Agenda

This preliminary agenda is subject to change. Check for updates on this site and consult the program guide at the conference for the most current agenda.
Day Time Class Name
Monday 07:00am - 06:00pm Registration Open
08:30am - 04:30pm CTE Program Management Training, Part I

Pre-registration Required

February 8
8:30am – 4:30pm
Administration and Guidance Components

Feb. 9
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Additional Guidance Components

This intensive training session is recommended for new CTE directors, facilitators and counselors to gain the professional knowledge and skills needed to be a CTE leader within their district. This training will provide participants with a strong foundation for understanding and implementing effective CTE programs. Up to twelve hours of CPE credit, meals and resource materials are included.

Topics include:

  • Calendar year for CTE
  • Understanding the Law, TEC, TAC
  • PEIMS, Student Accounting Handbook
  • Perkins IV Requirements and Funding
  • eGrant, evaluation follow-up
  • Guidance programs for large and small districts
  • Tech Prep, articulation and dual credit
  • Adopting AchieveTexas in your district
  • Developing four- to six-year plans
  • Transitions P-16
  • Mentoring program
09:30am - 12:00pm CTAT Executive Committee Meetings
11:30am - 04:30pm CTE Boot Camp for Colleges

Pre-registration Required

February 8
11:30am – 4:30pm
Trinity

This session will focus on teaching college administrators how to improve student transitions from high school to college. Experienced educators and agency representatives will communicate how to build effective relationships to increase student outreach and engagement.

Topics include:

  • Effectively Working with High Schools
  • Dual Credit Best Practices
  • Virtual College of Texas
  • Texas Virtual Schools Network
  • Building the College Readiness Pipeline
  • Tech Prep – Awarding Articulated Credit
12:30pm - 04:00pm Tour of Outstanding CTE Programs

Pre-registration Required

February 8
12:30pm – 4:00pm

Tour the Round Rock ISD Engineering Academy and Health Science Academy located at McNeil High School.

Stephanie Brierty, K-12 Program Manager for National Instruments, will speak about the importance of the relationship between secondary schools and industry and how these partnerships offer students opportunities to excel in their career pathway and effectively bridge the gap between high school, college and the workplace.

The Engineering Academy is a four-year pre-engineering program consisting of a comprehensive series of courses designed for high school students with an interest in the field of engineering, and features pre-engineering curriculum from Project Lead the Way and the Infinity Project.

The Health Science Technology Academy provides a comprehensive array of courses designed to prepare students for a career in the health care field. This includes the four-year coherent sequence of Health Science courses, as well as a selection of classes that provide for exploration and certifications in specific areas of interest to students of all levels.
02:00pm - 08:00pm Tour of Stonehouse Vineyard and Iguana Grill Happy Hour

Pre-registration Required

February 8
2:00pm – 8:00pm

A private wine tour through Stone House Vineyard will show the process from grape to glass. Situated on a high bluff overlooking Lake Travis, the tour will include strolling through the private vineyard on a custom wine tour, chatting with winemakers and enjoying a tasting in the beautifully crafted, tasting room. A happy hour at sunset will follow at Iguana Grill on Lake Travis.
04:30pm - 05:30pm CTAT Committee Meetings
05:30pm - 08:00pm CTAT Board Meeting
Tuesday 07:30am - 08:30am Continental Breakfast
07:30am - 05:00pm Registration Open
08:30am - 09:30am Opening General Session with Roy Williams

8:30am – 9:30am
Ballroom

Opening Remarks
Joann Walter, President, CTAT
Sam Williams, Immediate Past President, Texas Association of College Technical Educators

Special Feature
Brett Williams, Teacher, GoSystems Rocketry Program

Keynote Address
Roy Williams, Founder and Chancellor, The Wizard Academy

A perplexing issue faces career and technical education – how to get students, parents, school administration and guidance counselors to understand it, pursue it and support it. Here to help us consider key factors when choosing how to market career and technical education is Roy Williams.

