Education + Business Summit 2024

At AINautics Drone Training Company, our mission is to empower individuals and organizations to navigate the skies with confidence, proficiency, and responsibility. We are committed to providing comprehensive and cutting-edge training programs that foster a deep understanding of drone technology and its applications. You will be furnished with details about AINautics' priority curriculum tailored for the Drone Industry. Learn how your CTE program can equip its scholars to attain FAA Commercial Certification in less than 36 hours.

Why market your Career & Technical Education programs? To gain a competitive edge, build cultural relevance, and improve CTE pathway awareness and enrollment. In this session, you will explore and learn to employ the untapped potential of Career and Technical Education for differentiating public education offerings in a choice-driven landscape and engage parents and students. Learn how a district in Lake City, SC, partnered with a strategic branding and marketing agency for K-12 to develop an effective marketing strategy and collateral to showcase CTE programs and reach target audiences at key moments. By the session's end, you'll have actionable insights to improve CTE awareness, perception, and engagement in your district.

CTE DIrectors update and working lunch

Oconee County's CTE Academy is a professional development experience designed for CTE teachers, led by CTE teachers. CTE Academy Coaches were selected to lead five different professional development sessions and teachers were offered choice and input into what topics they would like to attend. Following the initial sessions, teachers chose one of their sessions for a "deep dive." In the deep dive sessions, teachers applied the new information to their curriculum including lesson plans and assessments to create better learning experiences for students. While this PD model can be tailored for any PD topic, Oconee County's CTE Academy PD program focuses on the following five topics: Assessment 101, Creativity and Student Choice, Cultivating a Positive Classroom Culture, Differentiation and a Blended Learning Classroom, and Employability Skills in Everyday Instruction.

Darlington County School District has seen tremendous growth over the last two years in its career development and work-based learning programs. This growth is attributed to the community relationships with industry, non-profits, and economic development partnerships. Paid internships are at an all-time high in our district, we have an 8th-grade career exploration program and are working to engage 5th-graders. Our session will explain what we have done to achieve success and how our community supports us.

Last year we shared an overview of the Teaching Skills That Matter (TSTM) initiative. TSTM is a professional development initiative of the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Come take a deep dive into the first of the three components that make up the TSTM initiative. This session will offer you the three learning approaches that work to prepare a citizen to effectively function in the workforce and civic and community life.

This will be a collaborative session where you will review the 2023 SC CCR ELA Standards and brainstorm instructional alignment and application to their CTE Courses. You should expect to walk away with a new understanding of the 2023 SC CCR ELA Standards, resources for the standards, and actionable ideas of how to connect those standards to the work you do in your CTE courses.

Get a general overview of the 2023 SC CCR ELA Standards and support documents, as well as an introduction to high-impact ELA standards to support CTE courses and educators. You will learn more about the new ELA Standards and how those standards connect to and impact your work.