Senate CTE Caucus co-chairs Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation yesterday to address our nation’s critical shortage of CTE teachers and help school districts fill CTE classrooms with qualified educators. The Creating Quality Technical Educators Act would create an additional use of the Teacher Quality Partnership grants program under the Higher Education Act by incentivizing partnerships between school districts and postsecondary institutions to prepare mid-career professionals, veterans and current educators to be effective CTE teachers.
ACTE worked closely with these Senators in developing this legislation and strongly supports their efforts to strengthen the CTE educator profession. Over the past few years, ACTE and the CTE community have seen the number of students served by our programs surge while the number of CTE educator preparation programs has drastically declined. If we truly intend to prepare our students to be college- and career-ready, we must prepare our teachers with strong pedagogical and technical skills.
Learn more about our bipartisan #CTE bill, the Creating Quality Technical Educators Act. Endorsed by @actecareertech http://t.co/EoLTAFtkZB
— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) September 18, 2014
"The Creating Quality Technical Educators Act provides another path to the classroom for professionals with invaluable experience in technical fields and a passion for preparing students for college and career success." said LeAnn Wilson, ACTE Executive Director. "By opening the door for future CTE educators to existing Teacher Quality Partnership grants, these Senators have found a creative solution to the challenges posed by our nation's critical shortage of CTE educators."
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