The National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) are proud sponsors of the “Programs & Practices That Work: Preparing Students for Nontraditional Careers” Award.

NEW!! 2008 Award Application          
Deadline: January 15, 2008

2008 Project Information & Background

PURPOSE

The purpose of this project is to identify local or state educational agencies across the country that have implemented effective programs and practices for improving access and success of students pursuing careers nontraditional for their gender. The project will solicit input from the career and technical education community to identify programs and practices that meet the selection criteria below. Information on these effective programs and practices will be shared with the field through a variety of media in an attempt to provide states and local education agencies with ideas for development of their own programs and practices to successfully prepare students for nontraditional careers.

PROCESS

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 15, 2008. Applications will be evaluated by a team of reviewers representing the four organizations sponsoring the program. The winners will be announced at the ACTE National Policy Seminar, March 10-12, 2008, and also recognized at the NASDCTEc Spring Conference, March 29 – April 2, 2008, and the NAPE Professional Development Institute, April 6-9, 2008. The winners will be asked to participate in a congressional briefing at the Nation's Capitol on a date to be determined in June 2008.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible, the local or state educational agency submitting the program or practice must show:

• Increased enrollment of students of the underrepresented gender in nontraditional CTE programs

AND/OR

• Increased completion of students of the underrepresented gender in nontraditional CTE programs

The improvement must be substantiated with appropriate accountability data (i.e. local data if a local program, statewide data if a statewide program).

REQUIRED MATERIALS

The following materials MUST be submitted:

• Completed application
• Local Perkins Accountability Data Report/State Consolidated Annual Report or other local or state accountability report specific to program/practice
• Program or practice brochures, flyers, newsletters, photos, and other marketing materials

 

Previous Winners

 

Information on Previous Winners

 

Sponsoring Organizations

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
www.acteonline.org
703-683-3111
Contact: Alisha Hyslop

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
www.napequity.org
610-345-9246
Contact: Mimi Lufkin

National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
www.careertech.org
202-737-0303
Contact: Kim Green

National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
www.nwlc.org
202-588-5180
Contact: Fatima Graves