Nicknamed, “the Wizard of Ads”, Roy H. Williams and his staff have often been the unseen, pivotal force in amazing come-from-behind victories in the worlds of business, politics, and finance. Williams is founder of Wizard Academy, a non-traditional business school located in Austin, Texas. Wizard Academy has attracted a roster of students that include many of the world’s most forward-thinking and successful CEOs, educators, journalists, inventors and consultants. The faculty sets themselves apart teaching students how to consciously do what gifted people do unconsciously.
09:30am - 06:00pm Exhibits Showcase Open
09:30am - 10:00am Exhibit Showcase Walkabout
09:40am - 09:55am
10:00am - 10:20am Screening Room: The New Generation Faculty

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
10:00am - 10:45am Breakout Session I
10:30am - 10:45am Screening Room: Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
10:45am - 11:00am
11:00am - 11:20am Screening Room: Rocketry and Engineering Education

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session II
11:30am - 11:50am Screening Room: Technical Associates Degrees: Not the End of the Road

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
11:45am - 01:15pm Lunch on Your Own
12:00pm - 04:00pm CTE Program Management Training
01:15pm - 01:30pm Tech 2.0 Mashup: Blogs

Tech 2.0 Mashups

Kevin Brown, Director of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College
Holle England, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College

The web is full of free, robust social and online apps. Stop by and see how these easy to use tools can be used in the educational field. Presentations will be given in 15 minute blocks throughout the conference.

9:40am – 9:55am
Twitter

10:45am – 11:00am
Facebook

1:15pm – 1:30pm
Blogs

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Wikis

3:15pm – 3:30pm
YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Weebly and Ning

4:30pm – 4:45pm
iTunes and Podcasts

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Google Docs, Calendar and Wave
01:30pm - 02:15pm Breakout Session III
01:30pm - 01:50pm Screening Room: AchieveTexas Local Implementation Best Practices

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
02:15pm - 02:30pm Tech 2.0 Mashup: Wikis

Tech 2.0 Mashups

Kevin Brown, Director of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College
Holle England, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College

The web is full of free, robust social and online apps. Stop by and see how these easy to use tools can be used in the educational field. Presentations will be given in 15 minute blocks throughout the conference.

9:40am – 9:55am
Twitter

10:45am – 11:00am
Facebook

1:15pm – 1:30pm
Blogs

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Wikis

3:15pm – 3:30pm
YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Weebly and Ning

4:30pm – 4:45pm
iTunes and Podcasts

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Google Docs, Calendar and Wave
02:30pm - 02:50pm Screening Room: A Model for School to College to Work

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
02:30pm - 03:15pm Breakout Session IV
03:00pm - 03:20pm Screening Room: College and Career Planning with Students

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:00pm
Designing High School Academies for College Preparation
Ryan Merritt, College and Career Readiness Coordinator, Lake Travis ISD

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
03:15pm - 03:30pm Tech 2.0 Mashup: YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

Tech 2.0 Mashups

Kevin Brown, Director of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College
Holle England, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College

The web is full of free, robust social and online apps. Stop by and see how these easy to use tools can be used in the educational field. Presentations will be given in 15 minute blocks throughout the conference.

9:40am – 9:55am
Twitter

10:45am – 11:00am
Facebook

1:15pm – 1:30pm
Blogs

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Wikis

3:15pm – 3:30pm
YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Weebly and Ning

4:30pm – 4:45pm
iTunes and Podcasts

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Google Docs, Calendar and Wave
03:30pm - 03:50pm Screening Room: The New CTE Courses

Enter to win a 32” flat screen TV when you visit the Screening Room.

Take your seat on a lounge sofa in the Screening Room and see more presentations in a shorter amount of time. A special feature of the conference this year is a darkened Screening Room where a select number of conference presentations will be delivered in a compact 18 minutes and professionally filmed for distribution to a wider audience.

These sessions are focused, impactful, inspiring and get to the heart of the matter in as few words as possible.

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. Attendees are encouraged to attend the recording sessions. We need the energy of a live audience to fill the room.

10:00am
Recruit and Retain New Generation Faculty
Terry Mouchayleh, Project Director, Texas Network for Teaching Excellence in CTE

10:30am
Thinking Outside the Edges of Undefined Shapes
Adrian Knight, CTE Director, New Diana ISD

11:00am
Rocketry and Engineering Education Prep for Industry
Brett Williams, SystemsGo Director, Ignite

11:30am
Technical Associates Degrees are not the End of the Road
Doug Ullrich, Professor, Sam Houston State University

1:30pm
AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative Local Implementation Best Practices
Dr. Karen Alexander, AchieveTexas Project Coordinator, Texas Tech University

2:30pm
Alamo Area Academies: A Model for School to College to Work
Gene Bowman, Director, Alamo Area Academies, Alamo Colleges

3:00pm
Sharing Labor Market Information with Students
Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist, Region 12 ESC

3:30pm
Business as Usual: Changing Again!
Ed Foster, CTE Director, Mansfield ISD
03:30pm - 04:15pm Breakout Session V
04:15pm - 05:15pm New TEKS Implementation Q&A Session

Bring your questions and your expertise to this informal question and answer session. CTE directors and counselors from small, medium and large districts address broad and specific questions related to implementation of the new TEKS and courses. Attendees will be able to ask questions of panelists and seek information from peers around the state.

