ASE Instructor Training Conference: Attendee's Perspective
Key Highlights
- The Draw. There's no other place for teachers that's all-inclusive with so many sponsors and vendors in one place—all focused on helping instructors teach classroom fundamentals, not just making a better technician.
- The Unsung Heroes. ASE-trained instructors are the unsung heroes of the industry. They don't do it for the money; they do it for the passion.
- Paying It Forward. Many instructors were technicians before becoming educators and now see their work as a service to the next generation.
For automotive instructors from all walks of life, the ASE Instructor Training Conference offers something hard to find elsewhere: an all-inclusive event built specifically around their needs. As one attendee in the video stated, "I don't think there's another place for teachers ..." and another, "I get a vast amount of information..."
Along with the attendees, ASE president and CEO Dave shares why the conference stands out—not for making better technicians, but for equipping teachers with classroom fundamentals, product knowledge, and technical resources they can bring straight back to their programs.
Dave also reminds us what drives technicians to become educators in the first place: the passion, not the paycheck. Many instructors come from years as shop technicians, and today, they're giving back and mentoring the next generation the way they themselves were once mentored.