Centennial Celebration

ACTE Turns 100!

The Association for Career and Technical Education is proud to announce it will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on Dec. 2-5 at CareerTech VISION 2026! Beginning in January of 2025 there will be a regular series of announcements, run-up celebrations and a 100 year trivia challenge.

The ACTE Centennial Celebration will focus on key events and activities that have helped build today’s largest membership organization dedicated to the professionals who prepare our nations’ learners for successful careers. Included in the Centennial Celebration will be a showcase of artifacts through the years, features on the many people and organizations who contributed to the growth and success of career and technical education throughout the 100 years.

In 2016 ACTE’s Board of Directors in anticipation of the historical mark created a restricted account that would be developed from annual proceeds to provide funds to support Centennial Celebration activities and resources. In 2022, ACTE convened a Centennial Planning Committee to develop ideas, plan activities, and coordinate gathering and presenting artifacts from the organization’s history.

Currently planned throughout the period running up to December 2026 are an ACTE Trivia Challenge with 100 questions, over 100 weeks concluding at the 100th anniversary celebration at VISION 2026, articles and features in Techniques magazine, spotlight on the Association’ significant historical events and a special event at VISION 2026.

The Centennial Celebration planning committee welcomes input and suggestions, as well as the identification of artifacts that could be included in a showcase, from members and affiliated CTE organizations. Please contact actecentennial@acteonline.org for more information or to submit ideas.
Be sure to check back to this page as more plans and announcements are made in preparation to celebrate ACTE’s 100-year anniversary.