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Addressing The Skills Gap Challenge
Is your industry facing a growing skilled workforce shortage?
Is there a skills gap between your employment needs and the pool of available talent to fill your job needs?
If you answered yes, then join the national movement to close the skills gap in workforce development.
We are a national Coalition working to:
Grow our network of industry associations and business professionals.
Raise awareness and communicate of the value of career and technical education.
Identify and share resources that promote best practices for workforce development.
Organize and conduct professional development meetings and conferences.
Support the Association for Career and Technical Education in closing the skills gap.
Who Should Participate In The Coalition?
The Coalition will be open to any business, trade association, or corporate representative who has demonstrated a commitment to work with career and technical education. In addition to providing a voice for their respective constituents (sectors, regions, populations, employees, etc.) Coalition members should come with a willingness to engage in larger systems discussions that may or may not always directly affect those constituents.
In addition, an active membership in ACTE as an organization (Affiliate or Corporate membership) or individual is a requirement of Coalition membership.
Coalition members include:
- Businesses
- Trade Associations
- Non-profit Organizations
- Foundations
- Corporations
The Coalition’s mission is to support the work of ACTE by helping industry associations connect their members (business and industry) to career and technical education to achieve a skilled and diverse workforce.
Coalition members receive:
Access to a network of like-minded professionals.
Access to an exclusive library of workforce development resources.
Access to our webinar archive.
Inclusion in our membership directory and access to our opt-in list of contact information for our members.