2026 KACTE Summer Program has ended

2026 KACTE Summer Program

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7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor Conference Registration Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor

8:00am EDT

CTE Summer Program Opening Session Ballroom B and C - East - 2nd FloorDr. Beth Hargis • Angela Gott • Gerry Brooks

10:00am EDT

ATC Principals Update Session Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorSarah Marth • Michael Miller • Jerri Rowland • Beth Engle Ag-Ed Program Update Ballroom B and C - East - 2nd FloorKristan Wright • Matt Chaliff Meeting with Marisa Duarte Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorDr. Marisa Duarte Business and Marketing Updates and Opening Session Archibald - West - 3rd FloorAngela Rush Beyond the Classroom: The KINETIC Externship Experience Walnut - West - 3rd FloorMonique Rice • Sherri McGuffin Building Cybersecurity Futures: Connecting Advanced Placement (AP) Coursework to Kentucky CTE Pathways and Careers Poplar - West - 3rd FloorWillis Holmes • Mark Yoho • Crystal D. Gardner, Ed.D Powering the Pipeline: Computer Science Updates Holly - West - 3rd FloorTabitha Berger Construction Programs Update Lily - West - 2nd FloorLarry Huckaby Engineering Tech Ed Program Update Sampson - East - 1st FloorRoger Taylor Back-to-School Updates: What’s New in FCS + FCCLA Cochran - West - 3rd FloorKayla Howard • Ashleigh VanHoose Healthcare and HOSA Update Session French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower • Joyce Parker Kentucky JROTC Update Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy Law and Public Safety (LPS) Program Update Session Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorCathy Hoehn • Jermaine Poynter • Erica Settelen Manufacturing Update Session Willow - West - 3rd FloorBarry Bond Adobe Premiere Tips and Tricks Brown - East - 2nd FloorShane Smith CSI Day 1 - Future Ready Through CTE Bridging High School to Postsecondary Success Daisy - West - 2nd FloorJohn Paise Teaching and Learning 26-27 Program Area Updates Laffoon - East - 1st FloorBree Massie Transportation Program Updates Dogwood - West - 3rd Floor CTE Meeting Place Ballroom A - East - 2nd Floor

11:00am EDT

Get Certified in the Industry Certification Lab! Coe - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush • Jeremy Davis

11:30am EDT

Lunch Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor Industry & Innovators Luncheon (RSVP Required) Holly - West - 3rd FloorTabitha Berger School Counselor Informal Roundtable Clements - East - 2nd FloorJohn Paise Midday Mingle with Health Science/HOSA French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower *CANCELLED* Law and Public Safety (LPS) Resource Exploration Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorErica Settelen A Toast to Teaching: Celebrating our Year in Teaching and Learning (RSVP Required) Laffoon - East - 1st FloorBree Massie FCS Nook Nunn - East - 2nd FloorKATFCS Board

12:00pm EDT

Growing Leaders in CTE: Discover the KACTE Fellows Program Fields - East - 3rd FloorAlyssa Duckworth

