ACOVA
The professional association building community, advocacy, and leadership for Arizona Career and Technical Education (CTE) Administrators
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ACOVA
ACOVA 2024 Fall Conference
Registration is open! Use the links below to register and to submit a presentation proposal.
MENTORING MINUTES
Join us for our monthly webinars. These sessions are tailored to provide CTE Directors with up-to-date information. They also offer a valuable opportunity to ask questions and engage with experts and fellow Directors.
Technical Assessments-Best Practices for Registration and Testing
October 28, 2024
2:30pm-3:00pm
Hosted by Hannah Higgs from AZ ADE
Check out our Resources pages for previous Mentoring Minutes.
ACOVA HIGHLIGHTS
October Administrator Highlight
Tom Safranek-Flagstaff Unified School District, Director of College and Career Development
For the month of October, ACOVA is happy to highlight Tom Safranek, Director of College and Career Development in the Flagstaff Unified School District.
Nominated by, Lance Huffman, Ed.L.D-FUSD Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
Mr. Safranek has made a powerful impact on the CTE programs during his tenure at Flagstaff Unified School District. In his role of Director of Career Development, he leads professional developments, coordinates collaborations, and other efforts to support all the CTE teachers in the district. In addition to those responsibilities, he has also helped to strengthen and expand the offerings to students across the district. Mr. Safranek believes deeply in the opportunities that CTE provides to students, and that deep belief drives his work to continually improve our offerings. Mr. Safranek continues to advocate for his programs, his teachers, and his students by looking for ways to provide more opportunities, more pathways, and more course offerings. In the last few years, the CTE programs have expanded to include engineering, law enforcement, and agricultural science. All of this has been done under his leadership.
Another celebration is that Mr. Safranek recently partnered with Moonshot, an entrepreneur-training program, to offer business training to some of their automotive students. Early successes suggest this could be an expanded offering in future years.
Congratulations to Mr. Tom Safranek for being recognized as the ACOVA October Administrator Highlight!
Use the link below to highlight other amazing Arizona CTE administrators.
Congratulations to Curt Bertelsen, the 2024 Recipient of the Spirit of ACOVA Award.
Nominations for the 2025 Spirit of ACOVA will open in Spring of 2025.
PAST SPIRIT OF ACOVA WINNERS
Jeanne Roberts
Tina Norton
Marlo Loria
Lisa Doll
John Mulcahy
Debbie McKintosh
Greg Donovan
Ralph Fobair
Curt Bertelsen