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Registration Open
Atrium

General Session

Texas Education Agency
Ballroom A

Join staff from the Texas Education Agency for updates about the planned rewrite of secondary career and technical TEKS and the implementation of House Bill 3485, career and technical accountability, Perkins IV and the State Plan for Career and Technical Education, PEIMS and the Texas Records Exchange. Presenters will discuss a new leadership grant addressing the Perkins IV requirement for implementing Programs of Study and creating an alignment process between secondary and post-secondary career and technical education. This project, under North Lake College's leadership, will develop model programs of study based on the Department of Education's 16 career clusters.

Presenters: Karen Batchelor, State Director, Career and Technical Education

Esther Camacho, Arts, A/V Technology and Communication, Information Technology

John Ellis, Architecture and Construction, Manufacturing, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Kathleen Park, Government and Public Administration, Health Science, Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security

Diane Salazar, Education and Training, Hospitality and Tourism, Human Services

Ron Whitson, Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

Lucy Ybarra, Business, Management and Administration

Breakout Sessions

New Labor Market Needs for Texas: Connecting Education to Workforce
Wedgwood

College Connection Program Ready for Replication
Trinity

High School 101: 21st Century Skills and High School Transition
Rio Grande B

Tools to Connect AAS to BAAS Degrees
Sabine

The Complete Guide to Certifications for Students
Rio Grande A1

From T-STEM Grant to T-STEM Academy: Plans to Reality
San Antonio

Internship Programs for Teachers and Students
San Marcos

Conference Luncheon

Keynotes: Lizette Reynolds, Dr. Raymund Paredes, Ron Lehman

Ballrooms A & B

Recent draft reports Texas College Readiness Standards and the Report of the Commission for a College Ready Texas have been released and will inform policy decisions regarding education. End of Course exams will soon replace TAKS tests and will include college readiness standards. The work of the state P-16 Council has been ongoing and career and technical education is about to experience a rewrite that will increase academic rigor and update industry skill standards in the curriculum. What is next Texas education and how do these initiatives tie together to lead Texas into economic competitiveness? These dynamic state leaders joins the conference to share a vision for the next stage of education.

Commissioner Ron Lehman joins the conference as a member of the Governor's new Council on Economic Competitiveness to talk about the charter of the council and how it will play a role in education reform for Texas.

Education, Workforce and Policy Panel Session

Ballrooms A & B

Leaders from the Texas Legislature, secondary and postsecondary education and industry come together for a fast-paced, focused and visionary discussion on progressive strategies and real solutions for education reform that will position Texas for economic competitiveness and civil innovation.

Moderator: Sandy Dochen, Manager, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Texas and Oklahoma
Executive Committee Member, Texas Business Education Coalition
Immediate Past President, Texas Business Education Coalition Coordinating Committee

Panelists: Senator Florence Shapiro, Texas State Senate

Representative Geanie Morrison, Texas House of Representatives

Dr. Bill Segura, Chancellor, Texas State Technical College System

Dr. Stephen Waddell, Superintendent, Birdville ISD

Jim Griffith, Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Valero Energy Corporation and President, Golden Triangle

Paula Thomas, Organization and Leadership Development, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Conference Close and Prize Drawings
Ballrooms A & B