Affiliates
Affiliates
Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers promotes the interest of vocational-technical education in agriculture.
www.iavat.org
Illinois Business Education Association
Develops leaders who serve the professional needs of all levels of business education.
www.ibea.org
Illinois Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers’ Association Meets the ongoing needs of all family and consumer science teachers in Illinois.
http://www.ifacsta.org/
Illinois Health Occupations Association
Stimulates professional growth, leadership and unity among educators of health careers and professionals. IHOA (google.com)
Illinois New and Related Services
Serves the needs of all who are involved in training and development activities related to workforce preparation.
https://illinoisnrs.org/
Technology Education Association of Illinois
Promotes the interests of industrial and technical education and teachers in Illinois.
www.teaillinois.org
Illinois Career and Technical Education Student Support Personnel Association
Fosters the development of employment-related programs for those with special needs.
https://sites.google.com/site/iactesp/
Illinois Postsecondary Adult and Career Education – a subgroup of INRS
Providing Leadership in developing an adult competitive workforce through postsecondary education and training.
www.ilpace.org
Illinois Career and Technical Administrators
Promotes the interests of those with major responsibilities in the administration of career and technical education in secondary and post-secondary schools. www.illinoisicta.org
IThrough next-gen ideas, innovations, and best practices, we bring national solutions to local challenges — building a future of shared excellence. Together, we are changing the CTE paradigm and improving the outcome for our students, organizations, and communities. (NCLA: Changing the CTE Paradigm for Better Outcomes – NCLA (ncla-cte.org))
CTSO
The BPA provide business and technology students in Illinois with chances to learn, develop, and take the lead as they get ready for their future careers and contribute to our state’s economic prosperity.
The Illinois Technology Student Association was established in 1978 and is the oldest Career and Technical Student Organization in the United States.
SkillsUSA Illinois is a state and national membership association serving high school, college, and middle school students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations, including health occupations, and for further education.
FCCLA is a national student organization that helps
Illinois AG ED provides opportunities for leadership development, personal growth, and career success through classroom/laboratory instruction, work-based learning (SAE), and student leadership organizations.
Students whose lives are impacted by FFA and Agricultural Education will achieve academic and personal growth, strengthen American agriculture, and provide leadership to build healthy local communities, a strong nation, and a sustainable world.
Illinois HOSA- Future Health Professionals is dedicated to enhancing the delivery of quality, compassionate healthcare by providing opportunities for career and technical education knowledge as well as leadership development for the secondary, post-secondary, and collegiate level of student’s whose career interest is health science technology
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is the largest and oldest business student organization in the world! A quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college, and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals have chosen to be members of the premiere business education association preparing students for careers in business.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Through rigorous, multidisciplinary events touching every letter in STEM, Science Olympiad lights pathways to apprenticeships, college and careers while at the same time developing essential employability skills. According to a LinkedIn survey of hiring managers, the three top soft skills in new employees are communication, organization and teamwork. Participation in Science Olympiad is the perfect springboard to jobs in the 16 National Career Clusters as endorsed by Advance CTE.
Educators Rising is a community-based model, in which chapters at schools feed teacher preparation programs at institutes of higher education with the support of State Departments of Education and local funders and foundations. These entities come together to provide a clear pathway to address teacher shortage and educators reflect the communities they serve.