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2026 KACTE Summer Program

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7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor CTE Meeting Place Ballroom A - East - 2nd Floor Conference Registration Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor

8:00am EDT

The Power of Visual Storytelling: Showcasing Your School’s Success Taylor - East - 3rd FloorNathan Lyttle 2027 CTE End-of-Program (EOP) Assessment Update Session Laffoon - East - 1st FloorSherri Craig Everyone Goes to Work: Work-Based Learning for Transitioning Students Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorMargie McGraw • Nichole Thomas Hands-On, Minds-On, Project-Based Learning with Student Voice and Choice. Beckham - East - 3rd FloorTaylor Ryan Steele Jumpstart Your CTE Teaching Journey with Financial Literacy Cochran - West - 3rd FloorSharon Collins • Justin Ghiglia From Idea to Impact: Building Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs in Kentucky Classrooms Willis - East - 2nd FloorBrandi Elmore-Geisert • Heather Foster Invest-Discover Insurance. Launch Your Career. The industry you never knew about but wished that you did. Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorJohanna Holling Making Cents of it all! Practical Tools for Teaching Personal Finance Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorRamona Bellew • Rebekah Williams Teaching Employability Skills with AI: Job Creation, Hiring, and Interviews in a Student-Built Business Clements - East - 2nd FloorReece Spears The Creative Process for Entrepreneurs: Designing a Boardgame Morrow - East - 3rd FloorDr. Timothy Burgoyne Beyond the Buzz: Implementing AI with Purpose Across a District Walnut - West - 3rd FloorMonique Rice Educational Drones for Secondary STEM Programs Stopher - East - 3rd FloorMiles Baird “Booked for Success” A Back-to-School Hospitality and Tourism Experience Wilson - East - 3rd FloorKatherine Blackard Making Nutrition Fun: Hands-On Games and Activities Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorAmy Stewart No Loose Threads! A Guide to Smooth Sewing Labs Stanley - East - 3rd FloorLauren Ray NTI First-Year Teachers Session: FCS Classroom Instruction Nunn - East - 2nd FloorKayla Howard • Ashleigh VanHoose Playschool: Little Learners, Student Leaders Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorLyndsey Mason *CANCELLED* Raising Hope Partnership with HOSA and FFA Taylor - East - 3rd FloorBrianna Atwell • Glenda Moon The Power of Collaboration: Making Learning Relevant for Health Science Students Brown - East - 2nd FloorPatti Fitzpatrick • Becky Baker Call to Classroom: Integrating 911 dispatching curriculum Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorCarolyn Nunn Agriculture Off-Site at Seneca Seneca High SchoolKristan Wright Welcome to Teaching Business and Marketing McCreary - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush • Lisa Oakes • Sheena Searcy Year 1 New Construction Teachers Lily - West - 2nd FloorLarry Huckaby • Jermaine Poynter Engineering Tech Ed - NTI Information Session Sampson - East - 1st FloorRoger Taylor • Amanda Boggs Healthcare New Teacher Meeting French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower • Joyce Parker Law and Public Safety (LPS) NTI Year 1 Instructor Meet and Greet Segell - East - 3rd FloorJermaine Poynter • Erica Settelen Manufacturing NTI Year One - Let's Talk Willow - West - 3rd FloorBarry Bond • Jermaine Poynter Starting Strong: Foundations for Year One Computer Science and Media Arts Teachers Poplar - West - 3rd FloorTabitha Berger • Jermaine Poynter Transportation NTI Teacher Update Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorRobert Nolan • Jermaine Poynter Perkins 101 Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorLori Looney *CANCELLED* Learning Through Experience: Expansive Learning Through VR Holly - West - 3rd FloorDavid Bosquez CMRCC (IKORCC) Construction Workshop - Off-Site CMRCC (IKORCC)Hope Harp Kentucky JROTC Workshop (Session 2) Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Ladder and Block Programming. Communication Setup Collins - East - 2nd FloorLee Trent • Meredith Howard Get Certified in the Industry Certification Lab! Coe - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush • Jeremy Davis FCS Nook Nunn - East - 2nd FloorKATFCS Board

