Region I Past Conferences
ACTE’s Region I Leadership Conference 2024
May 1-3
New York, New York
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Peyton Holland
Helping Them Find Their Future
We all have something that drives us to show up and do the work we do each day. Over the last forty years, our country has faced an identity crisis surrounding careers. This crisis has created a challenging path for today’s students in identifying what drives them and linking it to a career they love. Career & Technical Education is an essential answer to these challenges. In this talk, Peyton will lay out key principles that we can leverage to help students develop the clarity they need to build the future they want. We will also delve into strengthening the profile of our CTE programs through the power of story.
Bio
Peyton Holland has dedicated his career to helping bridge education, industry, and communities together to ensure that we are preparing the next generation of skilled leaders in the workforce. For more than 20 years, he has been actively engaged in Career & Technical Education. Currently, Peyton serves as the Executive Director of the National Technical Honor Society (www.nths.org), a national nonprofit that empowers students to pursue the skills needed to build their careers and celebrates those who do. Prior to NTHS, he served as the Executive Director of SkillsUSA North Carolina.
Peyton has also worked with student organizations, professional associations, education agencies, chambers of commerce, and companies across the U.S. as a professional speaker, facilitator, and consultant for nearly two decades (www.peytonholland.com).
Having grown up in rural North Carolina, Peyton learned the value of hard work and skill early in life. From lessons learned on the family farm, to the experiences he gained while traveling internationally acquiring master’s degrees in business administration and global innovation management, Peyton understands the power of skill in each of our lives. He is driven to share the importance of skill and the value of Career & Technical Education in our society.
Eric Curts
The Bionic Educator
Will technology ever replace a teacher? Who (or what) is the best educator in the world? The answer may surprise you. Learn about the amazing rise of artificial intelligence and other new technologies that are impacting education. See what you can do to be the best educator you can be, and how your students can be the best learners they can be.
Bio
Eric has been in education for 32 years and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in North Canton, Ohio where he oversees Google for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as other technology integration initiatives. Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and Innovator and provides training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country. He is a co-leader of the Ohio Google Educator Group at bit.ly/gegohio. Eric runs the award-winning blog www.ControlAltAchieve.com where all of his edtech resources can be found, and is the author of the book “Control Alt Achieve: Rebooting Your Classroom with Creative Google Projects”.
2023 Region I Conference
ACTE’s Region I and Pennsylvania Leadership Conference 2023
May 3-5
Bucks County Community College
Newtown, Pennsylvania
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Keynote Speakers
Rachael Mann
Opening Keynote Speaker
Rachael Mann is passionate about all things related to education, technology, and CTE. She is an “edufuturist” who believes in the importance of shaping the educational philosophies and spaces of today by looking toward the innovations of tomorrow. Rachael is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and events across the country, and she speaks and writes about disruptive technology, education and careers. She is the author of The CTSO Competition Companion, The Spaces You Will Go, and coauthor of Martians in Your Classroom, an educational title about integrating STEM into the classroom utilizing space-related initiatives.
Rachael holds an MA in educational leadership and has 14 years of classroom teaching experience as a career and technical education instructor. Rachael’s experience includes her work as the Network to Transform Teaching State Director, the Professional Learning Director of STEM, and the Arizona State Director for Educators Rising. She is a founding member of the Council on the Future of Education, the director of member engagement for NCLA, and vice-president of New and Related Services for ACTE.
From professional growth to motivational talks to workshops, Rachael loves to inspire audiences to think bigger and dream beyond.
Powerful Communication Connectors
Terry Sumerlin
Keynote Speaker
Through technology and electronic devices, we are more connected to the world than ever before. Yet, in the ways that matter we are alarmingly more disconnected. Why is that and how can we still connect with students, parents, administrators, and other education professionals? In this humorous, insightful, entertaining presentation Terry Sumerlin gently kicks us on the shin and reminds us of things that perhaps we already knew but have forgotten or neglected. Through masterful storytelling he reminds us of the importance of communicating credibility, people focus, respect and clarity. He provides lots of practical takeaway that can be immediately applied.
2022 Region I Conference
May 4-6, 2022
Grand Rapids Michigan
Conference location – Grand Valley State University, L.V. Eberhard Center
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The ACTE Region I Conference provides secondary and postsecondary career and technical educators a relevant and exciting professional and leadership development opportunity. Watch for additional information.
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2021 Region I Conference
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Schedule
2020 Region I Conference
March 11-13
UFT Manhattan Office
52 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
2019 Region I Conference
High-quality CTE Programming
April 24-26, 2019
Community College of Beaver County, PA
High-quality CTE Programming April 24-26, 2019 Community College of Beaver County, PA Program Guide General Sessions
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Conference Handouts
- Access and Equity in CTE, Traci Chappelear
- ACTE and National Board Lesson Sharing & Development, Kimberly Bertocci
- Addressing Equity through Recruitment & Retention, Jennifer Cusmano
- Army Marketing Research Group Overview Brief, SGM Luke Legg
- Creating Effective Education & Industry Pathways, Stephen Healy
- CTE Program Spending, Dan Murphy
- CTE Programs of Study, Robin Utz
- Empowering Students to a Better Future through Certification, Nic Hestand
- Equity Exploration, David Thomas
- Find Your Passion, Kimberly Paradise
- Measuring and Reporting Student Employability Skill Attainment, Mike Hart
- National and Regional Resources for Recruiting, Preparing and Supporting FCS Educators
- Student Work Experience Opportunities for CTE Pathways, Donna Diller
- The CASE of Career Pathways, Sara Case
- The Current Early College Landscape at CBCC, Emilie Cherry
- The “Inside Baseball” View of Credentialing, John Foster
- The New Smart -What Educators and Parents Need To Know, Steven Coyle
- The Summit: A New Level of CTE Advisory Committee, Scott Rogers
2017 Region I Conference
2016 Region I Conference Handouts
- Keynote Presentation by Coach Jim Place
- Working Together for Student Achievement
- Experiential Learning: Innovative Ideas and Environments
- Instructional Coaching Bridging the Gap between Industry and Teaching
- Answering Workforce Needs through Innovative Educational Partnerships
- Parent Partnerships Matter!
- Assessment Data: Do I have to be an Expert?
- Leaders Building Leaders: Leadership Development and the U.S. Army
- Great Oaks Accreditation, Credentialing, and Employment (ACE) Resource Center
- Disrupting Admissions: Increasing Enrollment, Raising Brand Awareness & Taking Names
- Connections and Integrations for CTE Programs
