Welcome To AACTEA!

We are in our second year of operation from our official beginnings on January 11, 2006.  I remember our humble start at a Career Center Director's meeting in Little Rock.  There was a discussion initiated about the need to form an organization that could represent the needs of career education at the state level.  The dream was to form an organization that could join with the AAEA (Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators).  This was to be an organization aimed at promoting career and technical education. 

We have created the dream.  We currently have 61 members and have joined with the AAEA.  This has allowed us to have a representative on the AAEA Board and this person is our elected President.  Our participation with the AAEA makes us part of the collective influence on the establishment and execution of educational policies within Arkansas.

Please read our mission that is provided on this website.  If this mission conforms to your beliefs then you need to be involved.  We are totally a volunteer run organization that relies on the strengths of our membership to be successful.  I encourage you to get involved in what ever manner you can. 

I look forward to seeing you at our meetings and helping out.  Anything we can do to promote career and technical education in our state is not only going to assist our economy but more importantly create successful lives for our students.

John Gray, President
AACTEA