8:30am EDT

CSI Day 2 - Supporting Students from Exploration to Action: Pathways, ILPs, and Postsecondary Advising (RSVP Required) Daisy - West - 2nd FloorMitzi Holland • Michelle Sircy • Susie Burkhardt

9:00am EDT

KTS Data Exchange for High School Schedulers Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorSarah Kiper CTE Supplemental Funding: What You Can—and Can’t—Do Sampson - East - 1st FloorKelsey Ruble Surviving Your First Years of Teaching: Emotions, Classroom Foundations, and High-Yield Strategies Holly - West - 3rd FloorJared Cordell Hoertz Thriving in the Trades: Implementing Youth Thrive Protective Factors in CTE Classrooms Willow - West - 3rd FloorEllery Hauser, MPH Best Practices for Teaching Accounting Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorAshley Fritsche Business Beyond Profit, Turning Vacant lots into Student-Led Business Ventures Clements - East - 2nd FloorScott Koloms • Maria Machin • Adam Watson Diamond Level DECA Chapters Morrow - East - 3rd FloorShana Perdue • Scotty Grubbs Economics of Gambling Willis - East - 2nd FloorDr. Thomas Lambert KY Master Teacher of Personal Finance Program: Best Practices for Teaching Financial Literacy Standards Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorDr. Janet Ratliff • Cynthia Harter Mechatronics and PLCs: Engaging Tools for Modern Engineering Education Stopher - East - 3rd FloorNathan Hicks Classroom to Capitol: Why Advocacy Matters Wilson - East - 3rd FloorKayla Howard Hands‑On ECE: Field Trips, Routines, and Real‑World Teaching Opportunities Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorKasey Markwell How to Teach Recipe Costing and EP vs AP: How They Work Together Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorDr. Michael Riggs Ph.D. CEC CCA WCEC • Chef Tammy Inscoe NTI First-Year Teachers Session: FCCLA Nunn - East - 2nd FloorAshleigh VanHoose Wealth and Wisdom - How to Become a Financial Warrior Stanley - East - 3rd FloorErin Guilfoil PLTW: BIOMEDICAL ROUNDTABLES Taylor - East - 3rd FloorJackie Wolford Reviving Sports Medicine: Building a Modern Pathway for Today's Students Archibald - West - 3rd FloorScott R Rouse • Rachel Krebs Simulation Without the Stress: Best Practices for Teaching, Not Grading, in CTE Healthcare Programs Brown - East - 2nd FloorDr. Tracy Jenkins, DNP, RN, CNE • Dr. Kim Pharris DNP, RN, CHSE What Makes Us Who We Are: Personality Traits and Disorders Beckham - East - 3rd FloorDr. Jennifer Shoemake • Dr. Angie Harlan CTE Teachers Plan to Empower Futures: Backward Design Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorChristina Thomas • Rachel Kahly Seal of Arts Excellence: Building Media Arts Portfolios Walnut - West - 3rd FloorLynn Schentrup What Changed and Why: Graphics Design Standards Updates Poplar - West - 3rd FloorTabitha Berger Designing for Joy: Using Project-Based Learning to Sustain Teachers Laffoon - East - 1st FloorMichelle Gross