1:00pm EDT

Agriscience Fair Through the Year: What can I do incorporate the Agriscience Fair as an Intracurricular part of any Curriculum? Cochran - West - 3rd FloorDr. Rebekah B. Epps • Dr. Donavan Phoenix Growing Ag Education Together with Ag Commissioner Jonathan Shell and Bethany Mattingly Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorAg Commissioner Jonathan Shell AI as a Professional Support Tool: Practical AI Tools for CTE Teachers Beckham - East - 3rd FloorTaylor L Pratt JCPS (only) CTE Teachers Institute Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorBeau Johnston Leveraging Innovative Tools and Resources to Enable and Enhance Special Education Students in CTE Lily - West - 2nd FloorDr. Donna Crouch • Dr. Kemaly Parr • Lauren Williams Recognizing, Reporting, and Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect Holly - West - 3rd FloorChris Prichard Business Partner Panel Q and A Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorAngela Rush Classroom Tools for Teaching Hospitality, Travel, Tourism, and Related Subjects Willis - East - 2nd FloorBrandi Elmore-Geisert • Heather Foster Implementing Stukent "Mimic Personal Finance" Simulation in your classroom Morrow - East - 3rd FloorCourtney Melton Givens Teaching Business In a "Concrete" Way Clements - East - 2nd FloorZachary Miller • Melissa Wilburn The Benefits of Adding the High School of Business Pathway Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorDanielle Wells • Maria Machin • Pam Amshoff Upgrade Your School Store - Growing Beyond Expectations McCreary - East - 3rd FloorMarilyn Dorsey CAD and CAM with Autodesk Fusion Stopher - East - 3rd FloorAllyson Banks Earning Industry Certifications with Onshape and REC Sampson - East - 1st FloorRoger Taylor The Robot Takeover: Educating Students Today for their Future Tomorrow (Quadrupeds, Humanoids, AI) Collins - East - 2nd FloorRobert Stokes Culinary Competitions: Opportunities for Student Chefs to Shine Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorAshleigh VanHoose • Amy Harris • Rich Cleaves • Shannon Stevens Finger Paints and Future Careers: Making Sense of ECE-TRIS Stanley - East - 3rd FloorStephanie Phillips The Portrait of an Effective Teacher: What Well-Rounded Excellence Looks Like Wilson - East - 3rd FloorDebbie Isaacs Welcome to the Real World: From Classroom to Client Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorEmily Arnold • Alex Bowman Bridging the Lab and the Classroom: Cross-Curricular Integration in Biomedical Sciences Brown - East - 2nd FloorDr. Julye Adams • Taylor Cash • Adam Peters HOSA FHP: Competitive Events Updates French - East - 3rd FloorDr. Jennifer Shoemake • Dr. Angie Harlan Integrating Public Health into the Classroom Taylor - East - 3rd FloorMadison Yerges • Dr. Tammi Thomas Fire Science Roundtable Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorCasey Hall Creative Futures: Media Arts Pathway Updates Poplar - West - 3rd FloorTabitha Berger Hard Hats, Bright Futures! How Gen-Z is Redefining Success and Embracing Careers in Skilled Trades Daisy - West - 2nd FloorJohn Paise Grow Your Own Starts Here! Educators Rising Q&A + Junior Achievement's Heroes in a Day Laffoon - East - 1st FloorAmanda Lewis • Bree Massie Teaching and Learning Instructor Support and Cohort Development- Building community and collaboration Willow - West - 3rd FloorLindsay Johnson • Dr. Joel Pace ASE Updates Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorMike Batchelor CTE Coordinators, Administrators, Counselors Meeting Archibald - West - 3rd FloorDr. Beth Hargis CS Reimagined: A Review of the New National Standards Walnut - West - 3rd FloorSean Jackson Sew with Us: Sawtooth Stars potholders Nunn - East - 2nd FloorRosemary Stone • Lauren Ray Kentucky JROTC Workshop (Session 1) Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy Tomorrow's Manufacturing for Today’s Student 3 HR OFFSITE/AMIT BldgTiffany Jones-Coleman

