TWEET OF THE WEEK
Presentation of awards to our Social Media Campaign winners at @THV11!
Such a fantastic job by these students and their teachers! Special thanks to @THVCraig for presenting the awards!#CareerTech #CTE #ARCTE19 pic.twitter.com/CTdKxOMVVt— AR Career Education (@ARCareerEd) April 24, 2019
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
We know that Career Technical Education (CTE) delivers for each learner. Sharing and promoting high-quality CTE is important to make the case to learners and families. Social media can be used as a communication strategy and tool to advocate for CTE. One example of the effective use of social media is the Arkansas Career and Technical Education and its annual social media campaign contest. Learners participated by creating campaigns that were submitted to be judged. They also gave presentations on their work. Winners were announced by Craig O’Neill, an Anchor for THV 11 News in Little Rock, Arkansas. This work was done as part of Advance CTE’s grant, Strategies to Attract Students to High-quality CTE, funded by the Siemens Foundation.
Watch the video here.
For more tips on using social media, read the social media guide here.
RESOURCES OF THE WEEK
Below are resources take a deeper look into the approved Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) State Plans:
- The National Urban League has reviewed the ESSA State Plans in the 36 states and the District of Columbia where they have affiliates. The purpose of this review is to determine the likelihood of the plans to advance equity and excellence for learners. The goal is to highlight promising practices as well as missed opportunities to advance equity in ways in which states can improve as they implement ESSA. Read the report here.
- The Data Quality Campaign has updated its annual review of state K-12 report cards. For the first time, these cards also include how states are reporting out the information required by ESSA. Learn more here.