10:00am EDT

DIY Data-Dual Credit and Work Based Learning Lily - West - 2nd FloorAmy Tracy TEDS Secondary Schools Update Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorClaude W Christian Connecting Career and Technical Education to Persistence to Graduation Wilson - East - 3rd FloorChristina Watford • Dr. Judi Vanderhaar • Dr. Ashley Gates From Classroom to Career: Teaching with AI the Way Industry Uses It Cochran - West - 3rd FloorTaylor L Pratt From Classroom to Factory Floor: Industry Immersion for Educators Poplar - West - 3rd FloorRachel Ball • Dr. Vicki Berling JCPS (only) CTE Teachers Institute Violet - West - 2nd FloorBeau Johnston Dual Credit Tips and Discussion Willis - East - 2nd FloorThomas Miller • Amy Wisdom Financial Fraud Awareness: Spot it. Stop it. Stay Safe. Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorTom Anonson • Germaine Randolph How to Prepare Students for the EOP and Industry Certifications Morrow - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush How to use AI as a Digital Teaching Assistant Clements - East - 2nd FloorDanielle Wells • Pam Amshoff Making Work Count: Teaching Career-Ready Skills Through Business Co-op McCreary - East - 3rd FloorTammy Askins MBA Research 101: What is it and how to use Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorReece Spears Where AI Meets Cyber: Teaching the Future of Digital Defense Walnut - West - 3rd FloorJeff Ramsey • John Holloway Introduction to EbD Civil Engineering Course Sampson - East - 1st FloorRoger Taylor *CANCELLED* Engagement-More than an Educational Buzzword! Wilson - East - 3rd FloorMarcia Rehage Becoming Self-Sufficient with Home-Based Processing Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorJon Larmee Beyond the Classroom: The Power of Community Service Nunn - East - 2nd FloorTammy Camel Tech Assisted FCS Systems- Let AI lighten your workload in the FCS classroom and lab Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorEmily Isaacs • Hanna Hager The University of Louisville Cardinal CDA Goes to High School! Stanley - East - 3rd FloorMichele Hemenway Pullen EdTech for CTE Teachers (especially Health Science, but really for everyone!) French - East - 3rd FloorMichelle Patrick • Audrey Franzen Healthcare Roundtables Brown - East - 2nd FloorSusan Readnower • Joyce Parker NHA Success Navigator: Empowering Excellence in Healthcare Education - Charting the Course to Maximize NHA Tools for Student and Program Success Taylor - East - 3rd FloorCassandra Stutzman • Katie Peterson Organ Donation - Education, Impact and Career Pathways Beckham - East - 3rd FloorDenisha Henry National Law Enforcement Exam - Administration and Success Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorScott Carnes Industry-Ready 3D Printing: Building Workforce Skills in CTE Using Bambu Lab Technology Willow - West - 3rd FloorMiles Baird Dual Credit Scholarship Update Archibald - West - 3rd FloorRebecca Gilpatrick • Robin Hebert From Pathway to Pipeline: Planting the Foundation Laffoon - East - 1st FloorIris Isaacs • Sarah Maines Exploring Modern Laboratory Technologies in CTE Classrooms with Labtech Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorNathan Hicks

11:30am EDT

Lunch Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor KY Engineering Tech Ed. Association Lunch (RSVP Required) Stopher - East - 3rd FloorAmanda Boggs TSA Updates Stopher - East - 3rd FloorAmanda Boggs Midday Mingle with Health Science/HOSA French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower

1:00pm EDT

Two Coaches, One Team: Syncing Your Playbooks for Student Success in the CTE Classroom Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorShasta Hensley • Magan Gaddis Unlocking Kentucky’s Industry Certification List for Student Success Beckham - East - 3rd FloorCathy Hoehn WBL Shuffle (OCTE) Archibald - West - 3rd FloorTina Brogli DECA Update/MEEAK Business Meeting Willis - East - 2nd FloorLisa Oakes • Amy Wisdom Keeping It Honest Morrow - East - 3rd FloorLisa Oakes • Jeffrey Sun Reimagining Business and Marketing Essentials Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorKim Goff The Accounting Evolution: Panel Q and A Clements - East - 2nd FloorCaisey Cole The Mogul Map: Credit & Cash Flow McCreary - East - 3rd FloorMaria Machin • KIT Federal Credit Union Building Career Pathways with CYBER.ORG's No Cost Cybersecurity Curriculum Poplar - West - 3rd FloorJeff Ramsey • John Holloway Local 502 - Skilled Trade Apprenticeships Lily - West - 2nd FloorNick Brown The Modern HVAC/R Tech - A Career That's Really Heating Up Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorJason Everett Engineering Fundamental Labs for a Solid Foundation Stopher - East - 3rd FloorJason Hines Getting Started with Arduino Using TinkerCad Sampson - East - 1st FloorRoger Taylor Back to School and Back to Standards: Refreshing Middle School FCS Nunn - East - 2nd FloorKayla Howard Culinary and Food Services Skill Share Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorLiz Crump • Emily Toombs • Ashley Woodruff Elements and Principles of Design - How to teach these concepts in FCS classes Stanley - East - 3rd FloorAngela Dial, PhD Incorporating "Portrait of a Learner" in the classroom, lab, and CTSO's Wilson - East - 3rd FloorHanna Hager • Madison Barnhart Strengthening Child Development Instruction: Using KET and PBS Resources in High School FCS Classrooms Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorHolly Ackerman • Emily Cornett Community Preparedness in Action: The HOSA/MRC Partnership French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower • Stacy Blacketer From Rhythm to Response: Building ECG Competency Through Simulation Taylor - East - 3rd FloorHannah Schroeder • Dan Cramer Mind Matters: Caring for Mental Health, Anxiety, and Depression Brown - East - 2nd FloorDr. Jennifer Shoemake • Dr. Angie Harlan Kentucky JROTC For Administrators, Counselors and CTE Coordinators Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy A Different Kind of Digital Breakout Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorSarah Shartzer Robotics and Automation in the Classroom Cochran - West - 3rd FloorNathan Hicks Incorporating STLP's CDA Events into Graphic Design Holly - West - 3rd FloorLynn Schentrup Designing Industry Partnerships that Build Authentic Career and Transition Readiness for Every Student, with Intentional Access for Students with Disabilities (SWD) Daisy - West - 2nd FloorDr. Tracy Parks Bridging Language and Career Pathways: Empowering English Learners in Career and Technical Education Programs Laffoon - East - 1st FloorWill Spalding Financial Literacy Education Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorRyan W. Goss • Richard Bryant • JoLee Borne Building Models with Machine Learning Walnut - West - 3rd FloorWilliam Conn Machine Simulation Driven CNC Training for Modern Manufacturing Willow - West - 3rd FloorJoe Baldiga Mechatronics Collins - East - 2nd FloorMeredith Howard

2:30pm EDT

CTE Refreshment Break Exhibitor Hall - East - 2nd Floor

3:00pm EDT

Employer Engagement in CTE Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorLori Looney *CANCELLED* Soft Skills Are Power Skills: Teaching Employability Intentionally Fields - East - 3rd FloorSherlyn Bratcher Bridging Classroom to Career Through Workplace Knowledge Ballroom C - East - 2nd FloorGrace Johnson Connecting Dots, Building Futures: Leveraging Futuriti to Strengthen CTE Program Impact Clements - East - 2nd FloorTrey Pippin Everyone Goes to Work: Work-Based Learning for Transitioning Students Laffoon - East - 1st FloorMargie McGraw • Nichole Thomas From Classroom Insight to Employer Action: Strengthening Career Connections for Kentucky Students Beckham - East - 3rd FloorCallie Miracle • Laurie Mays Removing Barriers, Building Futures: The McKinney-Vento Act and Career and Technical Education Stopher - East - 3rd FloorZachary Stumbo SkillsUSA Regional Meetings Cochran - West - 3rd FloorAmy Hancock DECA Competition Prep Strategies Willis - East - 2nd FloorAmy Wisdom • Brittany Gary • Austin Cocanougher NTI Teachers - Intro to DECA McCreary - East - 3rd FloorLisa Oakes Straight from State: The Kentucky FBLA Update Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorSheena Searcy Changing Students Lives with Certiport Industry Certifications Poplar - West - 3rd FloorLogan Staab Preparing for Kentucky’s AI Pathway: Curriculum Resources and Practical AI Tools Holly - West - 3rd FloorDrew Fulkerson TSA Information Session for NTI Year 2 Sampson - East - 1st FloorAmanda Boggs A Creative CTE Collaboration - Teddy Bear Hospital Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorEmily Alexander • Makenna Stewart Inside Today’s Hospitality Industry: Trends, Travel, and Career Pathways Wilson - East - 3rd FloorNicole Fitzpatrick • Jessica Dillree • Rosanne Mastin Member Burnout and Managing Members Nunn - East - 2nd FloorAnna Sullinger NTI Year 2: Meet and Greet and Wrap-Up Morrow - East - 3rd FloorKayla Howard • Ashleigh VanHoose Spot the Scam: Current Financial Fraud Trends and Prevention Stanley - East - 3rd FloorTom Anonson • Germaine Randolph Clinical Medical Assistant Programs: Steps to Building a Strong Foundation Brown - East - 2nd FloorJulie Frye • Cassandra Stutzman • Katie Peterson From Classroom Support to College Success: AHEC’s Student Pipeline Taylor - East - 3rd FloorKelly Owens • Cameron Carr-Calvert HOSA Advisor Success: Foundations for New Advisors French - East - 3rd FloorSusan Readnower • Andrea Heisner Kentucky JROTC For Administrators, Counselors and CTE Coordinators Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy Adventures and Misadventures in Student-Paced Learning Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorSarah Shartzer SACA - The American Dollar of Manufacturing Certifications Lily - West - 2nd FloorJason Everett Pathways to Possibility: Bringing Career Exploration and Financial Literacy to Life in Middle School Daisy - West - 2nd FloorSharon Collins You Eat with Your Eyes First: Teaching Students the Art of Plate Presentation and Design Carroll Ford - East - 2nd FloorDr. Michael Riggs Ph.D. CEC CCA WCEC • Chef Tammy Inscoe

