Pre-Conference Sessions
   
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Career Development Through Career Connections
Wednesday, July 31
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
($75 to attend the pre-conference ONLY, $50 if you are attending the whole conference.  Includes lunch)

Join us for the 4th annual Career Development Conference.  This year's conference will focus on the state initiative Career Connections.  Presentations and breakout sessions will focus upon the integration of career-based learning academic classrooms.  There will also be continued focus on labor market information and trends, business and education partnerships, as well as strategies that support students' college and career exploration, planning and decision-making.

To view a draft of the program agenda, click here.


ODE Update
Wednesday, July 31
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
(Free - Please RSVP on your conference registration)

Join Ohio Department of Education Office of Career Technical Education staff for an update on CTE initiatives and changes impacting educators.


Ohio ACTE Leadership and Empowerment Summit
Wednesday, July 31
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
(Free - Please RSVP on your conference registration)

Join Ohio ACTE and Division leaders in a town hall discussion to provide input on building a stronger organization and representation of CTE in Ohio.  Be a part of planning future Ohio ACTE efforts, especially in the areas of advocacy efforts and membership.

Sharing Research- and Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase the Participation of Under-Represented Students in STEM Pathways:  A Workshop for Participating STEM Equity Pipeline Project Team Members and Others Invested in Equity in STEM

Wednesday, July 31

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

(Free - This pre-conference has a separate registration page.  You must click here to RSVP.)

Attend this workshop to gain innovative strategies, new tools and resources to recruit and retain under-represented students, especially females, into STEM pathways.  Members of the 14 teams who have been trained throughout Ohio plus others interested learning more about the positive effects of this project, and best practices from the field, are invited to attend this exciting and interactive workshop.  Learn how a research-based Ohio-tested program improvement process is changing student participation rates in STEM.  Ohio has become a leader in the work of the STEM Equity Pipeline Project, which is administered in Ohio through Columbus State Community College in collaboration with the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) and The Ohio Department of Education (ODE).  This project has achieved great success in helping collaborative teams of secondary and post-secondary educators and administrators develop evidence- and research-based strategies to effectively recruit under-represented students, especially females, into their STEM pathways, and provide supports to help them to persist and eventually complete their STEM programs.