2:30pm EDT

CTE Refreshment Break Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor

3:00pm EDT

Branding Your Program McCreary - East - 3rd FloorKristan Wright Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office Resources Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorKelley Yates National FFA Updates Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorJason Gore Transition Planning Fields - East - 3rd FloorMatt Chaliff SkillsUSA Update Cochran - West - 3rd FloorJermaine Poynter UDL in the CTE Classroom: Practical Strategies That Work Tomorrow Willow - West - 3rd FloorAmanda Hutchison What can we sell? New SBE Guidelines Beckham - East - 3rd FloorTina Brogli • Katie Embree *CANCELLED* MBA Research Resources for DECA and FBLA Competition Prep McCreary - East - 3rd FloorJess Thompson Building a WORLD-CLASS Middle School Program Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorCody Hellard It Takes a Team: Supporting and Surviving the First Year Together Morrow - East - 3rd FloorKim Jo Campbell • Kayce Rae Campbell Let's Get Ethical Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorAmber Florence • Danna Robinson Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: AI In the Classroom Willis - East - 2nd FloorHailey Guffey Tech Across the Curriculum: Embedding Career-Ready Digital Skills Into Every Classroom Clements - East - 2nd FloorTammy Askins CertPREP Practice Tests, powered by GMetrix - Using the Features to the Fullest Poplar - West - 3rd FloorLogan Staab Engaging students and educators with STEAM / STEM with affordable options of curriculum and hardware Holly - West - 3rd FloorJarratt Bryan • Alex Gray Construction Apprenticeships - What We Need and How We Can Help Lily - West - 2nd FloorHope Harp 3D Printers and Laser Engravers - How to Make Money and Collaborate with Elementary Schools Sampson - East - 1st FloorKrista Thompson • Kaleb Payton Fun and Teachable Moments in Engineering a Guide book Stopher - East - 3rd FloorHanners Renard Gevedon Culture Before Curriculum- The invisible foundation of success (Building Culture in the Culinary Classroom) Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorStephen (Rick) Cassidy Interview Bootcamp Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorMcKenzie Whitis Raising the Bar: Strengthening EOP Performance Stanley - East - 3rd FloorMegan Kinkade When Teens Teach: FCS Students as Mentors, Leaders, and Role Models Wilson - East - 3rd FloorCaylen Knight • Susan Dews Making Med Term Memorable Taylor - East - 3rd FloorJess Sullivan Nurse Aide: Organizing ALL the THINGS... French - East - 3rd FloorJoyce Parker • Teena Ann Kissee RN, MSN, FNP-BC Teaching Allied Health Made Simple Brown - East - 2nd FloorJarratt Bryan • Verna Stacy FBI Teen Academy Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorAndrew Coyle Open-Source Robotics: democratizing technology, reducing cost barriers, and creating HUGE job growth for students Collins - East - 2nd FloorJarratt Bryan • Steve Stone Career Conversations That Matter: Moving Beyond “What Do You Want to Be?” Daisy - West - 2nd FloorSherlyn Bratcher Interest to Impact: Growing the Next Generation of Teachers Laffoon - East - 1st FloorMichelle Gross Transportation Roundtable Dogwood - West - 3rd Floor

4:00pm EDT

Kentucky Master Agriculture Teachers Class Kick Off McCreary - East - 3rd FloorKristan Wright • Matt Chaliff Stukent CTE - Courses, Simternships, Certification Prep, and Certifications Morrow - East - 3rd FloorHayley Johnson NCCER Overview and Site Navigation - Construction and Manufacturing Roundtable Lily - West - 2nd FloorLarry Huckaby EV Education on a Budget: Preparing Kentucky’s Automotive Instructors for the Future Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorNick O’Brien Empowering Instruction: Effective Strategies for Teaching Medical Terminology Brown - East - 2nd FloorDr. Condra Ledford, DNP, RN Veterinary Technology: People Serving Animals! Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorJames M. Davis, Ed.D. • Carrie Long, LVT AR/VR Learning for Health Science and Other CTE Pathways Collins - East - 2nd FloorNathan Hicks Welding the Gap: Integrating Miller OpenBook into Your Digital Classroom. Willow - West - 3rd FloorBarry Bond Unreal Futures: Preparing Students for Careers in Emerging Tech Walnut - West - 3rd FloorMichael Holden CTE Career Lab in the Middle School Daisy - West - 2nd FloorMelissa Metcalf Beyond the Certification: Why the Process Matters for Students with Disabilities Beckham - East - 3rd FloorDr. Marisa Duarte • Stephanie Miller Project Based Learning 4 Career and Technical Education Clements - East - 2nd FloorMelissa Nicholas Using Linux to Enhance Web Design Instruction Poplar - West - 3rd FloorJerry T. Smith KATFCS Region 1, 2, and 3 Meeting Cochran - West - 3rd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 11, 12, and 13 Meeting Coe - East - 3rd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 14 Meeting Azalea - West - 2nd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 15 Meeting Nunn - East - 2nd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 4 Meeting Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 5 Meeting Stopher - East - 3rd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 6 Meeting Wilson - East - 3rd FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 7 Meeting Sampson - East - 1st FloorRegional Presidents KATFCS Region 9 and 10 Meeting Stanley - East - 3rd FloorRegional Presidents Implementing a Phlebotomy Tech Program through NHA Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorJulie Frye, RN, BSN SkillsUSA Criminal Justice Competitions for LPS Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorJermaine Poynter Make a Mandala and get some Project Ideas! Holly - West - 3rd FloorKelley Johnson Registered TRACK Apprenticeships Grow Your Own Laffoon - East - 1st FloorCTE Teacher Panel

5:30pm EDT

Golden Girls (and Guys) Gathering! French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower

7:00pm EDT

KBEA Social Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorConnie Witt