"How Are You?": Asking Idaho Career and Technical Student Organization Advisors About Their Subjective Personal and Professional Well-Being

The objective of this paper was to assess how Career and Technical Educators (CTE) who serve as advisors for Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) perceive their personal and professional well-being in their careers, as well as to evaluate whether these educators feel supported and valued within their communities. The hypothesis proposed that the personal well-being responses of CTSO advisors would directly correspond with their career well-being responses. Quantitative data intended for qualitative analysis were collected through an anonymous survey focusing on Subjective Well-Being (SWB), distributed via email by Idaho’s CTE Department or through a QR code scanned by advisors at their respective state conferences. The results indicated more positive responses regarding advisor’s personal lives compared to their professional lives. A majority of the advisors reported feeling supported and valued, but many of the absolute values were ambiguous, with dynamic fluctuations potentially occurring between positive and negative responses. The hypothesis was largely supported; however, a clear alignment was not always possible due to the limited sample size and the potential for response fluctuations.