If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to connect with career and technical education (CTE) educators from across Minnesota, learn from practitioners doing innovative work, and leave with ideas you can bring back to your school, college, or organization — this might be your moment.
Greater Twin Cities Career Academies has partnered with Minnesota State to offer a limited number of scholarships to attend the 2026 Career and Technical Education Summit on November 12–13 in Minneapolis. The scholarship is designed to remove financial barriers so you can fully engage in the conference without worrying about the cost.
What the Scholarship Covers
Each scholarship includes four components:
- Conference registration. The full registration fee is covered. You don’t need to pay anything upfront — it will be paid on your behalf.
- Hotel and accommodations. A minimum of two nights of lodging will be provided. The Career Academies team will coordinate your stay, and you’ll receive confirmation directly from the hotel.
- Meal reimbursement. If you’re traveling from outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area, meals will be reimbursed at the following per diem rates:
- November 11 (arrival day): Dinner — $40
- November 12 (conference day one): Dinner — $40
- November 13 (conference day two): Lunch and Dinner — $70
- Mileage reimbursement. Reimbursement is provided based on distance traveled from your home to the conference site. Since the hotel and restaurant are on-site, mileage outside of that direct route would not be covered. Be sure to keep and submit all relevant receipts.
What Is the CTE Summit?
The Career and Technical Education Summit is Minnesota’s largest conference bringing together CTE educators, leaders, community partners, workforce professionals, and business and industry representatives across K–12 and higher education. The Summit is a space for learning, sharing best practices, addressing critical issues in CTE, raising awareness of current trends, and building the kinds of cross-sector relationships that move this work forward.
Whether you’re a secondary instructor, a postsecondary faculty member, a counselor, an administrator, or a community partner, the Summit offers something relevant to your work. Past attendees have walked away with new strategies, stronger networks, and a renewed sense of purpose in their CTE roles.
What’s Expected of Scholarship Recipients
There is one post-event requirement: scholarship recipients will complete a brief reflection after the conference highlighting key learnings, insights, or takeaways. Think of it as an opportunity to capture what resonated most and share it with others in your professional community.
How to Apply
Read the scholarship announcement and criteria then consider submitting your application.
The application deadline is Friday, June 26, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (CST). Award notifications will go out on Monday, August 3, 2026.
This scholarship is open to anyone college faculty, administrators, community partners, staff, and students.
Questions?
Contact Der Yang, Program Officer, Career Academies, at Der.Yang@GTCUW.org.