CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony 2024
Hundreds of UFT career and technical education educators and family members, as well as industry and city Department of Education partners, attended the CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony, the theme for which was “Igniting Excellence in CTE.” At the Feb. 9 event at UFT headquarters, Manhattan, CTE educators from every borough received awards that recognized their achievements and commitment to student success.
![Edwin Espaillat Award winner A man on the left, man in the middle holding a plaque and a woman on the right pose for a photo at an awards ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7890.jpg?itok=H-GWeBnM)
Teacher Joshua Rivera (center) of the Stephen T. Mather Building Arts and Craftsmanship HS in Manhattan receives the Edwin Espaillat Award from Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for career and technical education high schools and the event emcee, and Jade Grieve, the chief of student pathways for the New York City Department of Education. Rivera also received a Municipal Credit Union Award.
![Mulgrew at 2024 CTE Awards A man speaks at the podium during an awards ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7838.jpg?itok=URsjHelJ)
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who taught at a CTE school, says the New York City career and technical education graduation rate of 91% — 10 percentage points about the overall rate — is evidence of its success and relevance.
![Honoree Daniel Greiner and Benjamin Bilbao Two men sitting at a table smile for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7934.jpg?itok=I4IbOgKz)
Honoree Daniel Greiner (right), who teaches at the Health Education and Research Occupations HS (H.E.R.O) in the Bronx, attends the awards dinner with his partner, Benjamin Bilbao.
![Rudolph Bastien and family An honoree poses with his family.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7937.jpg?itok=HdvP_wtH)
Honoree Rudolph Bastien, who teaches at W.H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education HS in Brooklyn, celebrates his award with his family.
![Staten Island winners A woman on the left holds up her phone to take a selfie with a group of honorees on a stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8002.jpg?itok=GACxwOv-)
UFT Staten Island IS/HS District Representative Donna Coppola (left) takes a selfie with the Staten Island award winners and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right).
![G-Factor Award winners Four men pose for a photo on the stage with the two on the left receiving awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7957.jpg?itok=ruqwoOs0)
UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (left) and G-Factor Films founder Torrance Hampton (second from left) congratulate G-Factor award winner Hanan Harchol (third from left), an educator at Art and Design HS in Manhattan, and his school, accepted by Principal Maximillian Re-Sugiura. Other honorees in the category are teachers Jared Jax of Staten Island Technical HS, Jose Santiago of William E. Grady HS in Brooklyn, Miguel Sierra of Thomas A. Edison HS in Queens and Shanua Rodriguez of the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering.
![Manhattan award winners A group of award winners pose on stage for a photo opportunity](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7985.jpg?itok=nop6rJYx)
Manhattan educators hold their CTE awards as they line the stage with Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT Manhattan high school district representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right).
![Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award Three people pose for a photo - a woman on the left, man in the middle holding an award and a man on the right](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7987.jpg?itok=KY2qI9h3)
Thomas Poon (center), a teacher at Chelsea Career and Technical Education HS in Manhattan, receives the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Melanie Mortimer, the president of the foundation, and John Martin, a vice president.
![Bronx winners A group of award winners pose for a photo on the stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8047.jpg?itok=0fJbXQPR)
Dario Shore (left), the Bronx high school representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right) stand with awardees from the Bronx.
![Queens winners A large group of award winners pose on stage for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8064.jpg?itok=RyYuYcCY)
James Vasquez (left), the Queens high school district representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right) take a photo with Queens honorees after presenting them with their awards.
![Brooklyn honorees A group of honorees line up to receive their awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8019.jpg?itok=cPlge6ox)
Some of the 26 honorees from Brooklyn line up on the stage after accepting their awards.
![Leo Gordon and Florence Jackson A woman on the left and man on the right pose for a photo at the podium.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7863.jpg?itok=KRooQUyk)
UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon presents a UFT Legacy Award to Florence Jackson, a retired senior director for career and technical education at the New York City Department of Education.
![National Academy Foundation awards A man on the left poses with two award winners to his right on the stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7994.jpg?itok=w3h4xqD3)
Don Applyrs (left), the senior director for strategic investment with the National Academy Foundation, presents awards to Durani Koenig of the HS for Enterprise, Business and Technology in Brooklyn and Matthew Malench of Long Island City HS in Queens.
![Staten Island educators A group of UFT members from Staten Island pose for a group photo](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8079.jpg?itok=ecceU7HH)
Educators from Staten Island Technical HS gather for a group photo.
![Brooklyn STEAM Center Two women celebrate as their colleague is announced as an award winner](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8054_0.jpg?itok=eGA-F1sh)
Inet Poe (left) and Emama Akhter of Brooklyn STEAM Center cheer on their colleagues who are honorees.
