Alaska ProStart Management and Culinary Teams Place 11th and 25th in the National ProStart Invitational     

Mat-Su Career and Technical High School and Chugiak High School students Compete at National Culinary and Management Competition

Alaska ProStart is proud to announce that the Mat-Su Career and Technical High School and Chugiak High School took 25th and 11th (respectively) at the 14th Annual National ProStart Invitational, held at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. The culinary team competed against 48 teams and the management team competed against 41 teams from across the United States, U.S. territories, and DoD schools. At the national competition, hosted by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the top five teams from both the culinary and management competitions were awarded over a $1,000,000 in scholarships to pursue a college education. 

Read the entire press release on the Alaska ProStart webpage www.AlaskaProStart.com or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AlaskaProStart.

"The BP Teachers of Excellence program recognizes teachers from throughout Alaska for their dedication to teaching and for inspiring students. Since the program launched in 1995, hundreds of remarkable teachers have been recognized by their peers, students, parents and community members as BP Teachers of Excellence."

Nominations are being accepted through January 30, 2015. Please visit the website for details and instructions on nominations.

At its annual business meeting on October 22, 2014, the Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) adopted the following resolutions:

• Resolution 14-1: In Honor and Memory of Dale Staley's Lifelong Commitment to Alaska CTE
  
• Resolution 14-2: Continued Implemention of Alaska's State CTE Plan
  
• Resolution 14-3: Support for implementation of Alaska's Workforce Development Plans
  
• Resolution 14-4: Options for Including CTE Courses in Meeting Alaska Performance Scholarship Curricular Requirements
  

The resolutions may be downloaded at the following links. Each is a 1-page PDF document.

14-1: Honoring Dale Staley
14-2: CTE Plan
14-3: WFD Plans
14-4: APS

For more information about Alaska ACTE, please visit their website at http://www.actealaska.org/.

The Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) named the following CTE award winners at its annual awards luncheon on October 22, 2014. Congratulations to our outstanding CTE colleagues!

Please consider recognizing your colleagues through the annual Alaska ACTE awards. 

Awards will be recognized at the Alaska ACTE Professional Development Conference, October 20-22 in Anchorage. https://www.pdc-ak.com

Information on the Awards nomination process is detailed in this PDF document. 

Please share this information with other CTE colleagues!

Submit by email - nominations on or before September 30, 2014 to Awards Chair: Carin Smolin, 523-1877; email: carin.smolin@juneauschools.org

The Alaska Workforce Investment Board is accepting nominations from business/industry for its annual CTE awards. Nominations close on April 4.

Press Release Link

Contact Louise Dean for more information, Louise.Dean@Alaska.Gov.