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Contents
About the Conference
Call for Presentations
Key Topic Areas
Additional Topic Areas
Validation
Review of Proposals
About the Conference
Education Open Source is designed to bridge gaps between high school, college and the workplace. This event brings together a diverse group of innovative P-16 educators, industry partners and policy leaders to share successful approaches for education and workforce development challenges. Sessions focus on successful approaches and innovative initiatives and content is geared towards replication.
Call for Presentations
Globalization, demography and technological advances are recognized factors affecting the need for change in education and workforce development. Conference topics and sessions focus on solutions demonstrating substantive improvements addressing these challenges. This event seeks presentations from innovative leaders that will drive replication and avoid high-level overviews or status updates—in other words, “moving from the why to the how.”
Key Topic Areas
Topic areas below are suggested. Selections will not be limited to the following categories:
- Replicating Effective Instructional Models
Advancing curriculum innovations such as academic and technical integrations, teaching multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, increasing rigor and relevance and innovative courses
Replicating program designs such as small learning communities, academics, charter and magnet schools
Increasing student interest and particpation that leading to higher completion of certificates and degrees in high demand occupations and related STEM fields
Discovering new teaching methods and technologies such as contextual learning and project-based learning that engages students, improves retention, attendance, graduation and test scores
Offering professional development geared towards improving quality of instruction
- Launching Career Pathways P-16 and Beyond
Integrating Career Pathways and transitions including dual enrollment, articulation, and continuums of instruction between grades and disciplines
Creating high school and college partnerships offering dual enrollment and progressive industry involvement connecting students to regional opportunities
Addressing attrition in the education pipeline and adapting to technological change
Understanding Perkins IV guidelines to create sustainable and quality career pathways
- Creating Education, Workforce and Economic Development Partnerships
Building effective local and regional collaborations with industry partners, community and technical colleges, universities, workforce boards, economic development groups and educators to build a human capital supply chain leading to mastery of high demand skills and technical knowledge matching regional opportunities
Interpreting local workforce and economic data to drive educational innovation and strategies
Additional Topic Suggestions
- Replicating Instructional Innovations
Integrating CTE and Academics
Creating Academies "CTE Mega Schools"
Designing Summer Programs and Camps
Developing Interdisciplinary Studies
Increasing Certification Opportunities for Students
Using Technology in Instruction
- Constructing Career Pathways
Implementing Achieve Texas/Career Pathways P-16
Expanding Dual Enrollment
Addressing Vertical Alignment for CTE
Using the CATEMA System
- Creating Effective Partnerships
How to do CTE Bond Initiatives
Creating & Running Effective Advisory Boards
How To Do Regional Assessments
Strengthening Secondary and Postsecondary Linkages
- Other Areas
PEIMS - Doing it Right
Understanding Perkins IV
Developing Innovative Instructional Training
Recruiting and Retaining Students
Developing Early Childhood Programs
Providing Solutions for At-Risk Populations
Validation
Please share validation techniques and provide any sample summary data demonstrating the impact or success of this initiative (i.e., improved test scores, attendance, graduation rates, college enrollment and graduation, certification, degrees, job placement, etc.).
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Review of Proposals
Submissions will be reviewed by conference organizers. Notice of acceptance will be sent to lead presenter no later than December 21.
Questions? Email Kristen Tan.
Sponsored by:
Career & Technology Association of Texas
Texas Business and Education Coalition
