Best Practices and Innovations Conference

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Best Practices and Innovations Conference

7:30am PDT

Registration Pavilion Foyer

8:00am PDT

Benson Polytechnic High School (Advanced Sign Up & Additional Fee Required) Hilton Portland Downtown Pack Your Bags for the AI-Driven Landscape of Work and Education (Advanced Sign Up & Additional Fee Required) Atrium Ballroom

1:00pm PDT

CTEC: Learning That Works (Advanced Sign Up & Additional Fee Required) Hilton Portland Downtown Leading Stakeholders, Staff, and Students Fearlessly Into the Smart Machine Age (Advanced Sign Up & Additional Fee Required) Galleria South

5:30pm PDT

Welcome Reception Atrium Ballroom

6:30am PDT

Registration Pavilion Foyer

7:00am PDT

Continental Breakfast Pavilion Ballroom

7:45am PDT

Opening General Session Pavilion Ballroom

9:45am PDT

Addressing the Teacher Shortage in Technology and Engineering Education Galleria South Generational Hiring in the K-12 Sector: Winning Brand Strategies to Attract Diverse Talent Galleria North Launching Excellence: A Roadmap for New CTE Teachers Broadway III/IV Powerful and Equitable Work-Based Learning Forum Suite Statewide Work-Based Learning Strategies: Data-Driven Implementation and Partnership-Focused Approaches Council Suite The Future Is CTE: Mastering Mega Trends to Supersize Your Impact Broadway I/II

10:45am PDT

Break and Vendor Visits Pavilion Foyer

11:15am PDT

19 Schools Under One Roof: The Willamette Career Academy and Regional CTE in Oregon Galleria South 5 Employment Basics Blunders and How to FIX Them! Broadway I/II Powering Up Your CTE Programs Broadway III/IV ReDefining the Goal of Education Council Suite Unleashing Potential: Panther PULSE Work-Based Learning Forum Suite # 3 Creating inclusive career technical schools for LGBTQ+ youth Atrium Ballroom # 4 Creating the Next Generation of Workforce Employees through CTE Academies Atrium Ballroom #1 A Blueprint for Building Educator Capacity in Project-Based Work-Based Learning Atrium Ballroom #10 Identifying Perceived and Known Barriers: Empowering Every Learner in CTE Atrium Ballroom #11 Leveraging Research-Based Strategies for Transformative Career and Technical Education Atrium Ballroom #12 Mental Health First Aid Atrium Ballroom #13 Modern PD for Modern CTE Atrium Ballroom #14 Setting New CTE Teachers Up for Success: Best Practices in Preparation Atrium Ballroom #15 Shaping Excellence in CTE: Navigating Quality Standards and Celebrating Achievements Atrium Ballroom #16 Soaring Together: Inclusive Aviation Program at Franklin High School Atrium Ballroom #17 The Right Student in The Right Seat, Inclusion, Access, Equity and Diversity in CTE Admissions Atrium Ballroom #18 Training the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals Through Innovative CTE Programming Atrium Ballroom #19 Transforming a CTE High School to Create a Sense of Belonging Atrium Ballroom #2 AI Empowered Education - Practical Examples from the Classroom, Professional Development and Beyond Atrium Ballroom #20 Using Data Bases Effectively Atrium Ballroom #5 Developing a Pre-Apprenticeship Atrium Ballroom #6 Empowering Futures: Integrating Career Exploration Across the Curriculum Atrium Ballroom #7 Designing Professional Development to Support Members of Special Populations Atrium Ballroom #8 Grant Access to CTE through Strategic Relationship Building Atrium Ballroom #9 Growing our own: How one district in Arizona has leveraged its partnerships to implement career literacy at the elementary level Atrium Ballroom

12:30pm PDT

Lunch and General Session Pavilion Ballroom

2:30pm PDT

Automating Your CTE Data Collection Council Suite Beyond the Blueprint: The Accelerated Career Diploma Forum Suite Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies between School Counseling and CTE Broadway I/II Data Mining: Find Your Gold Galleria South High School to Highway: Connell High School's Innovative Approach to Filling the CDL Shortage Galleria North The Blueprint for Tomorrow Broadway III/IV

3:30pm PDT

Break and Vendor Visits Pavilion Foyer

3:45pm PDT

Confessions of a Data Junkie Broadway III/IV It Takes a Village: Using Stakeholder Feedback and Program Data to Improve Secondary CTE Programs & Partnerships Galleria South Leveraging Partnerships to Grow Student Career Development Opportunities Forum Suite Navigating Tomorrow: Empowering Students through Career Literacy and Pathway Connections. Broadway I/II Unleashing the Power of Team-Based Challenges Across the Curriculum Council Suite

7:00am PDT

Breakfast and Closing General Session Pavilion Ballroom

8:40am PDT

Believe, Belong, Become: Collaborating to Become a Career-Focused Region Forum Suite Crafting Career Readiness: Arizona's Approach to Professional Skills in CTE Council Suite Essential Questions to Guide Student Inquiry Broadway I/II Metatrends Driving Change and Redefining the Future Broadway III/IV

9:40am PDT

Break and Vendor Visits Pavilion Foyer

9:55am PDT

100% Retention: How Minnesota's CTE Teacher Induction Program Retains Teachers Forum Suite Breaking Paradigms with a Catch-All Pathway: one college's revolutionary applied baccalaureate degree transforms perceptions and realities in CTE Broadway III/IV Strengthening Foundations, Sharing Expertise: Building Statewide Mentorship for New CTE Teachers Council Suite Threading Transformational Work-based Learning with Existing Infrastructure Broadway I/II

11:00am PDT

AI at Your Fingertips: Harnessing Digital Tools Broadway I/II Innovative Ideas that Ignite Work Based Learning for Special Education in CTE Council Suite Not Enough Money for Professional Development? Forum Suite Registered Youth Apprenticeships - the WEEDS Broadway III/IV