4:00pm EDT

DIY Data-Dual Credit and Work Based Learning Lily - West - 2nd FloorAmy Tracy The Redesign of a Successful High School Willis - East - 2nd FloorAndrea Heisner • Miranda Hunt • Dylan Sonnek • Lisa Stephenson Teaching Tools from the Feds Clements - East - 2nd FloorAmanda Geiger KETEA Executive Committee Meeting Sampson - East - 1st FloorAmanda Boggs *CANCELLED* From Telling to Showing: Transforming Teacher Preparation in the Fundamentals of Teaching Pathway Wilson - East - 3rd FloorKerrie Grider Bringing Vocabulary to Life in the Classroom Nunn - East - 2nd FloorBrianna Guy-Patterson Foundations of Child Services 1 and 2 Breathitt - East - 2nd FloorRosemary Stone Practical Lesson Plans For High School Culinary Dogwood - West - 3rd FloorDerek Carty • Daniel Wilkerson • Isaiah McAtee Winning the Gavel Stanley - East - 3rd FloorAshleigh VanHoose • Lacie Laws Support and Supplies from SOS Brown - East - 2nd FloorChanda Powell Fowler Trauma Informed Care Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorLindi Butler, M.S. • Landon Minor • Barclay Spriggs Kentucky JROTC For Administrators, Counselors and CTE Coordinators Azalea - West - 2nd FloorCOL(Ret) Timothy Every Adult Matters: Building a School Prevention Workforce Collins - East - 2nd FloorLaura Edwards Chat Who? Ask the Experts: Adviser Insights You Can't Google Combs Chandler - East - 2nd FloorSheena Searcy *CANCELLED* Computer Science by Abstraction - A Proven Approach to Advanced CS Education Holly - West - 3rd FloorQuincy Tennyson Implementing OpenEDG Industry-Recognized Certifications in CTE Pathways Poplar - West - 3rd FloorGreg Frossard KNAT Program UPDATE French - East - 3rd FloorJohnnie Lovins • Lindsay Wells-Propson Sampling iCEV Lessons for LPS Classrooms Jasmine - West - 2nd FloorDr. Tina Glandon • Joey Hassell 3D Fundamentals Certification: A New Pathway for Student Creators with Unreal Engine and Gameplan Walnut - West - 3rd FloorMichael Holden

5:30pm EDT

KACTE Annual Business Meeting Ballroom B - East - 2nd FloorAngela Gott

6:00pm EDT

KY Jump$tart Coalition Annual Awards Dinner Violet - West - 2nd FloorAmanda Geiger KACTE Member Event Patrick O'Shea'sAngela Gott