CTE Month 2025

2025: Governor Armstrong Proclamation:  February is CTE Month in North Dakota

CTE (Career and Technical Education) Month is a public awareness campaign that takes place each year in February.  It is a great opportunity to celebrate Career and Technical Education and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across North Dakota and the nation!

CTE Month gives you the chance to inform others of the innovation and excellence that exists within your local CTE programs and raise awareness of the crucial role that CTE plays in readying our students for careers and our nation for economic success.

Celebrate Career and Technical Education Month!

How can you raise awareness for CTE Month?

Get ready to celebrate CTE Month by sharing how CTE is Igniting Potential, Inspiring Excellence!

SHARE

• What you are doing to ignite potential and inspire excellence in the young people you work with.
• Use the templates that have been created to share stories, photos and achievements.
• Ask your Business Partners to share how they see the potential in young people and what they do to inspire excellence.
• Feature students and employers working together in programs supported by CTE.

INSPIRE

• Inspire others with photos of students at work matched with inspirational quotes.
• Include any inspiring or unique stories that showcase students overcoming adversity and finding success through CTE experiences.
• Ask students to express how they have been inspired to reach higher goals through CTE. Encourage them to talk about how CTE is helping them to “Ignite Potential” as they plan for the future.

CELEBRATE

• Celebrate achievements with everyone by showing how you are celebrating CTE Month!

FEATURE

• Feature a significant supporter of your school or center's CTE programs once or twice a week through the month of February. Whether it is an individual or a business, share how they support your program and what it means to you and your students.
• How are these supporters Igniting Potential and Inspiring Excellence?

SPOTLIGHT

• Recognize the CTE educators or staff in your school/center!
• Feature their programs, what they are doing that is unique or special, and how they are they Igniting Potential and Inspiring Excellence?

Use the following Canva Templates to share your CTE Month celebration:

• Square Social Media Templates
  • Template 1
  • Template 2
  • Template 3
• Igniting Potential, Inspiring Excellence NDCTE Story Video Template
• CTE Month Print Out

Submit the content created to:  Celebrate CTE Month 2025

Celebrating CTE Month: Perspectives from Students

What do students have to say about how their CTE classes have helped them prepare for their future?  Check out the February 2024 CTE Newsletter for quotes from students like Izzy, SRCTC-Oakes:  “I think EMT has really prepared me for my future by helping me narrow down what field of medical work i want to go into. It was very hands-on and that is how I learn the best."

Follow CTE on Social Media for the News and Activities for CTE Month

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/NorthDakotaCTE