Division Bound

Did you know the Career Academy Section is on the road to becoming a division? 

Support your section by building awareness about the power of the career academy and invite your colleagues to allocate their ACTE membership division to the New and Related Services Division for the Career Academy Section or add it on for only $10. 

8 Helpful Tips for Engaging Youth

Do you have new business partners engaging with students this year? Share the "8 Tips to Engage with Youth” as a way to get them started. 

A special thanks to Regina Phillips from KentuckianaWorks in Louisville, Kentucky, for working with Jenn Edge, Ford Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL), to develop this resource for business partners. They used this resource during a Ford NGL Powerful Partnerships training for 100+ National Association of Home Builder executive leaders in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information on Ford NGL, and/or Powerful Partnerships email us at Info@FordNGL.com

Download, 8 Helpful Tips for Engaging Youth, Here

Akron in Action: A Ford NGL Experience

This fall, join us at Akron in Action: A Ford NGL Experience from September 27-29, 2022. This signature event is an opportunity to visit the inaugural Ford Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL) demonstration site and discover the ins and outs of how Akron, using the Ford NGL framework and guided by Ford NGL coaches, rallied together to take their comprehensive urban high schools from traditional schools to wall-to-wall career academies in which 100% of students are in a career pathway and learning their core academics through the lens of a potential career. To provide a longer runway, all middle schools are implementing the academy model through the lens of service-learning, community exploration, and self-discovery. Students are experiencing a continuum of experiential learning with their local employer partners (a community-connected model of Learning by Doing). All of this in just 6 years!

In the above-linked video, you'll hear Cheryl describe more about Akron in Action: A Ford NGL Experience, and while the event is nearly sold out, we invite you to stay connected with the network so we can keep you in the loop. Email us at Info@FordNGL.com to learn more. 

Save the Date for The Nashville Study Visit

Join us for the Academies of Nashville Study Visit from March 6–8, 2023.

Since 2011 we’ve had the distinct opportunity to collaborate with the Nashville Hub on their Academies of Nashville Study Visit. This transformational event is the impetus that thousands of participants from hundreds of communities have trusted to guide their career academy journey.

There’s never been a more critical time to engage in an event like this. The pace at which the world is changing requires communities to collectively innovate and advance their work in education.

Whether you are new or experienced in this space the Academies of Nashville Study visit is prepared to offer up relevant learnings that will surely set you up for success.

Join us for the Academies of Nashville Study Visit from March 6-8, 2023.

 Increased value! Given the nature of the event, districts can leverage this experience as a sort of on-boarding for faculty, staff, and partners.

 Advanced Learning! This new element is designed for communities that are further along in their journey with Academies. "Academy Implementation Q&A" facilitated forums designed for questions and discussion specifically for communities that are 3+ years into the process.

 Classic Offerings! Registrants will also hear the story of the Academies of Nashville, see the Academies in action through tours and learning panels, and discover the ins and outs of developing, implementing and sustaining the academy model.

All this and more (like networking) LIVE in Nashville, Tennessee.