Wisconsin Association for Career & Technical Education
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- Who belongs to WACTE?
- Why is WACTE critical to your future?
- What other membership benefits will you receive?
- To join, please call or
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- Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical
Education
518 Potomac Lane,
Madison, Wisconsin 53719-1115
Phone 608-833-5858
WACTE is over 1000 members strong -- and growing!
Our members include new and experienced teachers, school administrators, teacher educators, career counselors, support staff, and other career and technical education professionals. They represent Wisconsin's Secondary Schools, Technical Colleges, and Universities in a variety of settings from the heart of Milwaukee or Madison to the small towns in the farthest reaches of our state. And they look to WACTE and ACTE for assistance in preparing students of all ages for tomorrow's workplace.
Why is WACTE critical to your future?
The easiest way to answer this question is for us to say "WACTE helps us to do together what we cannot do alone". WACTE helps us to do what we cannot do alone in the following ways:
Legislative Affairs
WACTE and ACTE work on legislative issues to make sure that our programs are adequately funded...and that our members get all the support they need to make the most of their professional abilities. And over the years, we've achieved an impressive track record of success. ACTE was the driving force behind the Perkins Act...the School-to-Work Opportunities Act...the Goals 2000: Educate America Act...the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...and many other pieces of landmark national legislation.
These federal funds are used to leverage state and local funds. The state and local funds used to support your specific program may be available because of federal funding matching request or because the federal funds supported another program thereby freeing up funds for you.
Federal funds are often used to support state leadership staff. Over 50% of the state leadership staff in the nation are at least partially funded by federal dollars. These state leaders provide state-level in-services, curriculum development, and student organization activities.
Federal funds are used for curriculum development activities. Whether it is at a state agency or through a curriculum center, the federal involvement has an impact on a variety of programs.
Personal and Professional Growth
WACTE and ACTE provide excellent opportunities for you to communicate, network, learn and grow as a professional educator. We serve as a center and umbrella organization for all career and technical occupations. Every member is constantly updated with the newest trends and issues facing career and technical education. We also offer numerous workshops and seminars to increase your effectiveness as a professional educator.
Public Relations
WACTE and ACTE are working to improve the image of career and technical education programs. Corporate partners are working with ACTE and WACTE has developed a corporate sponsor network as well as a supporting Foundation. These initiatives will have an impact on the perceptions of policy-makers, parents and others.
Influence
Through WACTE and ACTE educators can have a significant impact on the future direction of Workforce Development Initiatives and Public Education Policy. ACTE provides us with a voice in Washington and through our involved and dedicated members WACTE is well situated to serve as a force for positive change at the grassroots level in Wisconsin.
What other membership benefits will you receive?
WACTE's ConTechs newsletter will keep you up to date with the happenings in career and technical education around Wisconsin... Association events, timely articles, legislative news and more.
WACTE sponsored events brought to you at discounted member rates. Network with your peers at the WACTE Annual Conference, learn new techniques at one of the Association workshops, or get updated on legislative happenings and meet your state legislators at the annual Legislative Seminar.
ACTE's Techniques magazine brings you a gold mine of hands-on teaching tips... interviews with voc ed trend-setters...details on innovative pilot projects...strategies for motivating at-risk kids...the inside scoop on hot topics like tech prep, national skill standards, and what employers are looking for in entry-level workers. Plus news and reviews of educational software, hardware, books, curricula, lab equipment and more. It's an invaluable resource no vocational educator should be without!
Unique networking opportunities. Share the insights of other workforce education leaders and make valuable professional contacts at ACTE's Annual Convention, Pre-Convention Workshops, National Policy Seminar and ACTE sponsored workshops in your geographic area. All available to members at discounted rates!
Savings on ACTE professional development resources. Get the help you need to solve your most pressing problems and get a leg up on your career ladder. ACTE offers a wide range of products specially designed for career and technical educators -- including hundreds of books, guides, audio and videotapes, software programs and promotional items for Career and Technical Education Week and School-to-Career Month. And all of them are available to members at discounted rates.
$25,000 worth of common-carrier accidental death and dismemberment insurance. This valuable benefit increases $5,000 for each consecutive year of membership, up to a $50,000 value. Offered through Forrest T. Jones Company, Inc.
Member-only discounts on other ACTE publications. Tap into a direct pipeline to Washington D.C. with Vocational Education Weekly. And find out what's on the horizon in workforce development policy, co-op education, youth apprenticeship, and other work-based learning programs in School-To-Work Reporter.
You owe it to yourself to join!
Because decisions that will have a huge impact on your future are being made on Capitol Hill and in Wisconsin's state legislature -- and you owe it to yourself to have a voice in those decisions.
Because new programs, new strategies and new technologies that could help you do your job better and reach your students more effectively are being developed -- and you owe it to yourself to find out about them.
Because resources and networking opportunities that could give your career a boost and make you a more promotable professional are available -- and you owe it to yourself to take advantage of them. And because there's no better, more cost-effective way to accomplish all these goals than by joining WACTE and ACTE!
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