in your classroom.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Empowering Students Through Professional Skills
2025-03-04 08:00 - 15:30 | Pima JTED @ Master Pieces, 2855 W. Master Pieces Dr., Tucson, AZ, 85741, United States
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Level 3
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Please bring your Scope & Sequence
Option B approved course

This course will explore the nine Professional Skills identified by the Arizona Department of Education in collaboration with industry. Participants will identify them, use created rubrics to assess their use, explore strategies to embed them across their curriculum, and methods to evaluate students.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Grading and Assessment
2025-03-06 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
Event Details:

Level 2
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning.
How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? Learn about the wide variety of options that address both of these issues to help you develop both your own philosophy for grading as well as effective strategies for multiple ways to assess student learning and progress. You will also leave with a greater understanding of how to align testing and evaluation to your course outcomes and grading policies that will increase effective feedback for students.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

CTE Essentials
2025-03-07 08:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Event Details:

Level 1
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE employees
Option B approved course

The CTE Delivery Model is THE premier educational system for all students.
CTE Essentials will give you an overview of each of the four components of this outstanding model and allow you time to process how you can incorporate each element into all of your instructional units as you plan your program’s calendar. It will also provide some insight into the many roles a CTE teacher plays in the course of any school day, where to find support to meet those expectations, and how to transition between each of them. CTE Essentials is truly a must-have course for the teacher who is looking to build a strong program for students.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

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PK Test Prep
2025-03-10 16:00 - 23:00 | Online/virtual instruction
Event Details:

Level 2 CTE Class
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers who must take the Assessment of Professional Knowledge Test
Session Dates: March 10 – April 21, 2025

This asynchronous online class allows you to learn at your own pace. You can access lectures, readings, and other learning materials to complete assignments and other activities at any time during the six-week period. A significant benefit to asynchronous classes is, of course, the flexibility.
This course provides an overview of standards and material covered on the NES (formerly AEPA) Professional Knowledge Assessment (Secondary). Participants will engage in discussion and application activities regarding student development and learning, assessment, instruction, the learning environment, and the professional environment.
Participants are required to attend a Zoom Kick-Off Meeting on Monday, March 10, from 4-5 pm. Participants must complete one section per week. The class will close on April 21 at midnight.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Effective Demonstrations
2025-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
Event Details:

Level 2
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Whether in a welding lab or a bioscience lab, effective demonstrations are crucial. If done correctly, every student can successfully perform the new skill with little or no frustration, without wasted materials, and attain proficiency in a way that will ensure the whole class progresses at an appropriate pace. This is a real career extender! When you are successful in the lab, and the students are successful in the lab, teaching can be very rewarding. An added bonus is that students complete the new skill in a safe environment. Come and learn this four-part demonstration method.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.

Literacy For CTE
2025-03-13 08:00 - 16:00 | START @ West-MEC, 5405 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85305, United States
Event Details:

Level 2
No prerequisite
This class is designed for all CTE teachers
Option B approved course

Research and experience show that implementing effective reading and terminology practices directly impacts student academic success. CTE students with strong reading and terminology skills are able to make connections to new content quicker, perform better on certifications and assessments, and engage more readily in professional communication in industry.
This course is designed to equip teachers to use their program instructional terminology along with high-yield vocabulary practices to plan and teach in both the class and hands-on settings. Whereas technical reading and performance-based literacy focus on standards for reading, writing, listening, and speaking, this course takes a deeper look at using effective reading and terminology strategies.
Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
