• President
  • Kip Crain, Wayne County Schools Career Center
  • President Elect
  • Bill Bussey, Mid-East Career Center
  •  
  • Executive Director
  • Thomas Applegate
    6628 Wild Rose Ln.
    Westerville, Ohio 43082

Ohio Association of Career-Technical Superintendents

Tom Applegate Remarks - Nov. 11, 2008

Final OACTS Response to the USO Plan

University System of Ohio Advisory Committee Report

AWD Transition Information

About OACTS...

OACTS fosters relationships among Ohio's Career Center and Joint Vocational School Superintendents in order to share best practices and advocate for career-technical and adult education in Ohio.

The organization communicates and works with legislators throughout Ohio to foster an understanding of how career-technical and adult education impacts the lives of students and contributes to the workforce of Ohio by supplying skilled workers to help grow Ohio's economy.

I. Core Values
· Integrity
· High Quality
· Supportiveness
· Leadership
· Innovation


II. Purpose:

  • Achieving Ohio’s economic prosperity through excellence in Career-Technical school districts.


III. Mission:

  • To establish a recognized, high quality workforce development system that will lead all learners to post secondary credentials