Kick off the 2026-2027 school year with a clear vision for CTE success! In this one-hour session, we will outline our core strategic goals, welcome new and returning team members, and dive into proven ACTE best practices to elevate your classroom and program impact. Key Takeaways:
Vision: Alignment on CTE goals for the upcoming academic year.
Community: Networking and welcome remarks.
Excellence: Actionable strategies rooted in ACTE best practices.
Welcome to the team! Designed for both new and returning CTE educators, this two-hour session covers essential onboarding protocols and critical CTE compliance updates. Get up to speed on reporting requirements, safety standards, and operational guidelines to ensure a smooth, fully compliant start to the school year. Key Takeaways:
Onboarding: Step-by-step guidance to set you up for success.
Compliance: Clear breakdowns of state and federal regulations.
Documentation: Essential timelines for tracking, reporting, and funding guidelines.
Got questions about our CTE digital ecosystem? This two-hour, drop-in style support session is your dedicated time to master our key CTE platforms. Whether you need help setting up rosters, pulling industry certification data, or troubleshooting student accounts, our team will be on hand to provide targeted support for the exact tools you use. Key Takeaways:
Data & Tracking (Eduthings): Streamlining your CTE data management and reporting.
Testing & Prep (Certiport, GMetrix, NOCTI): Setting up practice environments, managing exam vouchers, and proctoring certifications.
Curriculum & CCR (iCEV, Xello): Navigating digital lessons and managing student career-readiness portfolios.
Design with purpose, build with precision! This one-hour session focuses on embedding the Design Thinking framework into your makerspace and STEM Project-Based Learning (PBL). We will map out our projects across the department to ensure alignment, prevent duplication, and create a seamless, scaffolded engineering pathway for our students. Key Takeaways:
Design Thinking Integration: Using empathy, prototyping, and testing as the foundation for your STEM projects.
Project Alignment: Collaborative mapping to ensure students encounter new, progressive challenges each year without repeating projects.
Makerspace PBL: Streamlining hands-on lab work with structured design cycles to maximize both creativity and academic rigor.
Bridge the gap between your calendar and your classroom! This four-hour, collaborative workshop is designed to help CTE teachers finalize their course maps and translate them into actionable daily lessons. You will work on aligning your scope and sequence with technical standards while embedding engaging, hands-on activities that keep students on track from day one. Key Takeaways: - Pacing & Mapping: Fine-tuning your course map to balance theory days, lab time, and certification prep. - Lesson Development: Frameworks for designing daily lessons that clearly hook students and reinforce technical skills. - Resource Alignment: Ensuring your instructional materials, assessments, and lab activities perfectly match your course milestones.
