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Proud to be Presenting at the 2022 ACTEA Annual Leadership Conference

 

Association of
Career & Technical
Education Administrators


Proud to be Presenting on Mentoring & leadership: CTE Leader: The Face of the Component Schools

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 10:15- 11:15 AM

Registration Information: 
https://web.acteonline.org/ACTE/Events/SpecificEvents/Event_Display_ACTEA2022.aspx?EventKey=ACTEA2022




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