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Suzi Raiford

South Carolina Department of Education
Main office: Columbia Remote: Charleston
Websitehttps://ed.sc.gov
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Welcome to EBS! As Business and Industry Liaison, Office of Career and Technical Education, SC Department of Education, I facilitate Partnerships for Success and industry engagement in CTE, including EBS. I am honored to work with the Perkins V Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) Teams across the 12 South Carolina Workforce Regions.  Join me and Regional CLNA Facilitators Gina Marie Thomas/Greenville Tech, Kathy Bradford/Lowcountry RCS, Lisa Call/Midlands RCS, Joni McDaniel/Lower Savannah RWA, Jennifer Woody/Pendleton RCS, Dabs Davis/Upper Savannah RCS, as we highlight CLNA 2024 outcomes in our state.  Wednesday, June 26, 8:30 am!
Monday, June 24
 

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Ballroom PreFunction Area

8:30am EDT

Monday Keynote Meeting BallroomGerry Brooks

10:00am EDT

221 Successful Strategies to Maximize Student Certification Achievement with Tosa Room 202 - BMelissa Murphy 27 Michelin: Building the Workforce One Student at a Time Room 102-CMelisa Anderson • Lisa D. Call • Kaye Shaw 105 - Deliver Business/Technology Courses and Certifications in Your Classroom Room 104-BGary Priddy 224 Transportation Cluster Updates McKinney Automotive Center, Greenville Technical CollegeJohn Romano • BT Martin • Courtney W. Kenyon

11:15am EDT

43 Buff Nuggets for CTE Educators Room 104 ABrian Buffington 67 Why a Career Path in Transportation & Logistics Is a Good Fit for HS Students Room 101 AAlison Vanstory

12:15pm EDT

Lunch Hall 1 194 CTE Directors Working Lunch Room 203Maria Swygert • Eleanor R. Glover Gladney • Anna R Duvall

2:30pm EDT

160 Igniting Student Interest in the Electrical Trade: The Importance of Changing Our Strategy Room 101-BStephanie Horne

3:30pm EDT

Snack Break 200 Rooms Pre Function Area
 
Tuesday, June 25
 

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Ballroom PreFunction Area

8:30am EDT

Tuesday Keynote Meeting BallroomGeorge Couros

10:15am EDT

119 Closing the Industrial Workforce Skills Gap Room 101-BAnthony Hatley 13 AI and U2: What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence and CTE Room 104-BMichael Connet 103 Career-Connected Learning with YouScience Brightpath Room 104 AIvey Harrison

11:30am EDT

40 Buff Nuggets: Branding and Marketing Mayhem Room 103Brian Buffington 64 EVERFI: Supporting the HS Personal Finance Graduation Requirement with Ready-to-Go Lessons Room 104 ARika Nishimura

12:30pm EDT

Lunch with Exhibitors Hall 1

1:30pm EDT

220 The Harbor Freight Fellows Initiative: Lessons learned about preparing youth for the world of work. Room 101 ACharlie Plant 63 Future Smart, Future Ready, Future Prepared: Kickstart Financial Literacy for Middle School Students Room 104 ARika Nishimura 176 Preparing Students for SC's High-Growth, High-Wage Jobs Room 202 - BKim Christ

3:45pm EDT

Snack Break with Exhibitors Hall 1
 
Wednesday, June 26
 

7:30am EDT

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Hall 1

8:30am EDT

60 iCEV Online Curriculum and State-Approved and Industry-Endorsed Certifications Room 202 - BGlenn Perryman 46 The Positive Impact of the Perkins V Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments on Career and Technical Education Across SC's Workforce Regions Through Collaborative Partnerships for Success Room 104-BSuzi C Raiford • Lisa D. Call • Kathy Bradford

9:45am EDT

145 How Visual Storytelling Holds the Key to Inspire Our Future Workforce and Bridges the Talent Gap Room 104 ADorian Iribarren • Maggie Iribarren 69 Engineering the Future: Cultivating Creativity and Innovation in K-12 Education Room 102-CElizabeth "Libby" E Simpson

11:00am EDT

120 Certiport Industry Certifications for Computer Science, Information Technology, and Engineering Room 101 ACertiport, a Pearson VUE business 219 Success Story: Life after high school--How educators and industry came together to creating a workforce pipeline Room 202-AKatherine Bergmann

12:00pm EDT

Lunch with Exhibitors Hall 1

1:00pm EDT

242 Career Exploration & CTE training with immersive, hands-on VR simulation experiences Room 201Larry Bennett

2:15pm EDT

52 Immersive Computer Science Education with ‘Coding in Minecraft’ Room 101-BCatrina Hunzeker
 
Thursday, June 27
 

7:30am EDT

Continental Breakfast Ballroom PreFunction Area

11:00am EDT

137 The Competitive Edge: Leveraging Competition for Success Room 101-BLaurel Turner