Welcome to the Twin Cities
2024 CTE Works! Summit
Nov. 19-20, 2024 | Twin Cities/Metro Area
We are back! Mark your calendars.
The Summit is Minnesota's largest conference convening career and technical education educators, leaders, community partners, workforce, and business and industry in K-12 and higher education in Minnesota. We bring together practicioners to share impactful strategies to close the equity gaps for career and technical education learners. Join us this year for an another exciting year of learning!
Who should attend?
This conference is open to anyone in Minnesota serving students in career and technical education, building business and industry partnerships, developing a strong workforce through community partnerships, and preparing learners to enter high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand careers. You can expect to connect with the following audiences at the Summit:
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Advising/Career Development
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Adult Basic Education
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Business/Industry or Employer
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College faculty, administrators, and professional staff
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Community Organization
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Corrections/Ex-Offender Transitions
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Secondary School teachers, administrators, and professional staff
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Workforce Development partners
Contact Us
For all questions about our annual statewide Summit, including registration, exhibiting, co-sponsorship and partnering, please contact:
Yingfah Thao
Director of Professional Development
Career and Technical Education | Academic Affairs Division
yingfah.thao@minnstate.edu
(651) 201-1681
About the CTE Works! Summit
This annual Summit has continued to serve secondary and postsecondary CTE teachers and faculty, educators, administrators, workforce, community partners, and business/industry partners since 2009.
Our Partners
Our partners in this work include MDE, Northern Agricultural Minnesota State Center of Excellence known as AgCentric, Southern Agricultural Center of Excellence, Energy Center of Excellence, Engineering Center of Excellence, HealthForce Center of Excellence, IT Center of Excellence, Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Transportation Center of Excellence, Minnesota Association for CTE Administrators (MACTA), and Minnesota ACTE.
It has continued to grow over the years into the premier conference connecting the career and technical education community in the Upper Midwest. Participants and presenters alike come from high school, colleges and universities, workforce, local business and industry partners, and our local communities to convene once a year to share best practices in their field, network, and continue to develop their professional development in order to best serve CTE students across the state.
The CTE Works! Summit and any contents of this website and related materials were developed under the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 1st Century Act (Perkins V) federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.