Marketing Cooperative Education Association (MCEA)

Missouri Marketing & Cooperative Education Association (MCEA) members are individuals involved and interested in marketing and cooperative education at the secondary, postsecondary and adult levels.  Teachers, administrators and students preparing for the teaching profession benefit from publications, professional development activities and opportunities for recognition and leadership.

MCEA Board Members

April Fiesler
President
Branson HS
averya@branson.k12.mo.us
Sarah Estes
President Elect
Cape Career & Technology Center
estess@capetigers.com
Kelly Fowler
Past President
Blue Springs HS
​kfowler@BSSD.NET
Kristal Swopes
Treasurer 
El Dorado Springs HS
kswopes@eldok12.org
Jill Fannin
Secretary
Parkview HS
jcfannin@spsmail.org
Amber Jenkins
Senior Board Member
Nevada Regional Tech Center
amberjenkins@nevada.k12.mo.us
Garred Oldham
Junior Board Member
Blue Springs HS
goldham@bssd.net
Leslie Crider
MCEA Liaison / DESE
(573) 522-6540
leslie.crider@dese.mo.gov
 

Missouri Association of Career and Technical Education (MoACTE)

MCEA is a division of the Missouri Association for Career and Technical Education (MoACTE - (link is external)). MoACTE has several purposes and Career and Technical Education would not be where it is today without its dedication to our field and its teachers. 

MoACTE Purpose:

  1. To unite in one statewide organization those persons who are interested in career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.
  2. To establish and maintain active leadership in all types of career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.
  3. To render service in promoting and stabilizing career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.
  4. To provide an open forum for the study and discussion of all questions involved in career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.
  5. To work with other states and agencies for the advancement of career, practical arts, technical and vocational education, in the state, and in the United States, and as an ally of the Association of Career and Technical Education.
  6. To encourage the further development and improvement of all programs of education related to career, practical arts, technical and vocational education and supportive services.
  7. To emphasize and encourage the promotion, improvement and expansion of programs of part-time and adult career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.
  8. To support local, state and national legislation for career, practical arts, technical and vocational education.