2025 SC Education + Business Summit: Full Schedule

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10:15am EDT

65 Hands-on Desk: Career Exploration for Middle Grades

Tuesday June 24, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Paxton Patterson College & Career Labs align with CTE standards and focus on real-world skills such as hands-on learning, career exploration, soft skills and career research. Participants will engage in hands-on activities that are included in the student labs. Participants will see how Paxton Patterson brings the “sit and learn” sessions of core academics to life through engagement. Participants will also learn how Paxton Patterson can become yet another tool used for remediation and career exploration at the middle levels.

Speakers

Leon Burgess

Director of College & Career Readiness/CTE/Secondary Education, Florence School District Three

Tuesday June 24, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Room 104-B

Human Services (Health and Human Services), Health Science (Health & Human Services)

11:30am EDT

14 Personal Finance Lab: Gamifying Foundational Money Management Skills That Everyone Needs

Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Room 104-B

Extremely relevant for CTE fields.

Experiential learning for students to learn financial literacy through simulations and a hands on platform.

Many years of experience in personal finance and presentation experience.

Speakers

Eric D Poff

Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Room 104-B

Education & Training (Education), CTE Administrators, CTE Directors, School Principals, Educators, Career Counselors, Regional Career Specialist

1:30pm EDT

21 G.R.O.W. Time: Education Beyond the Classroom

Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Room 104-B

I have been an educator of primarily "at-risk" students my entire career, and I have developed a research-based curriculum that all students need to prepare them for the real world. It is relevant to the CTE field because students explore their career options and learn where they can seek the training they need for their chosen career.

Speakers

Philisa Bennett

Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 104-B

Education & Training (Education), CTE Administrators, CTE Directors, School Principals, Educators, Career Counselors, Regional Career Specialist

2:45pm EDT

186 20 Tools in 60 Minutes: Free, Innovative Tools to Raise Our Youth Engagement Game

Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT

Room 104-B

This presentation provides a hands-on, use these free tools immediately to create the ideal settings for young people to build their skills both in and out of the academic setting. The fast paced training is specifically designed for CTE practitioners to learn, observe, and implement each of these strategies, techniques, and resources to develop programs that are based on effective youth engagement. When young people are able to find safety (physical, emotional, cultural) in their environment, they are more likely to not only sustain their attendance/involvement, and in turn, increase their CTE skillsets.

Speakers

Eric Rowles

CEO, Leading to Change

Eric Rowles is a nationally recognized trainer, speaker, and consultant whom has worked with over 150,000 youth, adults, administrators, professionals, and policy makers within the past 15 years. His presentations are legendary - by combining the energy and innovation of a master... Read More →

Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
Room 104-B

Education & Training (Education), Human Services (Health and Human Services)

4:30pm EDT

166 Portfolios and High-Quality Work in CTE

Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

Room 104-B

Everyday value to all CTE stakeholders.

25 years in CTE: 10 as a teachers, 10 as assistant director, and 7 as CTE Director. (2 overlapping as teacher/administrator)

Speakers

Boyce Myers

Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Room 104-B

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