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Golden Key Award Recipients Golden Key Awardee Organization Golden Key Award of Quality Christa Steinkamp Georgia FFA Ben Lastly, Hannah Elrick, Golden Key Team Award Georgia FFA & Andy Paul

Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education Excellence Awards Award Division Awardee Organization/School Administrator of the Year TIEGA Sandra Martin Georgia Department of Education Administrator of the Year Ga e-TED Tim Schmitt Newton County School Administrator of the Year GATFACS Linsey Shockley Newton College & Career Academy J. Alvin Wilbanks Lifetime Retired Superintendent from Morgan GACTE Dr. James Woodard Achievement Award County and former CTAE Educator

LEAD CTAE (Leadership Exploration Advocacy Development)

Click here to see what the program is all about! Graduate School Tasia Ellis Newton County Schools Danielle Swaby South Gwinnett High School

Work-Based Learning/Youth Apprenticeship Awards Award Awardee Work-Based Learning Business Partner of the Year Kubota Manufacturing of America

Atlanta Electrical Contractors’ Employability Skills Award Division Place Awardee School System CTAE Teacher Finalist Christina Pollard Newton County CTAE Director Winner Helen Malone Atlanta Area School for the Deaf

Cloud Computing Pathway Pilot Program School System School Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Newton College & Career Academy

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021

FY21 Industry Certified Programs (Click here to see the full list of Industry Certified Programs) Program Certification Area School Business/IT/Finance Industry Certification Early Childhood Education Rockdale Career Academy Forestry Newton College & Career Academy Horticulture Eastside High School Marketing Stephenson High School Nutrition and Food Science Rockdale County High School

In the News! (Click to see Article/Pictures) Annual Camp T&I Builds Tiny Homes for Veterans Rockdale Career Academy Receives Donation Georgia's Future Educator Signing Day Internships – Super Lawn Trucks Trade and Industrial Instructors Learn from Industry Experts

CTI State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Catering / Food Table Set-Up, Lvl 2 1st Francis Newton College & Career Academy Career Exploration Manual/Job 2nd Jones Newton College & Career Academy Interview, Lvl 2

DECA State Career Development Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Georgia DECA Foundation $1,000 Perez Parkview High School Scholarship Andriamaromanana and Business Solutions Project 1st Parkview High School Barmare Restaurant & Food Service 1st Ibrahim Parkview High School Management Buying & Merchandising 2nd Smart and Liu Parkview High School Financial Consulting 2nd McKenna Parkview High School Marketing Communications 2nd Perez Parkview High School Sports & Entertainment 2nd Haynes and Haynes Parkview High School Accounting Applications 3rd Veasley Newton College & Career Academy Business Services 3rd Mohanty, Wen, & Panjwani Parkview High School Chapter Chronicles 3rd Holden and Smith South Gwinnett High School Community Awareness Project 3rd Thomas Parkview High School Hospitality & Tourism 3rd Dhuri, Debebe, & Zhao Parkview High School International Business Plan 3rd Karim and Pham Parkview High School Principles of Business Management & 3rd Mims Rockdale Career Academy Administration Independent Business Plan 4th Nguyen, Li, & Yuan Parkview High School Innovation Plan 4th Lalani, Asani, & Isani Parkview High School Sales Project 4th Truong and Mussie Parkview High School Business Services Marketing 5th Marshall Rockdale Career Academy Community Giving Project 5th Wang Parkview High School Business Services Marketing 6th Dudeja Parkview High School Career Development Project 6th Menon, Patel, & Patel Parkview High School Entrepreneurship Series 6th Simons Newton College & Career Academy Sports & Entertainment Marketing 6th Chen and Talekar Parkview High School Theme Speech 6th Hathorn Newton College & Career Academy Travel & Tourism 6th Phillips and Worton Newton College & Career Academy Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 Principles of Hospitality & Tourism 7th Jenkins Newton College & Career Academy Quick Serve Restaurant Management 7th Omoregbe Newton College & Career Academy Business Finance 8th Lindsey Newton College & Career Academy Entrepreneurship Series 8th Reid Rockdale Career Academy Integrated Marketing Campaign - Haynes, Molina Ruiz, 8th Newton College & Career Academy Product & Riqueno-Longino

