Michigan ACTE Awards!
ACTE Excellence Awards
The MI ACTE Executive Board is seeking nominations to promote and recognize the outstanding commitment, practices and performances of professional CTE professionals from across the state of Michigan. To effectively accomplish this task, we need your help in identifying and nominating deserving CTE professionals! All winners of the 2024 Excellence Awards will be recognized at the 2025 Michigan Career Education Conference and will be forwarded for Regional Competition in the 2025 ACTE Excellence Awards.
MI ACTE is soliciting nominations for the following awards:
- ACTE Teacher of the Year
- ACTE Administrator of the Year
- ACTE Postsecondary Professional of the Year
- ACTE Counseling and Career Development Professional Award
- ACTE New Teacher of the Year
- ACTE Teacher Educator of the Year
- ACTE Carl Perkins Community Service Award
- ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award
- MI ACTE 2024 Outstanding Business/Education Partnership
- MI ACTE 2024 Advisory Committee Member of the Year
A description and guidelines for each award can be viewed at the following link: ACTE Excellence Awards.
All nominations will open August 15, 2024. Nominations will be accepted up to November 15, 2024. Only use the links to the google forms above to submit your nomination. From the submitted applications, the MI ACTE Awards Committee will utilize a rubric (Excellence Awards Scoring Rubric) to identify the winners and select one individual from each category to go on to the Regional Round.
Undoubtedly, Michigan has a strong pool of highly qualified and deserving nominees to select from, it’s up to you to nominate!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mikki Spagnoli at mikki.spagnoli@hsisd.org or miacteinfo@gmail.com.
View the PDF document that includes the above information here.
2020 MI CTE Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Melissa Haworth
MI ACTE Teacher of the Year, Saginaw Career Complex
Terry Morse
MI ACTE New Teacher of the Year, Delta College
Lisa Bartell
MI ACTE Career Guidance Award, Kalamazoo County Early Middle College
Terry Morse
ACTE Region 1 New Teacher of the Year, Delta College
Jim Wolf / John Quatman
President & CEO of Avalon & Tahoe Manufacturing / ACTE Region 1 VP
Terry Morse, Douglas Bush, Jim Wolf, James Berry
Best of Region 1 Awards
Dr. Melissa Haworth
MI ACTE Teacher of the Year, Saginaw Career Complex
Terry Morse
MI ACTE New Teacher of the Year, Delta College
2019 MI CTE Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Melissa Haworth
MI ACTE Teacher of the Year, Saginaw Career Complex
Terry Morse
MI ACTE New Teacher of the Year, Delta College
Lisa Bartell
MI ACTE Career Guidance Award, Kalamazoo County Early Middle College
Our Commitment
The commitment of the Michigan Association of Career and Technical Education (MI ACTE) is to partner with all related agencies to provide a one-stop information finding experiences for teachers, administrators, students, parents and business and industry. MI ACTE is committed to the promotion and advocacy for CTE Programs, teachers, and students throughout the State of Michigan.