Tuesday, February 9
4:15pm – 5:15pm
Ballroom A

The panel of experts for this session include:
Dennis Alexander, CTE Director, Northside ISD
Franklin Higgins, CTE Director, Aldine ISD
Ian Roark, CTE Director, Ector County ISD
Marty Thompson, CTE Director, Denton ISD
04:30pm - 04:45pm Tech 2.0 Mashup: iTunes and Podcasts

Tech 2.0 Mashups

Kevin Brown, Director of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College
Holle England, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College

The web is full of free, robust social and online apps. Stop by and see how these easy to use tools can be used in the educational field. Presentations will be given in 15 minute blocks throughout the conference.

9:40am – 9:55am
Twitter

10:45am – 11:00am
Facebook

1:15pm – 1:30pm
Blogs

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Wikis

3:15pm – 3:30pm
YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Weebly and Ning

4:30pm – 4:45pm
iTunes and Podcasts

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Google Docs, Calendar and Wave
04:30pm - 06:00pm Conference Reception
04:45pm - 05:00pm Tech 2.0 Mashup: Google Docs, Calendar and Wave

Tech 2.0 Mashups

Kevin Brown, Director of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College
Holle England, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Texas State Technical College

The web is full of free, robust social and online apps. Stop by and see how these easy to use tools can be used in the educational field. Presentations will be given in 15 minute blocks throughout the conference.

9:40am – 9:55am
Twitter

10:45am – 11:00am
Facebook

1:15pm – 1:30pm
Blogs

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Wikis

3:15pm – 3:30pm
YouTube, SchoolTube and Flickr

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Weebly and Ning

4:30pm – 4:45pm
iTunes and Podcasts

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Google Docs, Calendar and Wave
Wednesday 07:00am - 12:00pm Registration Open
07:00am - 08:00am Continental Breakfast
07:00am - 12:00pm Exhibit Showcase Open
07:00am - 08:00am CTAT Area Meetings
08:00am - 08:45am Breakout Session VI
09:00am - 09:45am Breakout Session VII
09:45am - 10:00am Exhibit Showcase Walkabout
10:00am - 10:45am Plenary Session with Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Texas Education Agency

10:00am – 10:45am
Ballroom

Vangie Stice-Isreal, State Director, Career and Technical Education, Texas Education Agency
Dr. MacGregor Stephenson, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs and Research, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

This session includes statewide updates on federal and state policy relating to career and technical education. Attend this informative session to learn more about the new CTE courses and standards developed as a part of the rewrite of CTE TEKS and courses.

THECB will address dual credit initiatives, updates to the Workforce Education Course Manual, new flexibility for district and college partnerships and other important rule changes affecting high school to college programs.
10:45am - 12:00pm Closing General Session

11:00am – 11:45am
Ballroom

Opening Remarks
Joann Walter, President, CTAT

Special Guest
Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

As Texas grows, our state will need many skilled workers to meet demand in several growing industries like nursing and other health related fields as well as teaching, automotive, information technology, law and real estate. With programs like the newly created Jobs and Education for Texans, our state is working to expand educational offerings at high schools, community colleges and career training schools that provide training for jobs in these fields. Susan Combs believes every student should have the opportunity to get the education they need to seek the best possible job.

Special Guest
Tom Applegate, Senior Director of Business and Industry Initiatives, Association for Career and Technical Education

Career and technical education is now a centerpiece of national education policy discussions as federal lawmakers and agencies struggle with reform efforts that will increase the number of high school and college graduates adequately prepared to enter the workforce. Tom Applegate will share a national perspective on education reform efforts.

Keynote Address
Vince Orza, Dean, Oklahoma City University

Closing Announcements
Joann Walter, President, CTAT

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