2026 KACTE Summer Program

2026 KACTE Summer Program

8:00am EDT

KATFCS State Board Meeting Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

9:00am EDT

Kentucky FCCLA Advisory Board Meeting Brown - East - 2nd Floor

1:00pm EDT

New FCS Teacher Workshop + Orientation Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

7:00pm EDT

FCS Education College Student Orientation Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor KATFCS Regional Officer Training Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

8:00pm EDT

FCS Back to School Bash Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

10:00am EDT

Back-to-School Updates: What’s New in FCS + FCCLA Cochran - West - 3rd Floor

11:30am EDT

FCS Nook Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

1:00pm EDT

Classroom Tools for Teaching Hospitality, Travel, Tourism, and Related Subjects Willis - East - 2nd Floor Culinary Competitions: Opportunities for Student Chefs to Shine Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor Finger Paints and Future Careers: Making Sense of ECE-TRIS Stanley - East - 3rd Floor The Portrait of an Effective Teacher: What Well-Rounded Excellence Looks Like Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Welcome to the Real World: From Classroom to Client Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor Sew with Us: Sawtooth Stars potholders Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

3:00pm EDT

Culture Before Curriculum- The invisible foundation of success (Building Culture in the Culinary Classroom) Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor Interview Bootcamp Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor Raising the Bar: Strengthening EOP Performance Stanley - East - 3rd Floor When Teens Teach: FCS Students as Mentors, Leaders, and Role Models Wilson - East - 3rd Floor

4:00pm EDT

KATFCS Region 1, 2, and 3 Meeting Cochran - West - 3rd Floor KATFCS Region 11, 12, and 13 Meeting Coe - East - 3rd Floor KATFCS Region 14 Meeting Azalea - West - 2nd Floor KATFCS Region 15 Meeting Nunn - East - 2nd Floor KATFCS Region 4 Meeting Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor KATFCS Region 5 Meeting Stopher - East - 3rd Floor KATFCS Region 6 Meeting Wilson - East - 3rd Floor KATFCS Region 7 Meeting Sampson - East - 1st Floor KATFCS Region 9 and 10 Meeting Stanley - East - 3rd Floor

8:00am EDT

Making Nutrition Fun: Hands-On Games and Activities Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor No Loose Threads! A Guide to Smooth Sewing Labs Stanley - East - 3rd Floor NTI First-Year Teachers Session: FCS Classroom Instruction Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Playschool: Little Learners, Student Leaders Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor “Booked for Success” A Back-to-School Hospitality and Tourism Experience Wilson - East - 3rd Floor FCS Nook Nunn - East - 2nd Floor

9:00am EDT

Classroom to Capitol: Why Advocacy Matters Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Hands‑On ECE: Field Trips, Routines, and Real‑World Teaching Opportunities Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor How to Teach Recipe Costing and EP vs AP: How They Work Together Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor NTI First-Year Teachers Session: FCCLA Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Wealth and Wisdom - How to Become a Financial Warrior Stanley - East - 3rd Floor

10:00am EDT

Becoming Self-Sufficient with Home-Based Processing Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor Beyond the Classroom: The Power of Community Service Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Engagement-More than an Educational Buzzword! Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Tech Assisted FCS Systems- Let AI lighten your workload in the FCS classroom and lab Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor The University of Louisville Cardinal CDA Goes to High School! Stanley - East - 3rd Floor

1:00pm EDT

Back to School and Back to Standards: Refreshing Middle School FCS Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Culinary and Food Services Skill Share Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor Elements and Principles of Design - How to teach these concepts in FCS classes Stanley - East - 3rd Floor Incorporating "Portrait of a Learner" in the classroom, lab, and CTSO's Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Strengthening Child Development Instruction: Using KET and PBS Resources in High School FCS Classrooms Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor

3:00pm EDT

A Creative CTE Collaboration - Teddy Bear Hospital Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor Inside Today’s Hospitality Industry: Trends, Travel, and Career Pathways Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Member Burnout and Managing Members Nunn - East - 2nd Floor NTI Year 2: Meet and Greet and Wrap-Up Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Spot the Scam: Current Financial Fraud Trends and Prevention Stanley - East - 3rd Floor You Eat with Your Eyes First: Teaching Students the Art of Plate Presentation and Design Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor

4:00pm EDT

Bringing Vocabulary to Life in the Classroom Nunn - East - 2nd Floor Foundations of Child Services 1 and 2 Breathitt - East - 2nd Floor From Telling to Showing: Transforming Teacher Preparation in the Fundamentals of Teaching Pathway Wilson - East - 3rd Floor Practical Lesson Plans For High School Culinary Carroll Ford - East - 2nd Floor Winning the Gavel Stanley - East - 3rd Floor

6:00pm EDT

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

8:30am EDT

KATFCS Awards Brunch and Business Session (RSVP Required) Ballroom C - East - 2nd Floor

2026 KACTE Summer Program

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