FBLA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Graphic Design 3rd Bell Stephenson High School Job Interview 5th Lent Eastside High School Public Speaking 6th Lowe Newton College & Career Academy Website Design 6th Sefiw Southwest DeKalb High School Networking Infrastructures 7th Hall Newton College & Career Academy Business Plan 10th Sanchez & Sanchez Newton College & Career Academy

FCCLA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Honor Roll Chapter Liberty Middle School Honor Roll Chapter Rockdale County High School Honor Roll Chapter Tucker Middle School Largest Chapter, Region 5 Tucker Middle School Largest Chapter, Region 6 Newton College & Career Academy Career Investigation, Lvl 1 1st Neal Liberty Middle School Event Management, Lvl 2 1st Powell Rockdale County High School Focus on Children, Lvl 1 1st Garcia and Royal Tucker Middle School Leadership, Lvl 2 1st Stanton Rockdale County High School Public Policy Advocate, Lvl 3 1st Olufemi Arabia Mountain High School Repurpose and Redesign, Lvl 1 1st Armendariz and Armendariz Liberty Middle School Say Yes to FCS Education, Lvl 3 1st Moon Rockdale Career Academy Entrepreneurship, Lvl 1 2nd Delamar and Lowe Liberty Middle School Interior Design, Lvl 3 2nd White Rockdale Career Academy Interpersonal Communications, Lvl 2 2nd Leary Newton High School Job Interview, Lvl 2 2nd Bailey Rockdale County High School Repurpose and Redesign, Lvl 1 2nd Macon Tucker Middle School Culinary Arts, Lvl 3 3rd Bell Miller Grove High School Entrepreneurship, Lvl 3 3rd Wilson Newton College & Career Academy Food Innovations, Lvl 1 3rd Ebb and Riggins Tucker Middle School Job Interview, Lvl 3 3rd Rios Rockdale Career Academy Entrepreneurship, Lvl 3 4th Batiste and Fulton-Johnson Newton High School Chapter Service Project Display, Lvl 3 5th Aguilar and Pimentel Rockdable Career Academy Early Childhood Education, Lvl 3 5th Hardeman Rockdale Career Academy Professional Presentation, Lvl 2 5th Miller Rockdale Career Academy Repurpose and Redesign, Lvl 2 5th Phillips Rockdale Career Academy

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 HOSA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Health Career Preparation - MS 4 Irving Shiloh Middle School Asfaw, Silverio, Thapa, Public Health - Middle School 4 Shiloh Middle School & Yussuf Health Career Exploration - MS 5 Teklemariam Shiloh Middle School Pharmacy Science 5 Porter Shiloh High School Forensic Science 9 Smith and Clarke South Gwinnett High School Clarke, Julmiste, Lippitt, Public Service Announcement 9 South Gwinnett High School & Spivey Health Career Preparation - MS 2nd Pinkston Shiloh Middle School Healthcare Issues Exam National Qualifier Darronique Southwest Dekalb High School Healthcare Issues Exam National Qualifier Vaughn Southwest Dekalb High School Healthcare Issues Exam National Qualifier Sultan Southwest Dekalb High School

SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference Events Competitions Place Student School CNC Technician Gold Stephens Rockdale Career Academy Mathematical Concepts 9th/10th Gold Sterlin Rockdale Career Academy Grade - Test Only Dekalb High School Of Technology- Photography Gold Douglas South SkillsUSA GA Brand Design Gold Faulkner Newton College & Career Academy Business & Industry Video Production Silver Ziyed, Towns, & Zavalza Newton College & Career Academy CNC Milling Specialist Silver Rankine Rockdale Career Academy SkillsUSA Georgia Commercial Silver Zavalza and Ziyed Newton College & Career Academy 3-D Visualization and Animation Bronze Buchanan Rockdale Career Academy Chapter Recruitment Video Bronze Jackson and Mitchell Newton College & Career Academy Production Mechanical Drafting Display Bronze Stephens, Wright, & Spencer Rockdale Career Academy Burkett, Morrow, Music Video Bronze Newton College & Career Academy & Elvir-Bustillo SkillsUSA Georgia T-Shirt Design Bronze Prescod Newton College & Career Academy

