Last week, over 200 leaders in Career Technical Education came together in Washington, D.C. for the annual Spring Meeting to collaborate, learn, and honor our 11 Excellence in Action award recipients. Attendees and speakers took to Twitter to keep the conversation going. Below are the top 10 tweets from the meeting.
“Our classrooms are powered by the hearts of our educators” THANK YOU @DrSandraClement for sharing your amazing work at the #CTESpringMtg
— Meredith Hills (@hills_meredith) April 5, 2018
So honored to receive this award today. Best IT program in the nation y’all! Thank you @CSISD for pushing us to take risk. These risks turn into innovative classrooms, like ours! @AMCHSWeb @CTEWorks @SkillsUSA @actecareertech #CTE #Texcellence #SkillsUSATX #TIVA #CSISDsuccess pic.twitter.com/nrl4S5suCL
— Bart Taylor (@HowdyBart) April 5, 2018
Enjoying the @CTEWorks #CTESpringMtg meeting. CTE offers real-world skills and practical knowledge for career paths. pic.twitter.com/DPoMUwRKPh
— Siemens Foundation (@sfoundation) April 4, 2018
Inspiring remarks from Corpus Christi Principal Sandra Clement, Foy H. Moody High School. Huge challenges, huge success! #CTESpringMtg #CareerTechEd pic.twitter.com/kOj1gtS0fI
— Steve DeWitt (@edheadsteve) April 5, 2018
Learning great strategies to inform parents, school counselors, and students how CTE programs provide real-world skills! #CTESpringMtg #nccte
— Trey Michael (@runtreymichael) April 4, 2018
@ARCareerEd presenting Arkansas practices and tools for soft skills training at the Advance CTE conference to CTE state leaders across the country. @CTEWorks pic.twitter.com/m9Z1YSsJZh
— Charisse Childers (@CharissChilders) April 6, 2018
Resetting the equity conversation for CTE – there is “a lot of talking, not a lot of doing.” CTE “opens doors for those historically shut out – by intention.” #CTESpringMtg @CTEWorks @NECareerEd @UnitedWayDE @CLASPKisha @KimGreenCTE @civilrightsorg
— KatieGraham (@katie_m_graham) April 5, 2018
NGA’s @kimber_hauge talks with state representatives about strategies to scale work-based learning using best practices from the workforce team’s policy academy #CTESpringMeeting @CTEWorks pic.twitter.com/JsQRsYCKSw
— NGA (@NatlGovsAssoc) April 4, 2018
“We have to find a way to marry interest and market opportunity…you will be very unhappy later in life if you aren’t able to find a job at all.” -Nicole Smith. Preach. We must provide student advisement that supports all elements of these decisions! #CTESpringMtg @GeorgetownCEW
— Casey Haugner Wrenn (@caseyhaugner) April 4, 2018
Barriers to achieving #equity in #cte for students in poverty not surprisingly includes access to #childcare #food #transportation. #CTESpringMtg #talkpoverty @CTEWorks
— Kisha Bird (@CLASPKisha) April 5, 2018
