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2026 KACTE Summer Program
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Connecting Career and Technical Education to Persistence to Graduation
Wednesday July 22, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Fields - East - 3rd Floor
Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides engaging, real-world learning experiences that support persistence to graduation and enhance the quality of students' school experience. Data helps ensure those experiences translate into success, and this session will explore how CTE programs, combined with data from Infinite Campus tools such as the Early Warning Tool and Insights Data Visualization Dashboards, can build school connectedness, promote student-owned engagement, and support intervention. Attendees will learn strategies to use data to identify trends, guide interventions, strengthen student supports, and connect learning to meaningful outcomes that help every student succeed academically and prepare for life beyond high school.
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avatar for Christina Watford

Christina Watford

502-564-4772 ext. 4069, The Kentucky Department of Education
Christina Watford is a Persistence to Graduation program consultant at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) with 23 years of experience in public education. Before joining KDE, she spent 15 years as a certified school counselor, primarily serving students in Scott County Schools... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Judi Vanderhaar

Dr. Judi Vanderhaar

502-564-4772 ext. 4044, The Kentucky Department of Education
Education Program Consultant
avatar for Ashley Gates

Ashley Gates

Persistence to Graduation Consultant, Kentucky Department of Education
Dr. Ashley Gates brings a decade of experience in alternative and special education to her role as a Persistence to Graduation program consultant at the Kentucky Department of Education. Her background includes work as a special education teacher, behavior coach, and digital learning... Read More →
Wednesday July 22, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Fields - East - 3rd Floor
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