![Edwin Espaillat Award winner A man on the left, man in the middle holding a plaque and a woman on the right pose for a photo at an awards ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7890.jpg?itok=H-GWeBnM)
Teacher Joshua Rivera (center) of the Stephen T. Mather Building Arts and Craftsmanship HS in Manhattan receives the Edwin Espaillat Award from Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for career and technical education high schools and the event emcee, and Jade Grieve, the chief of student pathways for the New York City Department of Education. Rivera also received a Municipal Credit Union Award.
![Mulgrew at 2024 CTE Awards A man speaks at the podium during an awards ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7838.jpg?itok=URsjHelJ)
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who taught at a CTE school, says the New York City career and technical education graduation rate of 91% — 10 percentage points about the overall rate — is evidence of its success and relevance.
![Honoree Daniel Greiner and Benjamin Bilbao Two men sitting at a table smile for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7934.jpg?itok=I4IbOgKz)
Honoree Daniel Greiner (right), who teaches at the Health Education and Research Occupations HS (H.E.R.O) in the Bronx, attends the awards dinner with his partner, Benjamin Bilbao.
![Rudolph Bastien and family An honoree poses with his family.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7937.jpg?itok=HdvP_wtH)
Honoree Rudolph Bastien, who teaches at W.H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education HS in Brooklyn, celebrates his award with his family.
![Staten Island winners A woman on the left holds up her phone to take a selfie with a group of honorees on a stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8002.jpg?itok=GACxwOv-)
UFT Staten Island IS/HS District Representative Donna Coppola (left) takes a selfie with the Staten Island award winners and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right).
![G-Factor Award winners Four men pose for a photo on the stage with the two on the left receiving awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7957.jpg?itok=ruqwoOs0)
UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (left) and G-Factor Films founder Torrance Hampton (second from left) congratulate G-Factor award winner Hanan Harchol (third from left), an educator at Art and Design HS in Manhattan, and his school, accepted by Principal Maximillian Re-Sugiura. Other honorees in the category are teachers Jared Jax of Staten Island Technical HS, Jose Santiago of William E. Grady HS in Brooklyn, Miguel Sierra of Thomas A. Edison HS in Queens and Shanua Rodriguez of the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering.
![Manhattan award winners A group of award winners pose on stage for a photo opportunity](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7985.jpg?itok=nop6rJYx)
Manhattan educators hold their CTE awards as they line the stage with Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT Manhattan high school district representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right).
![Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award Three people pose for a photo - a woman on the left, man in the middle holding an award and a man on the right](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7987.jpg?itok=KY2qI9h3)
Thomas Poon (center), a teacher at Chelsea Career and Technical Education HS in Manhattan, receives the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Melanie Mortimer, the president of the foundation, and John Martin, a vice president.
![Bronx winners A group of award winners pose for a photo on the stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8047.jpg?itok=0fJbXQPR)
Dario Shore (left), the Bronx high school representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right) stand with awardees from the Bronx.
![Queens winners A large group of award winners pose on stage for a photo](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8064.jpg?itok=RyYuYcCY)
James Vasquez (left), the Queens high school district representative, and UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon (right) take a photo with Queens honorees after presenting them with their awards.
![Brooklyn honorees A group of honorees line up to receive their awards.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8019.jpg?itok=cPlge6ox)
Some of the 26 honorees from Brooklyn line up on the stage after accepting their awards.
![Leo Gordon and Florence Jackson A woman on the left and man on the right pose for a photo at the podium.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7863.jpg?itok=KRooQUyk)
UFT Vice President for Career and Technical Education High Schools Leo Gordon presents a UFT Legacy Award to Florence Jackson, a retired senior director for career and technical education at the New York City Department of Education.
![National Academy Foundation awards A man on the left poses with two award winners to his right on the stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A7994.jpg?itok=w3h4xqD3)
Don Applyrs (left), the senior director for strategic investment with the National Academy Foundation, presents awards to Durani Koenig of the HS for Enterprise, Business and Technology in Brooklyn and Matthew Malench of Long Island City HS in Queens.
![Staten Island educators A group of UFT members from Staten Island pose for a group photo](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8079.jpg?itok=ecceU7HH)
Educators from Staten Island Technical HS gather for a group photo.
![Brooklyn STEAM Center Two women celebrate as their colleague is announced as an award winner](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_scale_and_crop_330x220/public/photos/603A8054_0.jpg?itok=eGA-F1sh)
Inet Poe (left) and Emama Akhter of Brooklyn STEAM Center cheer on their colleagues who are honorees.