Tri-Rivers’ Larry Hickman, ACTE Executive Director Christine Gardner, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman pose following a roundtable discussion at Tri-Rivers.
Tri-Rivers Executive Director Larry Hickman was recently elected as president of the Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). ACTE represents Career Tech Educators throughout Ohio.
In this role, Mr. Hickman has had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. to meet with senators and legislative aides to discuss the importance of continued support for Career Tech Education and its funding.
“Recently many of these discussions have centered around bringing back manufacturing jobs to Ohio,” said Hickman. “We’ve talked and strategized about how Career Tech Centers and Technical Colleges can work with business partnerships to build training initiatives to develop skilled workers to fill the many employment gaps facing Ohio.”
He also was involved in planning a professional development conference for Career Tech Educators in the areas of academics, technology, career tech instruction, and policy and legislative advocacy.
He works closely with the Executive ACTE committee and is part of the cutting edge of the latest changes in policy for standards and instruction in Ohio.
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