TSA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Challenging Technology Issues - MS 1st Slone and Lindquist Tucker Middle School Coding - MS 1st Baah and King Tucker Middle School Community Service Video - MS 1st Larkin, Lindquist, & King Tucker Middle School Computer Integrated Manufacturing 1st Goss Newton College & Career Academy Electrical Applications - MS 1st Slone Tucker Middle School Extemporaneous Speech 1st Lowe Newton College & Career Academy Fashion Design and Technology 1st Jaramillo and McGowan Newton College & Career Academy Forensic Technology - MS 1st Larkin and Holland Tucker Middle School GaTSA Legacy Chapter 1st Deafalla Parkview High School Outstanding Student 1st Deafalla Parkview High School Prepared Presentation 1st Wu Parkview High School Prepared Speech - MS 1st Larkin Tucker Middle School SciVis 1st Deepnarain Newton College & Career Academy Technical Design - MS 1st Allison and Larkin Tucker Middle School Pham, Blaine, Seenu, Walter, Biotechnology Design 2nd Parkview High School Yan, & Deafalla Digital Photography - MS 2nd Larkin Tucker Middle School Essays on Technology 2nd Ellington Newton College & Career Academy Essays on Technology - MS 2nd Baah Tucker Middle School Geospatial Technology 2nd Seenu, Ibrahim, & Yan Parkview High School Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 Medical Technology - MS 2nd Yoganathan, Larkin, & Slone Tucker Middle School Outstanding Student - MS 2nd Larkin Tucker Middle School Photographic Technology 2nd Martinez Perez Newton High School Promotional Design 2nd Estrada Newton College & Career Academy Webmaster 2nd Evans, Robinson, & Bernard Arabia Mountain High School Career Prep - MS 3rd Larkin Tucker Middle School Larkin, Slone, Allison, Chapter Team - MS 3rd Tucker Middle School Holland, Lindquist, & King Essays on Technology 3rd Liu Parkview High School Extemporaneous Speech 3rd Baxter Arabia Mountain High School Fashion Design and Technology 3rd Wu, Chang, Walter, & Brooks Parkview High School High School Outstanding Chapter 3rd Parkview High School Outstanding Student 3rd Harris Arabia Mountain High School System Control Technology 3rd Blaine, Roebuck, & Ding Parkview High School Virtual Vex Robotics VRC 3rd Newton College & Career Academy Roebuck, Asani, Chang, Chapter Team 4th Parkview High School Brooks, Wu, & Deafalla Children's Stories 4th Wu, Chang, & Brooks Parkview High School Extemporaneous Speech 4th Wu Parkview High School Flight - MS 4th Tomay Champion Theme Middle School Forensic Science 4th Byrke and Danilchuk Newton College & Career Academy High School Outstanding Chapter 4th Tucker Middle School Photographic Technology 4th Sugg Newton College & Career Academy Promotional Marketing - MS 4th Holland Tucker Middle School Computer Integrated Manufacturing 5th Yan and Chang Parkview High School Essays on Technology 5th Gross Newton High School Fashion Design and Technology 5th Ogbu and Ayodele Arabia Mountain High School Forensic Technology - MS 5th Warren and Charles Lithonia Middle School High School Outstanding Chapter 5th Newton College & Career Academy Leadership Strategies - MS 5th Lindquist, Slone, & Larkin Tucker Middle School Tech Bowl - MS 5th Larkin, Allison, & Yoganathan Tucker Middle School Biotechnology - MS 6th Slone and Lindquist Tucker Middle School Engineering Design 6th George Newton College & Career Academy Forensic Science 6th Hirani and Wu Parkview High School Geospatial Technology 6th Owolabi Arabia Mountain High School Website Design - MS 6th Larkin, Lindquist, & Holland Tucker Middle School Deafalla, Wu, Carson, Liu, Animatronics 7th Parkview High School & Khan Architectural Design 7th Sugg and Doepke Newton College & Career Academy Career Prep - MS 7th Warren Lithonia Middle School Harrison, Cosby, Ayodele, Chapter Team 7th Arabia Mountain High School Harris, Mosley, & Scott-Key Forensic Science 7th Kendrick and Guilavogui Arabia Mountain High School James, Cosby, Hollins, GaTSA Legacy Chapter 7th Brayboy, Ayodele, Harriz, Arabia Mountain High School Mosley, & Scott-Key Music Production 7th Stephens Newton College & Career Academy Prepared Presentation 7th Hanson Eastside High School Transportation Modeling 7th Scott Arabia Mountain High School Website Design - MS 7th Higdon, Earth, & Desai Shiloh Middle School CAD - Foundations - MS 8th Adeseye Champion Theme Middle School Coding 8th Fagan Newton High School IT Fundamentals+ 8th Byrke Newton College & Career Academy Promotional Design 8th Deafalla Parkview High School Indrakumar, Lalni, Yan, SciVis 8th Parkview High School Helton, Yuan, & Ali STEM Animation - MS 8th Adeseye Champion Theme Middle School Virtual Vex Robotics VRC 8th Towers High School Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 Architectural Design 9th Mays Eastside High School CAD - Foundations - MS 9th Wondimu Shiloh Middle School Computer Integrated Manufacturing 9th Mathis, Davis, & Dean Arabia Mountain High School Data Science & Analytics 9th Lumpkin and Carter Newton College & Career Academy SciVis 9th Edwards and Calbert Arabia Mountain High School Debating Technical Issues 10th Guo and Blaine Parkview High School Digital Video Production 10th Ellington, McGowan, & Haney Newton College & Career Academy Electrical Applications 10th Danilchuk Newton College & Career Academy Future Technology and Engineering 10th Brooks Parkview High School Teacher Wondimu, Higdon, Earth, Off the Grid - MS 10th Shiloh Middle School & Desai Transportation Modeling 10th Asani Parkview High School Electrical Applications 11th Nguyen Newton College & Career Academy IT Fundamentals+ 11th Fleming Arabia Mountain High School Debating Technical Issues 12th Stinson DeKalb Early College Academy Pham, Indrakumar, Blaine, Engineering Design 12th Hirani, Vadasariya, Parkview High School & Deafalla Essays on Technology 12th Pinto Shiloh High School Asman, Ayodele, Billings, Adeseye, Harrison, Grant, Software Development 12th Arabia Mountain High School Dismuke, Brayboy, Larose, & Cosby Website Design - MS 12th Sauyer Stewart Champion Theme Middle School

