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Professional Organizations

Professional Organizations Career and Technical Education
Program Area	Teacher Organization		Student Organization
Program Area	Name	Website	Name	Website
Agriculture Science and Technology	Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas (VATAT)	www.vatat.org	Texas FFA Association (FFA)	www.texasffa.org
Agriculture Science and Technology	National Association of Agriculture Educators (NAAE)	www.naae.org	Texas FFA Association (FFA)	www.texasffa.org
Business Education	Texas Business and Technology Educators Association (TBTEA)	www.tbtea.org	Business Professionals of America (BPA)	www.texasbpa.com
Business Education	Texas Business and Technology Educators Association (TBTEA)	www.tbtea.org	Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)	fblatx.org
Family and Consumer Sciences Education	Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas	www.fcstat.org	Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)	www.texasfccla.org
Health Science Technology Education	Texas Health Occupations Association (THOA)	www.thoainc.org	Health Occupations Students of America	www.texashosa.org www.hosa.org
Health Science Technology Education	National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education (NCHSTE)	www.nchste.org	Health Occupations Students of America	www.texashosa.org www.hosa.org
Technology Education	Texas Technology & Engineering Educators (TTEE)	http://www.texastee.org	Technology Students of America	www.texastsa.org
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security	Texas Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security Teacher Association	https://www.texaspublicsafetyassociation.org/focus/law	Texas Public Service Association (TPSA) or SKILLS USA	www.skillsusatx.org
Education & Training	Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP)	www.tassp.org	Texas Association of Future Educators (T.A.F.E.)	www.tafeonline.org
Trade & Industrial	Texas Industrial Vocational Association (TIVA)	www.tiva.org/tivanew	SkillsUSA Texas Association	www.skillsusatx.org
Career and Technical Education	Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)	www.acteonline.org	(Note: ACTE is the national organization for career and technical education and includes all program areas.)
Career and Technical Administrators and Counselors	Career and Technology Association of Texas (CTAT)	www.ctat.org	(Note: CTAT is the state organization for all career and technical administrators, career counselors, and career connections teachers.)