About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide educational leadership in developing a competitive workforce. Indiana ACTE strives to empower educators to deliver high-quality CTE programs that ensure all students are positioned for career success.
In-ACTE Views on Diversity and Inclusion
The IN-ACTE Board of Directors is deeply appreciative of the National ACTE Diversity Task Force’s hard work, time, and energy in developing recommendations for the board to consider. Diversity and inclusion are important issues for ACTE. Building upon the work of the Diversity Task Force, the ACTE Board of Directors developed a Board Statement to address diversity and inclusion. Indiana ACTE promotes high-quality CTE programs for diverse audiences. We continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diversity of the CTE community. We are committed to equity, access, inclusion, and diversity throughout our organization.
We stand behind and support the Board Statement developed by the ACTE Board of Directors. We believe in cultivating and upholding an inclusive culture in order to better serve our students, businesses, and communities. There is nothing we love to do more than serve you.
What We Value
Member Value and Engagement
Indiana ACTE’s success is dependent on our educators and also those whom we serve. By strengthening and supporting leadership and alignment throughout this infrastructure, we will increase both capacity and, more importantly, member value. We also have implemented our Focus|ED program. Focus|ED is a recruitment and retention program for CTE teachers in the state of Indiana. The main objective of Focus|ED is to give teachers the resources to continue to grow and enjoy teaching CTE. Focus|ED is free to all CTE teachers and directors.
Using information given by teachers and directors in CTE, Focus|ED will build custom professional development for all CTE instructors. This will help support the needs of directors as well as teachers, mentors, and coaches. Focus|ED also seeks to give teachers opportunities with businesses and post secondary partners. Additionally, the hope is to recruit new teachers and grow the CTE community.
Indiana ACTE has strategized ways to make our plans a reality. These include efforts to:
Professional and Leadership Development
Indiana ACTE aims to reinvent our professional development system. Our intention is to help grow every member every year. Our current resources and delivery systems will be evolved to meet the needs of our educators from before service to retirement. The system will use professional development to transform Indiana ACTE members from learners to leaders. We will provide high-quality professional development available through a variety of delivery channels.
Indiana ACTE takes pride in its efforts to help others through their educational and career journeys. In order to be able to meet the professional and leadership goals we have in place, we plan to:
Advocacy and Awareness
ACTE is seen as the credible source of information on U.S. career and technical education. Through CTE brand development, advocacy, and prioritized audience targeting, ACTE can impact the perceived value of CTE. Ultimately, Indiana ACTE can use its own reputation and that of ACTE to advocate for and change perceptions of CTE in targeted audiences.
As we all know, education is important. Some may feel that a four-year degree is not something they would be interested in and think they have no other options. That’s where we can offer a helping hand. By doing this, we not only help our fellow Hoosiers, but we also are able to begin filling the skills gap as shown here. In order to successfully accomplish this, we must:
We want to better serve our Hoosiers. If we are to create better skills, opportunities, and livelihoods for them, we must ensure they know Indiana ACTE is here to help them. We must:
Strategic Partnerships
Indiana ACTE is partnered with a variety of organizations. We do this so we can serve as a liaison between business leaders, education leaders, and policymakers. Expanded connections and shared initiatives with the Indiana Department of Education, Engineering/Technology Educators of Indiana, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vincennes University, IVY Tech Community College, and the Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts will provide our students with the support needed to further their education and profession.
Indiana ACTE forms partnerships with you in mind. We have connections throughout Indiana that will benefit you during your education and career development. We chose to do this to:
Innovation
From expanding CTE opportunities for middle school students to addressing emerging occupations, local programs need access to innovative curriculums and approaches aligned with Indiana ACTE’s high quality CTE framework to meet the education and training needs of Indiana’s students and employers. Indiana ACTE’s expansive delivery structure offers an extraordinary path to identify and cultivate innovation throughout its system. Innovation is a vital component in order to continue successful and growth-oriented operations. We would like to continue to grow to better serve Hoosiers. To do this we must:
