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NCPN Presentation Date & Time of Session Pres.

Number KEY presenter FName LName Organization Room Capacity Time Date Presentation Title Presentation Description

2 y David Laton Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education

B15A 190T 8:15-9:15am Friday Developing Standardized CTE Curriculum and State-wide Articulation Agreements

This presentation offers insights into how to develop standardized curriculum for CTE programs. Presenters will discuss how to conduct a basic needs analysis through development of a complete plan of instruction.

3 y Marilyn Barger FLATE E21A 90R 12:45-2pm Thursday The Toothpick Factory: A Simulation Game for the Soft Skills

Looking for a job? The Toothpick Factory is hiring! As difficult as finding new employees might be, retaining them is also a great challenge. Even those with strong technical skills often lack adequate “soft skills.” FLATE Center for Advanced Technological Education's "Toothpick Factory” simulation offers a great way to focus participants on soft skills in a fun hands-on simulation set in a workplace setting.

3 n Richard Gilbert University of South Florida 4 y Bill Brown Johnson County Community

College B14 70T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Stop Abusing Your

Advisory Board Members Do you have trouble getting members to attend your advisory board meetings? Would you like to know how to pack the room with members anxious to share with you? Find out how to increase the number and participation of advisory board members for your CTE programs. Even if you have a “good” advisory board, we will discuss ways to make it “better”!

5 y Margaret Watson CTE Resource Center B17 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Verso: Virginia's Online System for CTE Program Information and Curriculum

Virginia's Educational Resource System Online, VERSO, houses all CTE course data in an easy-to-use, web-based system. Come see how Virginia delivers a wealth of curriculum-related resources to its CTE teachers and administrators. All courses include the mandatory 21 Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth and are correlated to at least one industry credential. Computer not required to attend.

6 y Donna Everett Morehead State University E10C 70R 1:30-2:30pm Friday Aligning Career and Technical Education Programs With 21st Century Skills: A Marriage Made in Heaven

The purpose of this presentation is to answer questions such as why are 21st-century skills are so important, what do we know about 21st-century audiences, how does 21st-century learning impact teacher candidates, what strategies can you use to incorporate 21st-century learning in your classroom, are 21st-century schools up to the task, and did you get your invitation to the wedding? Come find out how we are up to the challenge. If we are, then let’s bring out the champagne and start dancing!

8 y Mitch Rosin McGraw-Hill Education B19 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Going For Gold: Developing Human Capital

In this workshop you will learn about the national workforce crisis, why credentials are gaining increased recognition nationwide, and how you can prepare your learners for certification tests.

8 n Jeff Fantine 9 y Nancy Allen National Consortium for Health

Science Education E10A 80R 8:15-9:15am Friday Designing a Health

Science Program of Study: Steps for Success

This presentation will provide the essential elements needed in a health science program. Emphasis will be put on infusion of academic, cluster, and pathway standards into the curriculum using a variety of strategies. Also included will be how to measure student achievement and the most effective use of resources and partnerships.

10 y Natasha Sams Elkhorn Crossing School B10 Lecture Hall

258T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Elkhorn Crossing School: Imitate, Emulate, Innovate

Through the use of Apple's iBooks, Elkhorn Crossing School has discovered an innovative way to "bridge the gap." This technology will become an anchor in student presentations, parent newsletters, lessons, and community networking. iBooks not required to attend.

10 n Todd Norton Elkhorn Crossing School 12 y Darren Morris CTE Resource Center B13 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday Taking It National! The Experts in research, curriculum, and assessment will describe the partnership

Pres. Number KEY presenter FName LName Organization Room Capacity Time Date Presentation Title Presentation Description

Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Model

that resulted in the Virginia model, Workplace Readiness Skills (WRS), and how it went from an idea to a stand-alone industry credential. States and organizations are invited to implement this complete WRS program at minimal cost and effort.

12 n Ken Potthoff CTECS 12 n Achsah Carrier Weldon Cooper Center 13 y Pamela Silvers Asheville-Buncombe Technical

Community College B14 70T 8:15-9:15am Friday STEM Camp: Invasion of

the Zombies Zombies attacked Asheville, and students thwarted the invasion using STEM! Come to this session to learn about a fun, active and educational summer camp for rising 9th-grade students. The four-day program included activities from multiple divisions on campus. See videos from the camp, handouts of activities, and logistical information.

13 n Michael Dempsey Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

14 y Jenny Harvey Blue Ridge Community College

E10A 80R 9:30-10:45am Friday Career Foundations 101: How to Prepare an Effective and Comprehensive Career Services Program

Name the lifelong process that combines self-awareness, knowledge of the changing workplace environment, and the ability to effectively prepare for workplace transitions——career development, of course. Find tips and strategies for addressing each of these areas, then learn how to efficiently fit them easily into workable career planning programs your clients will use time and time again.

15 y Earl Santymire Williamson County Middle College High School

B12 70T 11am-noon Friday Helping Students at a Middle College High School to Graduate on Time

Hear what the Williamson County Middle College High School is doing to help students, who do not fit into traditional schools, graduate on time and not become 5th-year seniors.

16 y Kelly Herold The University of Akron E10B 70R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Regionalizing Ohio Tech Prep

The presentation will provide an overview of the East Central Region Tech Prep Center. This Center partners with 116+ school districts and three major four-year universities (Kent State University, The University of Akron, Youngstown State University) for articulation agreements, professional development, and college readiness assistance.

16 n Jennie Royer Kent State University 17 y Mike Neubig Capture Educational

Consulting Services, Inc. B15B 80R 9:30-10:45am Friday Career Academies: The

Importance of Effective Scheduling

Mike Neubig has vast experience in scheduling cohort-based programs in the form of smaller learning communities and career academies. The main focus of this work is to train school leaders to unlock the constraints of traditional bell schedules and implement hybrid models that allow for flexible, performance driven instruction.

18 y Matthew Davids Daytona State College B11 40R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday College and Career Preparation: Career Pathways Elective Course for Adult Education Students

Attendees will understand how Daytona State College Department of Adult Education built and implemented a college and career preparation elective course for college bound (baccalaureate or CTE track) students enrolled in high school or GED programs.

21 y Jay Jackman University of Kentucky B13 70T 8:15-9:15am Friday Designing Program of Study Pathways to Elevate Academics Connections in Agricultural Education

Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) has developed four carefully designed program of study pathways for agricultural education. We will share our design features and how sequences of rigorous lessons enhance core-academic connections throughout courses. The design principles shared are considerations for program of study structure in other disciplines.

22 y Troy Christensen Bridgerland Applied E10D 150T 1:30-2:30pm Friday I Couldn't Fix Your Do you want to leave a child behind? What are the real issues? Does stress


Technology College Brakes, So I Made the Horn Louder

keep us avoiding them? Successful educators face life simply. Learn ten keys to successfully approach life with practical ideas and activities to “fix your brakes”. Come “tune up your engine” with fun, simple, powerful ideas.

24 y Nelda Clelland Northrop Grumman Corporation

E10A 80R 12:45-2pm Thursday A Symbiotic Strategy for Addressing the Nation's Shortage of Technical Workers

Examine the symbiotic relationship between secondary schools, postsecondary schools, and industry partners relative to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline development of technical workers. Present methods for establishing skills standards and assessments using this relationship. Explore strategies for engaging students in technical studies via national outreach programs.

25 y Ray Timlin Ohio Department of Education E21A 90R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Ohio: Leader in Tech Prep/Programs of Study

This presentation will highlight Ohio’s commitment in maintaining the Tech Prep philosophy throughout the CTE system despite the elimination of federal Perkins funds supporting Tech Prep. Learn how Ohio changed from a twenty-three college Tech Prep consortia structure to six college Tech Prep regional service centers supporting and facilitating Tech Prep/Program of Study applications, bilateral articulation agreement development, and college readiness assessments and interventions.

25 n Tawanna Fields-Mphande Ohio Board of Regents 29 y Tom Moore Loveland High School B18 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday Contextualized/Integrated

Curriculum that Works: Geometry in Construction; Rigorous and Practical

In a revolutionary approach, a Math and CTE teacher partnered to contextualize rigorous geometry into a construction curriculum building homes for nonprofits. Standardized test scores have increased and gender equity and enrollment are soaring. Learn about setting your vision, saving CTE programs, and replicating a similar program in your area.

29 n Scott Burke Loveland High School 31 y Robert Sheehan Sinclair Community College B17 70T 8:15-9:15am Friday Supplying Workforce

Needs: NSF National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education

Participants will learn how Sinclair Community College, Norco College, and their partners are creating a pipeline of supply chain workers with a NSF National Center for supply chain technology education grant.

32 y Nadara Kingery Danville Adult & Career Education Center

B13 70T 9:30-10:45am Friday PluggedInVa Danville: Manufacturing and Health Careers—A Pathway Program for Success

In 2011, the Adult & Career Education Center in Danville took a new integrated approach in teaching and preparing adults for the GEDÂ® test and postsecondary. This exciting presentation will describe the philosophy, development, design, implementation, and results of the PluggedinVa Manufacturing Prep Program and health careers programs.

32 n Jackie Rochford Danville Adult & Career Education Center

33 y Myra Mata Hampton City Schools B10 Lecture Hall

258T 9:30-10:45am Friday iPad Use in the Classroom: A Qualitative Approach to Flexible Teaching

This presentation will describe the process of successfully implementing iPads into the family and consumer sciences middle school curriculum. Presenters will explain the four phases of the process: planning, preparing, implementing and evaluating. Presenters will also discuss project-based learning and student engagement. iPads not required to attend.

33 n Laurie Smith Hampton City Schools 34 y Linda Allen Southwest Regional Adult

Education B17 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday PluggedIn VA: Transition

From Adult Education to College and the Workforce

Learn about the development and implementation of PIVA programs including information technology, entrepreneurship, construction/weatherization, electronic medical records, customer care representative and electrician helper. Also, learn about PIVA’s significant success in accelerating adult education instruction so students earn GEDs, industry certifications, and community college credits within an intensive, six-month instructional program.


34 n Karen Gent Southwest Regional Adult Education

35 y Stanley Shoun Ranken Technical College B18 70T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Priming the Pipeline With a Real Return on Investment (ROI)

Students receive a relevant education and financial support; partnering companies are actively involved in educating their next workforce, while producing revenue; and the college provides a self sustaining instruction model. Win-win-win!

36 y Miriam Perez NCCER E21C 110T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Enhancing Career Pathways Through Industry-Recognized Credentials

NCCER has developed over fifty craft training programs for construction, maintenance, pipeline, and energy. Learn more about the career opportunities in the construction industry for career and technical students who carry industry-recognized credentials. Teachers and administrators will benefit from attending this presentation.

37 y Bernie Yevin Forsyth Technical Community College

E21C 110T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Creating Interest in STEM through Robots: An Educational, Public, and Private Partnership Initiative

Declining interest in STEM on the part of students’ choices for future careers is creating crisis for U.S. competitiveness locally, nationally, and globally. This presentation offers a case history of an educational, public, and private partnership which is successfully building student awareness for STEM in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Participants will leave with a recognized model of sponsorship commitment and involvement in a successful Robot Run competition which can be readily duplicated on their home campus to build awareness for STEM careers with 52,860 students.

37 n Bruce Sherman Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

37 n Todd Mollitt Cook Medical 37 n Peggy Low Winston-Salem Chamber of

Commerce

37 n Steve Susalka Wake Forest School of Medicine

37 n Susan Phelps Forsyth Technical Community College

38 y Sharon Mullen Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center

B14 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday WorkKeys—Unlocking the Door to Employment for People With Disabilities

WorkKeys Unlocking the Door to Employment is an interactive presentation designed to teach participants about how quality assessment and instruction can enable clients with disabilities to attain career readiness certification and competitive employment. Testimonials from Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center clients enlighten participants with the benefits of attaining a career readiness certificate.

38 n Jale Ramsey Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center

39 y Mary Mayo Chesterfield Technical Center E21A 90R 9:30-10:45am Friday Are You Ready to Work? Of Course I Is!

Learn strategies that will prepare students on how to get a job and excel in their field. Your students know their trade skills, but do they have good workplace skills? Lessons showcased will include creating portfolios, interviewing, and the soft skills employers say students need for success.

39 n Nancy Metz Chesterfield Technical Center 39 n Karen Johnson Chesterfield Technical Center 40 y Judith Brummett Delphi Community High

School E11B 70R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Integrating Design

Components That Turn Knowledge and Skill Into

Have you ever wanted your students to have knowledge in another area that could benefit your curriculum? Integrating three different design courses, students use their software knowledge from a concept to produce a product.


Cash! These practical applications implemented by staff and students lead to earning financial support for their programs.

40 n Laurie Kinzie Delphi Community High School

40 n Neal Anderson Delphi Community High School

41 y Eugenia Newell Tulsa Public Schools 41 n Harold Helton Tulsa Public Schools 41 n Jeff Miller Tulsa Public Schools 42 y Leontine Jameson Resource Workforce

Investment Board E10C 70R 9:30-10:45am Friday Using the Competency

Model to Develop Career Pathways

This presentation will provide an overview of the how to build a competency model. The model is a valuable tool in engaging businesses to help educational and training organizations (both secondary and postsecondary) to development curriculum and programs to train the current, emerging, and future workforce in occupations that are high growth, high demand, and high wage and contribute to the economic growth of localities, regions, and beyond.

43 y Jessie Hawthorn Colorado Department of Education

E10B 70R 9:30-10:45am Friday Connecting the Adult Education Classroom to Postsecondary Education, Job Training, and the Workplace

Teaching learners about what will be expected of them in college, at a job training program, or at a workplace is helpful. Building these expectations into an adult education program and an adult education classroom is a key to their success. In this session, learn about how to do this.

44 y Kim Wood Blue Ridge Community College

E10D 150T 8:15-9:15am Friday Creating Career and College Pathways for Students in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley

Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) has one of the most successful career coaching programs in the Commonwealth. The BRCC coaches will discuss the successful programs they have developed as a group and for their individual high schools.

44 n Rachel Weaver Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Erin Hall Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Kyle Laver Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Cheryl Helmuth-Logan Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Melissa Malabad Blue Ridge Community College

44 n David Melvin Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Jacob Helmeczi Blue Ridge Community College

44 n Vanessa Mundie Blue Ridge Community College

45 y KayLynn Hamilton Penn State Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy

B15C 90R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Pennsylvania's Adult Career Pathways

This presentation will highlight the successes and challenges of Pennsylvania's Adult Career Pathways Initiative. By supporting adult education providers in eight pilot workforce investment areas, this initiative gathered a wealth of information from relationship building to student outcomes to further the


expansion of career pathways throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 45 n Christine Houck Pennsylvania Department of

Education

46 y Surabhi Jain National Council of La Raza B14 70T 9:30-10:45am Friday Engaging Employers Beyond Job Placement

Strong employer engagement initiatives are essential to successful workforce development programs. Several NCLR affiliates work closely with employer partners who act as instructors, assist with mock interviews, offer internships, provide opportunities for field trips, and more. This workshop features a panel of affiliates and their employer partners, who will share their experiences, highlight best practices, and provide tools for attendees to foster relationships that go beyond job placement.

47 y Emma Oppenheim National Council of La Raza E11B 70R 8:15-9:15am Friday Integrated Training for Continuing Education and Careers

An estimated 90 million Americans lack the basic literacy, numeracy, and English-language skills needed for continuing education and good jobs. Instruction that combines fundamental education with technical skills known as “integrated training” is crucial to workforce development programming for workers who lack these basics. This workshop explores integrated training as part of NCLR’s Career Pathways Initiative, supported by the Walmart Foundation.

48 y LaWanda Woods John Tyler Community College B14 70T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Get To Work! Your Portfolio

Conference attendees will learn strategies for helping students create a job portfolio that will demonstrate a student's appropriateness as a candidate for employment and how to utilize industry professionals as key links into the job market.

49 y Mary Garner Anne Arundel Community College

B12 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Proficiency Credit Makes the Grade!

High school students are benefiting from Anne Arundel Community College’s proficiency credit initiative. Under this program, students can be awarded graded college credit for successfully completing a college assessment aligned to a high school CTE program. During this session, development and implementation of the proficiency credit process will be shared.

50 y Brian Haskins Lake Land College B19 70T 11am-noon Friday Lake Land College Fundamentals of an Applied Technology Program: Adult and Workforce Education

Lake Land College Adult and Workforce Education Fundamental of Applied Technology Program is designed to prepare students for direct employment and/or entrance into postsecondary education programs of study. Participants in the program can gain information on braiding funding streams to assist students in accessing career and technical educational programs.

51 y Jean Petty American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

B15C 90R 1:30-2:30pm Friday Benefits Access for College Completion (BACC): Helping low income students persist and complete

This session presents strategies and resources for working with low income students to help them access public benefits to which they are eligible but may not be aware, increasing success in college. The Benefits Access for College Completion project is focused on strengthening individuals for college and global success.

51 n William Watson Skyline Community College 51 n Molly Middlehurst American Association of

Community Colleges (AACC)

54 y Deb Newberry Nano-Link ATE Center E11B 70R 9:30-10:45am Friday A Correlation Study Between Emerging Technology Concepts and Job Requirements

Emerging growth technologies such as nanotechnology, photonics, and green energy offer multiple career opportunities. Entrance and exit points for many training programs are well defined and restricted. In order to take advantage of previous skills and knowledge, correlation matrices are needed. This session will present the assessment methodology and process being used to create the matrices. Examples of military experience and prior knowledge will be correlated to job requirements in emerging technology areas. Attendees will


participate in matrix creation. 55 y Joseph Wharff Virginia Department of

Education B18 70T 8:15-9:15am Friday Career Clusters:

Virginia’s Best Practices This session will provide the most up-to-date information on Virginia’s K-12 efforts for the national career clusters and pathways initiative. The presentation will feature best practices in Virginia’s public schools, highlighting the 16 career clusters. Selected best practices videos will be shown to the participants.

56 y Joseph Wharff Virginia Department of Education

B18 70T 11am-noon Friday RU “College & Career” Ready? Career Development Resources for K-12 Students and Parents in Virginia

The Virginia Department of Education has numerous academic and career planning resources available for students and parents in the Commonwealth. This session will highlight specific resources that highlight career clusters and pathways for K-12 student career development.

57 y Kathleen Daly Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

E10D 150T 11am-noon Friday Virginia: Building Bridges for Adults in Transition

Through partnerships between community colleges and adult education, Virginia is building bridges to college and careers for adults who lack a high school diploma or GED. This interactive session focuses on how two Virginia transitions programs, Middle College and PluggedInVA, assist this population in preparing for higher education and careers.

57 n Caroline Thurston Virginia Community College System

58 y Tressa Gardner SC ATE Center of Excellence E11B 70R 11am-noon Friday National Science Foundation-Funded PBL Scenario Development Fosters Curriculum Alignment in SC

Learn how a high School physics instructor incorporates physics-driven problem-based learning (PBL) projects to engage students and demonstrate relevance. SC ATE presenters will describe their collaboration, share, ready-to-implement PBL projects and discuss a SC curriculum alignment project.

58 n Andrew Bell South Florence High School 59 y Ann Beheler Convergence Technology

Center (CTC) B19 70T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Meeting Workforce Needs

Through Business Leadership Not Business Advising

The Convergence Technology Center and BATEC Center for IT have been successful in recruiting and retaining active business and industry leadership teams that guide the Centers in reimagining IT careers, resulting in students being right-skilled to rapidly gain employment. Participants will learn strategies and techniques to build dynamic business partnerships.

59 n Deborah Boisvert BATEC Center for IT 60 y Joseph Ashley Virginia Department of

Rehabilitative Services B19 70T 9:30-10:45am Friday Assistive Technology

Partnerships to Enhance Postsecondary Transition Success of Persons With Disabilities

Advances in Assistive Technology (AT) have enhanced participation of persons with disabilities (PWD) in education, career training, and employment. Handheld and other AT that expand individual career achievements and access to instruction will be demonstrated. Attendees will learn partnerships and resources available to maximize access, engagement, and success of PWD. Computers not required to attend.

60 n Barclay Shepard Virginia Assistive Technology Services

60 n Sinclair Hubard Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services

60 n Pat Sitter Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services

61 y Veronica Pavon-Baker Miami-Dade County Public Schools

E21A 90R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday The 21st Century Connection: Taking the LEAD in the Adult Classroom—Learn,

This workshop highlights classroom strategies to motivate and prepare adult students to succeed in the new global economy by using the LEAD—Learn, Excel, Achieve, Deliver—qualities.


Excel, Achieve, and Deliver

62 y Unna Valdez Albuquerque Public Schools B13 70T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Infusing Math Standards Into CTE Curriculums

The key components and elements of this presentation is the use of innovative skills development for CTE using web-based designed math standards in CTE courses in computer-aided drafting, automotive, woods, and culinary arts.

62 n Laura Corral Albuquerque Public Schools 62 n Don Gonzales Albuquerque Public Schools 62 n Scott McLeod Albuquerque Public Schools 62 n Marco Martinez Albuquerque Public Schools 62 n Joey Loving Albuquerque Public Schools 63 y Marie Mackintosh Indiana Department of

Workforce Development B13 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Indiana’s GED+ Program:

Redefining Adult Education Through Occupational Certifications

Indiana is in the second year of implementation of its GED+ program, which offers occupational training to adult education students in six industry sectors: advanced manufacturing, TDL, healthcare, business, IT, and construction. We will give an overview of Indiana’s statewide framework and grant process, examples of successful program development at the local level, and initial outcomes data.

63 n Lara Pastore Metropolitan School District of Washington Township

63 n Gus Linde EmployIndy 64 y Ben Williams Columbus State Community

College B18 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Collaborating Across the

Pipeline to Increase Nontraditional Student Success in STEM Programs

Through the collaboration of faculty, counselors, and administrators from middle schools, high schools, career centers (both secondary and adult), community colleges, four-year universities, and local employers, The Ohio STEM Equity Pipeline Project has been successful in developing and implementing innovative research-based strategies to increase access and success of nontraditional female students in STEM programs.

65 y West Davis Woodward Career Technical High School

E11A 90R 9:30-10:45am Friday Learning Made Relevant: Implementing Problem and Project-Based Learning Using Contextual Teaching

Attendees can expect to gain insight on how to integrate CTE into the everyday classroom instruction. Attendees will also learn to use problem and project-based learning to effectively cover the new Core Content Standards. Attendees will benefit from the session by becoming more familiar with one of the most effective instructional practices available.

66 y Cara Kirby Fairfax County Public Schools E11B 70R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Exploring Careers Through Business Partnerships

Attendees will hear from a panel of career experience specialists who support the academies in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). The panel will discuss the many ways the schools partner with the business community and federal government to provide valuable opportunities for career exploration. Innovative ideas for events, job shadows, and internships will be discussed.

66 n Gwen Plummer Fairfax County Public Schools 66 n Maria Kappel Fairfax County Public Schools 66 n Shelli Carpenter Fairfax County Public Schools 66 n Genie Williford Fairfax County Public Schools 66 n Jill Burrer Fairfax County Public Schools 67 y Joan Ozdogan Chantilly Academy E10B 70R 11am-noon Friday GE2—Girls Exploring

Engineering: Advancing Gender Diversity in Pre-Collegiate Engineering

Learn about an innovative course designed to encourage female students in STEM careers. Girls Exploring Engineering (GE2) is an all-girls engineering class at the Chantilly Academy that has produced amazing results in the movement of females into postsecondary studies in engineering. The STEM-


Education focused course includes numerous curriculum enhancements and advanced, high-value external partnerships with higher education, industry, and the government. These partners provide challenging, real world practice through design projects, cybersecurity competitions, professional engineer mentors, service learning projects, and program development consultation from an advisory committee.

67 n Cara Kirby Fairfax County Public Schools 68 y Scott Kemp Virginia Community College

System E11C 120T 12:45-2pm Thursday Virginia's Career Coach

Program: An Effective Model for Delivering Postsecondary Transition Services

Virginia’s Career Coach Program provides students with unique access to postsecondary training and careers using a model that is accountable to stakeholders with extensive data collection techniques and supports Virginia’s career pathways plan. The presentation will provide an overview of the model and highlight the local/regional/statewide management of a career coach program, including how to get buy in from college and legislative leaders to start the program and drive funding. Updates on the Career Coach Certification will be provided, including collaboration on the adult coaching model.

69 y Vince D'Agostino The Hanover Center for Trades and Technology

B19 70T 8:15-9:15am Friday A Poor Economy Doesn't Have to Mean Poor Job Opportunities for Students

Stop worrying about how your students are going to find their way into the work world. Come learn how to make connections with businesses, social agencies, work force development, and your community. Experience the satisfaction of identifying employment opportunities for your students and helping them get HIRED!

69 n Achsah Carrier Weldon Cooper Center 70 y Robin Kroyer-Kubicek Wisconsin Department of

Workforce Development E10A 80R 11am-noon Friday Wisconsin Youth

Apprenticeship 2012: Still Investing in Wisconsin's Future

Wisconsin's Youth Apprenticeship (YA) integrates classroom and work-based learning for high school juniors and seniors. In the last six years, YA has been updated to reflect more flexible options for employer implementation! Attend to hear how you can use this model with employers and schools to make students career ready!

71 y Mary Jo Washko J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) Middle College

B15B 80R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Bridges and Scaffolds on the Road to Success: A Journey Through Middle College at JSRCC

Attendees experience our program in the shoes of a student, assuming student identities provided. Key staff present on program components and roles with students at various stages. The presentation includes a “progress update” and student outcomes based on actual students. Integrated discussion of program components, funding sources, success rates and challenges will be discussed.

71 n Mary-Chris Escobar J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) Middle College

71 n Kristin Hott J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) Middle College

71 n Torski Dobson-Arnold J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) Middle College

72 y Claudia Morrell National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

E10B 70R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Micromessaging, Access, and Equity in STEM Career Education

Micromessaging to Reach and Teach Every Student is a rigorous professional development program for secondary and postsecondary STEM and CTE educators designed to increase the participation and academic success of their students with an emphasis on underrepresented populations, including women. Pilot data has demonstrated significant impact for all students.

73 y John Chamberlain CORD B13 70T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Teaching Introductory A browser-based program delivers realistic lab problems with simulated


Electronics Skills by Intelligent Simulations

equipment for an introductory DC/AC electronics course, and then grades and advises the students much as the teacher might do, looking over their shoulders with no damage to real lab equipment. Response data is saved on a central server with reports available for students and teachers. This NSF-funded “SPARKS” project is freely available through the Concord Consortium portal. Interested? Come see what students and teachers are saying, see a demonstration of our modules, and sign up your school! Computer not required to attend.

74 y Keara Sodano Indian River State College E11A 90R 12:45-2pm Thursday Pieces of the Puzzle: Linking Local, State and Federal Initiatives for Adult Education Career Pathways

This session will present how Indian River State College linked its local Adult Education Career Pathways (AECP) initiatives with Florida’s eight areas of focus for AECP, and the federal 10 Components Framework for Rigorous Programs of Study. Participants will gain insight into Florida’s system-building process and will learn how AECP legislation and policy influenced the development of IRSC’s local program.

74 n Donna Roberts Indian River State College 75 y Scott Kemp Virginia Community College

System B15A 190T 9:30-10:45am Friday Virginia’s Collaborative

Approach to Coaching Youth and Adults

Career coaching has become a highly effective way to guide Virginia’s citizens through educational and training opportunities and into industries seeking a trained and career-ready workforce. Virginia is bringing together coaches who provide service to high school students, dislocated workers, foster youth, high school drop-outs, and unemployed/underemployed citizens. This session will provide an overview of coaching in Virginia, the characteristics and barriers of the populations being served, and Virginia collaborative approach to combine training, professional development, and case management.

75 n Caroline Thurston Virginia Community College System

76 y Carol Adukaitis PA State System of Higher Education

E11C 120T 11am-noon Friday Recruiting Traditional and Adult Students to CTCs + AAS + BAS Career Pathways

Millions of Americans lack the high-tech skills needed to gain employment in the global economy to earn a family sustaining wage. Participants will learn how the PA educational institutions created a 2+2+2 collaborative partnership between career and technology centers, community colleges, and four-year institutions with a new AAS to BAS degree option.

78 y Kathleen Castle Alaska Construction Academies

E21C 140T 8:15-9:15am Friday Partnerships That Make a Difference

This session will focus on how connections with business and industry can help to define your program's classes and will positively impact your regions economic needs. Participants will hear how industry can impact an educational program in many positive ways.

80 y Mortenous Johnson Sinclair Community College B17 70T 9:30-10:45am Friday The Trifecta: Earning Workforce Credentials and College Sophomore Status in One Year

This clinic will illustrate an adaptable model that enables high school students to earn workforce certifications, and achieve college sophomore status before graduating. Program construction, intervention strategies and collaboration will be highlighted. As an outcome, participants will learn how to replicate this progressive framework at their respective institutions.

80 n Alisha Mitchell Sinclair Community College 81 y Felecia McClenny Virginia Community College

System E21B 70R 1:30-2:30pm Friday Virginia's Rapid

Response Program: A Career Pathway Portal That Leverages Partner Services to Enhance Results for Customers in

Successful career pathways systems are built on trusting relationships and communication between public and private partners. As a portal to the Career Pathways System, the Rapid Response Program in Virginia will share ways to expand services/resources by capitalizing on partnerships that include business, workforce, and economic development representatives, in addition to local, state, and federal government entities. Evaluative outcome reports from


Transition the Joint Forces Command Transition Center will be shared to illustrate our success. We will provide a continuous improvement model for participants.

81 n Gregory Vaughn Northern Virginia Community College

81 n Evelyn Cromartie Northern Virginia Community College

81 n Jameo Pollock John Tyler Community College 81 n Curtis Wray Thomas Nelson Community

College

81 n Beckie Cox New River Community College 82 y Deborah Kennedy New River Community College E11C 120T 8:15-9:15am Friday Dancing the Virginia

Reel: How to “Do-Si-Do” and Place Students on Paths to Success

Learn “steps" New River Community College uses to partner with high schools to create postsecondary transitions which place students on paths to success. See how NRCC “Do-Si-Do’s with school partners through early college opportunities, college and career readiness programs, and extensive outreach to solidify relationships and provide seamless transitions for students.

82 n Tonya Vaden Giles County Technology Center

82 n Elizabeth Whiston-Dean New River Community College 83 y Barbara

+ panel Murray Southeast Maritime and

Transportation Center (SMART)

E21C 110T 1:30-2:30pm Friday SMART Teacher Institute: Creating Maritime Career Awareness, Developing Curricula Through Professional Development

The SMART Maritime Teacher Institute is a replicable professional development model currently producing real results in the maritime transportation industry. Learn how the Institute is exposing educators to this nationally-important industry, facilitating dialogue between industry leaders and teachers/instructors, producing relevant classroom curriculum, and developing career pathways within STEM education.

85 y Tünde Csepelyi Truckee Meadows Community College

B12 70T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Transitioning ABE ESL Programs and Faculty to 21st-Century Skills

To establish successful student transitioning courses from ABE to postsecondary settings, transitioning ABE ESL programs and faculty to 21st-century skills is necessary. This presentation will discuss what and how program administrators can implement to help transition their instructors from teaching basic English to teaching 21st-century skills.

86 y Barbara Murray Tidewater Community College E21B 70R 11am-noon Friday Successful, Sustainable Model Utilizing Apprenticeship Career Pathway to Create Skilled, Educated Workforce

Learn how workforce leadership in a Virginia community college partnered with competitive maritime and other industry leaders to create college credentials within structured registered apprenticeship program curricula to create “ramp-on” career pathways. Apprenticeship graduates earn industry-valued and created embedded academic credentials and skills that are critical and portable within the industry.

89 y Donna Pearson University of Louisville B17 70T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Maximizing the CTE Context: Strengthening Academic Skills in Career Pathways

Participants will benefit from learning the latest findings from the NRCCTE curriculum integration projects. They will also leave with some practical "takeaways" that can be applied in the development of career pathways.

90 y Lyle Courtnage Montana University System E11C 120T 9:30-10:45am Friday Attacking College Math Remediation in the High School CTE Pathway

Learn how to find embedded math concepts in a CTE class. Proceed on to how a math teacher helps the CTE teacher learn to teach the embedded concepts. Move on to learning how to organize a geometry class so students can immediately apply the math concept to the CTE project. This session will focus on the construction pathway including learning the math for a house building project.


90 n Clay Burkett Helena Public Schools 90 n Henry Begler Helena Public Schools 90 n Craig Crawford 90 n Steve Lehman Billings Public Schools 90 n Scott Anderson Billings Public Schools 91 y Lori Wojciechowski B16 50T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Industry Credential for

Biotechnology Learning science in the context of industrial applications is a paradigm shift that opens doors to careers in biotechnology. Partners in Florida have developed programs for multi-level career pathways in biotechnology, including an entry-level, industry approved credential of “Biotechnician Assistant” earned through our secondary program, which leads to employment and/or statewide articulation agreement into the state’s postsecondary biotechnology programs.

91 n Tamara Mandell University of Florida Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology

91 n Richard Snyder University of Florida Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology

93 y Hope Cotner CORD B15C 90R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday One-Stop Shopping for Adult Career Pathways

Designing Instruction for Career Pathways (DICP) is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education s Office of Vocational and Adult Education that seeks to assist state and local adult education providers as they develop and implement adult career pathways programs that are designed to help low-skilled adults succeed in postsecondary education and employment. DICP is managed by Kratos Learning Solutions in partnership with the Center for Occupational Research and Development. Participants will learn how to get involved in the leading career pathways movement in adult education.

94 y Jeannie Justice Indian River State College E21C 140T 11am-noon Friday Playing Games With Education: Incorporating Games and Simulations Into Curriculum

Learning about games, simulations, and gamers (otherwise known as your students) can help any educator motivate and engage learners. This presentation is designed to help educators understand the mindsets of gamers, learn how to construct lessons using contextual games and simulations, and/or have students tryout different careers. Computers not required to attend.

95 y Jason Guard Essential Education E10B 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday Computer Adaptive Instruction to Meet ABE/GED and Digital Literacy Needs of the Workforce

Computer-based training holds enormous potential for workforce development, but only to the degree that it actually makes the learning process approachable and easily implemented. The GED Academy and Computer Essentials Online programs handle skill assessments, assignment of lessons, and delivery of truly engaging instruction and practice material, anytime, anywhere. Computer not required to attend.

95 n Stacey Wright West Piedmont Adult Education

96 y Caroline + panel

Thurston Virginia Community College System

B18 70T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Adult Career Coaching in Virginia: A New Model

Virginia is developing an Adult Career Coach model that will focus on assisting adults, with an emphasis on low-skills, low-wage adults, in developing career and education plans, access resources and support services that will be available through colleges, One Stop Career Centers, human services agencies, and community based organizations.

98 y Paula Dehetre Virginia Community College System

E21C 110T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Workforce Reform in the Commonwealth:

This presentation will include a brief overview of the reforms that have taken place in Virginia since 2006 to present. A panel will outline the strategies used


Strategies for Success over two gubernatorial administrations to encourage collaboration, partnership, and cooperation among the partners in education, workforce and economic development including legislative reform, executive orders, and reorganizations. The panelists will delineate the unique programs and initiatives including career pathways, CTE, CRC, On Ramp, and Adult Career Coaching, to increase credential and employment attainment and skill up the workforce.

98 n Kathy Byron Virginia General Assembly 98 n Craig Herndon Virginia Community College

System

98 n Huey Battle Virginia Workforce Council 98 n Elizabeth Creamer Office of the Governor

105 y Caroline Thurston Virginia Community College System

E11B 70R 12:45-2pm Thursday Promising Practices for Transitioning Underserved Populations to Postsecondary Education

Virginia's Middle College and Adult Education programs strive to help underserved populations advance their skills to attain secondary and postsecondary credentials for employment with family sustaining wages. This presentation focuses on the strategies and tools used by two local programs to help learners successfully transition into college.

105 n Gloria Westerman Southside Virginia Community College

105 n Virginia Bolte New River Community College 106 y Sara Sullivan RESOURCE E21B 70R 2:45-3:45pm Friday Business Solutions Team:

Eliminating the Confusion for Employers

This presentation will focus on how the Greater Richmond VA Region, under the umbrella of the capital region Workforce Investment Board (WIB), known as RESOURCE, developed a business solutions team (BST) focusing on the core services that the collective agency partners provide. In the past, there was much confusion about what agency to go to for workforce assistance, and because of that, area businesses didn’t want to use the services of the agencies.

107 y Scott Vandever Kuder, Inc. B17 70T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Effective Career Guidance at Age Appropriate Levels

Career guidance looks different at each stage of life. Using Kuder’s developmentally-appropriate systems helps both students and adults from any background find the tools they need to become successful in the workforce.

108 y Scott Vandever Kuder, Inc. B17 70T 11am-noon Friday Building Productive Partnerships With Businesses for Future Employment of Students and Adults

Establishing productive partnerships with businesses, organizations and agencies affords students and adults the ability to build relationships with future employers. Creating an early awareness of a businesses’ specific education requirements and job skills helps students and adults match career aspirations with employers.

109 y Caroline Bertrand Western Albemarle High School

B14 70T 1:30-2:30pm Friday Counseling and Career Planning at WAHS: A Four-Year Approach

Counselors and career specialist at Western Albemarle High School have worked closely together to develop classroom lessons that promote active learning, are age appropriate, and that cover meaningful topics that we want our students to learn. This session will provide an overview of all lessons and activities. The details of how to implement the activities will be made available online. The session would be appropriate for counselors, career specialists, or coaches who are new to their positions or looking for fresh ideas to enhance an existing curriculum.

110 y Scott Vandever Kuder, Inc. B17 70T 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Career Pathway Alignment to Kuder® Assessments

This presentation will highlight the new ways Kuder® is helping to incorporate pathways into career planning. Kuder’s assessments report results align to the National 16 Career Clusters but users will see a new, additional, and highly


informative report and a rank-ordered listing of the student’s five closest matching career pathways. Attend this presentation to find out more about this report and how it serves as an additional organizational tool to develop more effective programs of study and occupational success.

111 y Jill Ranucci Catalina Foothills School District

B15B 80R 8:15-9:15am Friday Successful Academic Integration for Programs of Study

This presentation focuses on strategies integrating rigorous academic curricula into CTE. Collaboration between academics and CTE helps students successfully complete CTE programs of study and industry certifications leading to a solid college prep portfolio and career readiness. Academic credit endorsement influences support for innovative CTE programs that transition students to postsecondary opportunities.

112 y Erika Poindexter Virginia Community College System

B18 70T 9:30-10:45am Friday Virginia Education Wizard: Helping Students Plan for Success!

The Virginia Education Wizard is an innovative online career and college resource that is a result of collaborations throughout the state. The site provides users with comprehensive and individually tailored information on career and educational options. Learn how the Wizard brings together critical tools for students and administrators. Computer not required to attend.

112 n Susan Wood Virginia Community College System

113 y Liz Blomquist GASC Technology Center B14 70T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Academic Credit in CTE: Helping CTE students meet increasing graduation credit requirements

Many CTE centers are helping students meet ever increasing graduation requirements by offering academic credit in a CTE setting. This presentation will highlight our model for awarding math and ELA credit within CTE programs. Our process for granting a general math credit requires that students pass written academic tests to show proficiency. ELA credit is earned in an integrated ELA/CTE course.

113 n Holly Avery GASC Technology Center 114 y Sandra Cole SWCC Career Pathways

Regional Consortium E10A 80R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Real World Academy:

Real Connections/Real Time for High School Seniors

Real World Academy enhanced enrollment at a rural community college, introduced high school seniors to regional career pathways and transition strategies for college and careers. Find out how creative incentives led to participation by 89-90% of eligible seniors. Partners included public schools, Southwest Virginia Community College, business, industry, senior institutions, county governments, and WIA.

114 n George Brown SWCC Career Pathways Regional Consortium

114 n Eddie Hannah Southwest Virginia Community College

115 y Christy Yaple Patrick Henry Community College

B18 70T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Creating Academic and Career Pathways for Young Adults

Learn how middle college participants obtain their GED and receive academic and career readiness training on the campus of Patrick Henry Community College. We utilize college instructors, staff, career coaches, and community resources, making transition from secondary to postsecondary achievable. Give them hope. Help them become better educated, employable, and successful.

115 n Colin Ferguson Patrick Henry Community College

116 y Renee Mack Bremen High School District 228

B13 70T 2:15-3:15pm Thursday R U Chicken? Be careful what you ask for! What started out as a simple question from a science teacher, turned into a year-long project involving five different departments. The question: Would it be possible to hatch a few eggs for the life science classes? The answer: Yes! Learn how one school took a simple idea and turned it into an all-school project using grant dollars and a lot of volunteers!


116 n Steven Granat Bremen High School District 228

116 n Dwayne Mentgen Bremen High School District 228

116 n April Nykaza Bremen High School District 228

117 y Tracy Chenoweth West Virginia Department of Education

E11A 90R 3:30-4:30pm Thursday Innovative CTE Curriculum Alignment and Assessment Tools

Introducing IRT, an online instructional resource tool that CTE teachers can use to access curriculum resources aligned with specific content skill standards. The tool was developed from an extensive curriculum mapping process that aligns CTE skill sets, academic standards, CTE technical writing prompts, technology resources, project-based learning, and formative and performance assessments. Participants can discover the mapping process, valuable teaching resources, formative and performance assessment strategies, and experience the capabilities of the online IRT. Computer not required to attend.

117 n Sherri Nash West Virginia Department of Education

119 y Kathy D'Antoni West Virginia Department of Education

E11A 90R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Employers Talked—We Listened: Connecting CTE Student Success to Employer Labor Market Needs

Discover valuable online systems to assure career and technical education is aligned with labor market needs. At “My Strategic Compass”, students can explore an online career exploration system to target individual interests and skills. This site provides extensive occupational exploration and aligns West Virginia and individual county labor market demand. Extensive labor market analysis and educational program planning can be conducted in Strategic Compass. “Employee Portal” connects employers with potential employees who have successfully completed a CTE concentration. Computer not required to attend.

119 n Tracy Chenoweth West Virginia Department of Education

119 n Sherri Nash West Virginia Department of Education

120 y Kelli Kennedy Manatee District Schools B15C 90R 12:45-2pm Thursday The Senior Project: Connecting our Students to the Community

This session will focus on the design and implementation of a senior capstone project. Participants will hear about one school's experience from planning to implementation, and how the senior project has made a difference for students. Participants will receive materials that will enable them to hit the ground running.

121 y Federico Zaragoza AMTEC and Alamo Colleges E10A 80R 2:15-3:15pm Thursday Advanced Manufacturing Career Pathways: Why Exemplary Career Pathway Programs Work

AMTEC conducted case studies of five exemplary career pathway programs between secondary, postsecondary institutions, and local industries. In these studies, students (mostly high school) who completed these partnership programs obtained postsecondary credentials (occupational licenses and technical certification) and entered pathways to automotive or advanced manufacturing jobs and relevant associates and bachelor’s degrees.

121 n Beverly Hilderbrand CARCAM-Alabama 121 n Stan Chase AMTEC 121 n Katherine Manley AMTEC 122 y Adam Lowe National Alliance of

Concurrent Enrollment B19 70T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Enhancing Dual

Credit/Concurrent National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships standards and accreditation ensures that college courses offered in secondary locations are as


Partnerships Enrollment Quality Through NACEP's National Standards and Accreditation

rigorous as courses on the sponsoring college campus. Maysville Community & Technical College will share how colleges can oversee the quality of these transitional courses to ensure effective programs of study.

122 n Juston Pate Maysville Community and Technical College

124 y Nancy Iafrate Alachua County Public Schools

B14 70T 11am-noon Friday Implementing a Mechanism for Automatic Career Pathways College Credit and Seamless Transitions

Santa Fe College’s Automatically Transcripted Career Pathways College Credit initiative meets OVAE’s definition of a seamless process for high school CTE students to earn college credits automatically posted on permanent transcripts. Attendees learn how to institute a similar process, resulting in academic success for students and recruiting success for colleges.

