The final post of our Spring Meeting staff reflections shares data on the impact of Advance CTE’s 2021 Spring Meeting, and offers a preview of future supports and events. If you are not already receiving email updates from Advance CTE, subscribe to our CTEWorks newsletter.
Advance CTE is so pleased by the 327 Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders from all 50 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands who joined us for our first ever virtual Spring Meeting. After a year of virtual meetings and working hard to serve learners with high-quality and equitable CTE in the face of a global pandemic, we were so thankful to provide members of the Advance CTE community with the opportunity to reconnect, reset and reimagine CTE.
Over two half-days and with the support of 16 generous sponsors, we held 19 breakout sessions, five plenary sessions, 28 Problems of Practice roundtables and eight role alike speed networking discussions. More than 54 experts presented on top-of-mind CTE topics such as the Future of Work, using data to advance equity, virtual work-based learning, The National Career Clusters© Framework and more.
The virtual meeting format allowed for a record number of participants for an Advance CTE Spring Meeting, and, building on a year’s worth of virtual meeting best practices, we provided multiple ways for attendees to connect with one another and contribute to the conversations, from chat boxes to being on video to the opportunity to just listen to the presentations.
We look forward to building on the energy out of the Spring Meeting and continuing to provide spaces for CTE leaders to connect this summer on our Lunch & Learn series exploring the new vision for CTE, Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education, webinars and, for the first time, role-alike community spaces!
Thanks to all who joined and supported the Spring Meeting, and we’ll see you again soon! Save the date for the Advance CTE Fall Meeting, to be held virtually on October 27 and 28.
Sara Gassman, Senior Associate Member Engagement and Professional Learning