2025 VATFACS New Teacher of the Year |
Award Application - Nominations due April 15th
In order to be considered for an ACTE Member Award, the applicant must first apply for the award in Virginia. VATFACS award winners move forward to compete on the state level through Virginia ACTE. The information provided by the applicant on the state level now mirrors award requirements needed by region and national levels.
VATFACS winners of each member award are eligible to compete on the state level through Virginia ACTE. Virginia ACTE winners are eligible to compete for the regional awards. If the award recipient is successful at the regional level, the candidate packet is then forwarded to the national level by the designated deadline. All applicants must assume responsibility for travel, registration, hotel, and other personal expenses. Details and forms can be viewed on the ACTE website at www.acteonline.org.
VATFACS winners of each member award are eligible to compete on the state level through Virginia ACTE. Virginia ACTE winners are eligible to compete for the regional awards. If the award recipient is successful at the regional level, the candidate packet is then forwarded to the national level by the designated deadline. All applicants must assume responsibility for travel, registration, hotel, and other personal expenses. Details and forms can be viewed on the ACTE website at www.acteonline.org.
Presently, the forms for the state level competitions have been adapted from the ACTE award packet. The award forms for the national level only refer to ACTE not FCS specifically. The forms are as similar as possible in order to best prepare applicants to move from state to regional, and finally to national competition.
Application Requirements:
Applicants will use the National Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) guidelines for awards and recognition.
Applicants will use the National Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) guidelines for awards and recognition.
Purpose:
This award recognizes new CTE teachers who have made significant contributions toward innovative and unique career and technical education programs and shown a professional commitment early in their careers.
Eligibility:
All candidates must be employed as classroom/laboratory CTE (FCS) teachers (at the middle, secondary or post-secondary level) and must be relatively new to the teaching profession (with 3-5 years experience) at the time of initial nomination. Candidates must be members of their state ACTE for consideration at the state level. State winners must be national ACTE members by March 1 to be considered at the Region level.
All candidates must be employed as classroom/laboratory CTE (FCS) teachers (at the middle, secondary or post-secondary level) and must be relatively new to the teaching profession (with 3-5 years experience) at the time of initial nomination. Candidates must be members of their state ACTE for consideration at the state level. State winners must be national ACTE members by March 1 to be considered at the Region level.
*Candidates must be members of their state ACTE for consideration at the state level.
*State winners must be national ACTE members by March 1 to be considered at the Region level.
Criteria
Candidates will be evaluated on the following criteria:
a) Contributions to student success
b) Innovations in CTE
c) Leadership in the local or greater CTE community
All candidates must demonstrate at minimum one best practice in CTE (FCS) as outlined in the High Quality CTE Framework in order to be eligible to receive the award. For more information on how nominations will be scored, please see the ACTE Member Awards Scoring Rubric.
Nomination Requirements
Each nomination must include the following (incomplete nominations will not be considered):
A. Description of Candidate’s Qualifications for the Award
B. Two Letters of Support
C. Interview (at region and national levels)
Nomination packets are due April 15th.