124 n Billie Monroe Santa Fe College Blount Center

124 n Glenda Ruise Bradford-Union Area Career Technical Center

124 n Dan Lackey Santa Fe College 124 n Kathy Muni Santa Fe College 125 y Priscilla Parker Santa Fe College B16 50T 11am-noon Friday Summer Digital Media

Institute Using Adobe InDesign to Earn Advanced College Credit

Santa Fe College showcases skills and technologies that students in digital design courses can learn during one week of intensive training in the leading graphic design layout application, Adobe InDesign. Students test for software competencies and create their own project portfolio, making them eligible to receive three advanced college credits. Computers not required to attend.

125 n Wendy Hofer Santa Fe College 125 n Mable Baker Santa Fe College Blount

Center

125 n Jorge Ibanez Santa Fe College 126 y Jane Parkin Santa Fe College B16 50T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Powerful Sustainable

Collaborations: Integrating Innovative Building Construction and Apprenticeship Initiatives Through Partnerships.

Learn how building construction and apprenticeship programs offered at Santa Fe College’s first LEED center have developed joint projects involving a solar feed-in tariff, green jobs, and sustainable house construction projects with secondary, postsecondary, community and business partners. Career Pathways activities, regional articulations, and university transfer options will be discussed.

126 n Justin MacDougall Santa Fe College 126 n Billie Monroe Santa Fe College Blount

Center

126 n Priscilla Parker Santa Fe College 127 y Daniel Lewis Virginia Community College

System B13 70T 11am-noon Friday Redesigning the

Developmental English Curriculum in Virginia's Community Colleges

This presentation will provide an overview of the redesign of the developmental English curriculum in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). In response to low success rates Virginia's 23 community colleges have worked in tandem with system representatives over the past several years to overhaul developmental English to provide students with the opportunity to complete coursework in a year's time. The implementation will be at scale and will provide a new streamlined pathway to postsecondary education.

127 n Jennifer Allman Virginia Community College


System 128 y Shelli Sowles NE Metro 916 CTC E11A 90R 2:45-3:45pm Friday Give Your Students a

Reality Check During this interactive presentation, attendees will come away with a ready to go lesson for their students entering the "Game of Life." Financial knowledge and college readiness will be the focus.

128 n Nicole Jack Century College 129 y Sandra Harwell CORD E11C 120T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Shades of Deming!

Quality Improvement Again?

So you thought you just had to plan your career pathway program and it would continue on its own? Either your program is improving or you are losing ground. In the world of continuous change and technology, you can’t afford to forget what we learned from deming and quality improvement. We have to plan for continuous improvement. Come see how to apply the principles of QI to Career Pathways.

135 y Libby Livings-Eassa Indian River State College B15B 80R 12:45-2pm Thursday Components of Adult Career Pathway System

The purpose of this workshop is to present resources and the 10 essential components of a Career Pathways program. Participants will also share best practices on how they are moving forward with their Adult Education Career Pathway programs.

136 y Lucimara Mello Indian River State College B15C 90R 2:45-3:45pm Friday From Literacy to Postsecondary: Keeping students on their career paths

In this session, participants are presented with examples of implementation strategies for different components of an adult education career pathway program from literacy to postsecondary. Participants will also interact and have the opportunity to share their best practices.

136 n June Rall Indian River State College 137 y Davina Pruitt-Mentle ETPRO/CyberWatch E11B 70R 2:45-3:45pm Friday Maryland’s Program of

Study in Cybersecurity: CAE & NICE Framework and Postsecondary Articulation

Learn about Maryland’s cybersecurity career pathway. The pathway is based on direct articulation with the Centers of Academic Excellence and supports the NICE Framework. It integrates both industry competencies/certifications and the career cluster knowledge / skill sets aligned with stackable credentials. Find out about the Maryland program and a national rollout.

137 n Portia Pusey ETPRO/CyberWatch 137 n Robert Mentle Northrop Grumman

Corporation

139 y Robert Marlowe Northcentral Technical College B15A 190T 2:45-3:45pm Friday Got an App for That! Rigorous Programs of Study Technical Skill Attainment

This presentation will showcase a unique and immediate way to track student progress through Rigorous Programs of Study using a technical skill attainment application for an iPad. Through an OVAE grant, an urban, suburban, and rural school district track student career technical education development toward postsecondary education and the workforce.

139 n Greg Cisewski Northcentral Technical College 139 n James Mackey Wisconsin Technical College

System

139 n Jay Stulo Fox Valley Technical College 140 y Sharon Peery Southwest Virginia Community

College E10C 70R 8:15-9:15am Friday Re-Energizing Career

Pathways Development Through Regional, State, and National Partnerships

Learn how Southwest Virginia Community College in collaboration with CORD, state and regional partners developed a coordinated career pathways system for the energy sector. The SWVA Career Pathways Partnership is an example of how productive partnerships in rural America can navigate through obstacles and challenges to implementation and sustainability.

140 n Linda Allen Southwest Virginia Adult Basic Education


140 n Darrell Blankenship Southwest Virginia Workforce Investment Board

142 y Huey Battle Washington Gas E21C 120T 12:45-2pm Thursday Virginia Business and Industry Panel

Come learn what business and industry leaders have to say about their workforce needs and how career pathways partnerships are beginning to fill those needs. This esteemed panel will share information about internships, apprenticeships, and advisory councils, as well as creation of a series of sequential programs which transition students from high school to community college, and in some cases to the university level. Also included will be pathways that help adults move into STEM careers. These are some of Virginia’s very best!

142 n Greg Vesey AREVA 142 n Scott Millar Canon Virginia, Inc. 142 n John Shifflett Newport News Shipbuilding 142 n Alan Walker BAE Systems Norfolk Ship

Repair

143 y Marge Rubin Fox Valley Technical College B19 70T 12:45-2pm Thursday WI Career Pathways Website—Revved Up!

Come see how Wisconsin is driving career pathways across the state! Developed in 2010 with high school program-of-study builders in mind, WICareerPathways.org expanded in 2011 for middle and high school students. And we haven’t slowed down! This summer we’ve added customized features for school counselors and shifted gears by turning our attention to creating a web-based tool for developers of adult career pathway “roadmaps.” Computers not required to attend.

143 n Jay Stulo Fox Valley Technical College 143 n Jennifer Wagner Moraine Park Technical

College

145 y Libby Livings-Eassa Indian River State College B15C 90R 11am-noon Friday Great Ideas + Essential Elements + What in the World Do They Want = $

Grant writing can be quite a daunting task! The session will share tips from a national grant writing perspective on how to check all the blocks and set yourself apart!

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