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021

CDEs – Career Development Events

FFA Career Development Events (CDEs) are contests members compete in to test their skills learned through agricultural education instructions

CTSO – Career Technical Student Organization

CTSOs are co-curricular organizations with leadership programs and competitive events which reflect current curriculum standards and competencies for the instructional programs they serve. Co-curricular means curriculum-based competitive events which reinforce standards, Instructional time within the classroom, integrated with curriculum, incorporated into lesson plans, leadership development through real world application, as well as trips centered around career path and career exploration. The current list of approved CTSOs is: CTI, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, First Robotics, HOSA, Skills USA, and TSA.

EOPA – End of Pathway Assessments

Georgia implemented a measurement mechanism that would ascertain the technical skill attainment level of students participating in career and technical education courses. These mechanisms are valid and reliable technical assessments aligned with industry-validated standards.

Industry Certification

When a CTAE program becomes industry certified, the program receives a "stamp of excellence," which represents the apex of program quality. Only those programs which successfully undergo rigorous reviews by leaders from business and industry are recognized with this distinction.

WBL – Work Based Learning

YAP – Youth Apprenticeship

Top Gun

Twenty teachers/WBL coordinators are invited to attend the Top Gun training, representing all regions of the state. Participants learn to use marketing and public relations toolkits to more effectively market and brand their program and increase connections with the business and industry sector. Other topics included increasing employability skills in high school students, matching education to economic development needs, and improving the quality of student placements and mentoring.

Georgia Association of Career and Technical Education (GACTE)

Georgia ACTE is a state affiliate of the national association representing thousands of career and technical education professionals, all working to make a real different in students’ lives. We provide educators with powerful resources, professional development, and information to help them achieve more.

GACTE Divisions • Career and Counseling Development (CCD) • Georgia Affiliate for Engineering and Technology Education (GAeTE) • Georgia Association of Career Educators for Special Needs Populations (GACESNP) • Georgia Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (GATFACS) • Georgia Business Education Association (GBEA) • Georgia Council for Career and Technical Administrators (GCCTA) • Georgia Marketing Education Association (GMEA) • Healthcare Science Technology Education Association (HSTEA) • Junior Reserves Officers Trainings Corp (JROTC) • Trade and Industrial Educators of Georgia (TIEGA)

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021