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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 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 Welcome to Teaching Business and Marketing McCreary - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush • Lisa Oakes • Sheena Searcy Get Certified in the Industry Certification Lab! Coe - East - 3rd FloorAngela Rush • Jeremy Davis

9:00am EDT

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

10:00am EDT

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

1:00pm EDT

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 Financial Literacy Education Wilkinson - East - 1st FloorRyan W. Goss • Richard Bryant • JoLee Borne

3:00pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

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

6:00pm EDT

KY Jump$tart Coalition Annual Awards Dinner Violet - West - 2nd FloorAmanda Geiger