2026 KACTE Summer Program

2026 KACTE Summer Program

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8:00am EDT

From Idea to Impact: Building Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs in Kentucky Classrooms Willis - East - 2nd Floor Invest-Discover Insurance. Launch Your Career. The industry you never knew about but wished that you did. Wilkinson - East - 1st Floor Making Cents of it all! Practical Tools for Teaching Personal Finance Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor Teaching Employability Skills with AI: Job Creation, Hiring, and Interviews in a Student-Built Business Clements - East - 2nd Floor The Creative Process for Entrepreneurs: Designing a Boardgame Morrow - East - 3rd Floor Welcome to Teaching Business and Marketing McCreary - East - 3rd Floor Get Certified in the Industry Certification Lab! Coe - East - 3rd Floor

9:00am EDT

Best Practices for Teaching Accounting Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor Diamond Level DECA Chapters Morrow - East - 3rd Floor Economics of Gambling Willis - East - 2nd Floor KY Master Teacher of Personal Finance Program: Best Practices for Teaching Financial Literacy Standards Wilkinson - East - 1st Floor The Mogul Map: Credit & Cash Flow Clements - East - 2nd Floor

10:00am EDT

Dual Credit Tips and Discussion Willis - East - 2nd Floor Financial Fraud Awareness: Spot it. Stop it. Stay Safe. Wilkinson - East - 1st Floor How to Prepare Students for the EOP and Industry Certifications Morrow - East - 3rd Floor How to use AI as a Digital Teaching Assistant Clements - East - 2nd Floor Making Work Count: Teaching Career-Ready Skills Through Business Co-op McCreary - East - 3rd Floor MBA Research 101: What is it and how to use Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor

1:00pm EDT

Business Beyond Profit, Turning Vacant lots into Student-Led Business Ventures McCreary - East - 3rd Floor DECA Update/MEEAK Business Meeting Willis - East - 2nd Floor Keeping It Honest Morrow - East - 3rd Floor Reimagining Business and Marketing Essentials Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor The Accounting Evolution: Panel Q and A Clements - East - 2nd Floor Financial Literacy Education Wilkinson - East - 1st Floor

3:00pm EDT

DECA Competition Prep Strategies Willis - East - 2nd Floor NTI Teachers - Intro to DECA McCreary - East - 3rd Floor Straight from State: The Kentucky FBLA Update Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor

4:00pm EDT

Teaching Tools from the Feds Clements - East - 2nd Floor Chat Who? Ask the Experts: Adviser Insights You Can't Google Combs Chandler - East - 2nd Floor

6:00pm EDT

KY Jump$tart Coalition Annual Awards Dinner Waterford - West - 25th Floor

2026 KACTE Summer Program

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