We invite state and local secondary and postsecondary educators, administrators and leaders, as well as workforce and economic development partners to join us at the premier Career Technical Education (CTE) professional development event of the year!

The Achieving Excellence Institute includes engaging hands-on workshops and interactive breakout sessions offering new perspectives and techniques on cultivating high-quality CTE in your school, district, and state. Hear from our Excellence in Action award winners who were selected for exemplary performance in the implementation of a Career Cluster-related program of study. And get to see and experience excellence in action by touring industry or educational programs around the Phoenix metro area. Here is a sampling of the session topics:

• Best practices/models of exemplary Career Cluster programs of study design and implementation
• Integration of the Common Core State Standards and CTE
• Career guidance/advisement
• Perkins reauthorization
• Leveraging data to inform instruction, program evaluation and/or program development
• Effective strategies for building and sustaining business-education partnerships
• Communications and advocacy strategies in support of high quality CTE
• Lessons learned from state-level policy, practice and programs