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Minnesota Association for Career and Technical Administrators provides leadership that promotes a world-class career and technical education system for Minnesota.

CTE Policy Action Labs

MACTA is excited to offer MACTA Policy & Leadership Fellowship alumni continued opportunity to further the fellowship experience with the second annual Fellowship Symposium, this year in a Policy Action Lab format.

About the Program

A policy action lab is a structured, collaborative initiative designed to develop, test, and implement policy solutions to webs of complex problems. These labs bring together diverse collaborators – such as policymakers, practitioners, researchers, community members, and sometimes private sector partners – in an iterative and action-oriented environment.

The Policy Action Labs will consist of four, full-day, in-person action-oriented sessions:

  • Action Lab 1: Student Agency in Action – 10/1/2025 at STEP
  • Action Lab 2: From Hallways to the Hill – 11/18/2025 at STEP
  • Action Lab 3: Systems in Motion: Building Power & Policy for Minnesota CTE – 11/19/2025
  • Action Lab 4: Champions and Change Agents – 2/25/2026 at STEP

Program Fee: Cost for the Policy Action Labs is $400 for the entire experience, which includes all sessions, catering, materials, and other costs associated with the scheduled in-person sessions. Travel costs are the responsibility of the fellow. There is no additional cost for invited guests of the fellows.

Resources and Documents

MACTA PAL 25-26 Application (closed)
MACTA PAL 25-26 Information Flyer

Current and Past CTE Policy Action Labs


Kristen Arnold, Wright Braudt, Joshua Dery, Tanya Drake, Carter Gerlach, Steve Gibbs, Heather Hogen, Mike Kaluza, Paul Klym, Clint Link, Michael Mangan, Bruce Mathiowetz, Jeannie Meidlinger, Anna Morawiecki, Kim Mueller, Lavyne Rada, LaRae Rosenfeldt, Eva Scates-Winston, Jared Scharpen, Jami Schwickerath, Danette Seboe, Jane Shade, Katie Soler, Holly Strand-Rysgaard, Scott Swanson, Traci Tarnasky, Caleb Watson. Coordinators: Troy Haugen and Siri Livdahl.



Wright Braudt, Ethan Dado, Joshua Dery, Carter Gerlach, Heather Hogen, Amy Lord, Michael Mangan, Kim Mueller, Joshua Munoz, Sarah Ness, Brett Olinger, Eva Scates-Winston, Shannon Seaver, Danette Seboe, Zane Sheehan, Katie Soler, Holly Strand-Rysgaard, Scott Swanson, and Caleb Watson. Coordinators: Troy Haugen and Siri Livdahl.

Historical Documents

MACTA CTE PAL 24-25 Information Flyer