Breakout Sessions Descriptions

Presenter: David Augustine, Director of Barnwell County Career Center

One of the most important tasks as an educator is to build a rapport with students and parents. This session will give some tips and tricks on ways to build and maintain a rapport with students and parents.

Presenter: Dominic Hawkes, Culinary Arts Instructor, Lancaster County School District Career Center

How do we effectively market our programs to gain assistance from the community, increase awareness of our subject, get help from fellow educators get the attentive students we all want and brag on our students? And how can we not make it to take too much time!?!

Presenter: Jennifer Woody & Kathy Bradford, Regional Career Specialists for South Carolina

Do you know the Regional Career Specialists for your area? Your Regional Career Specialist is a “tool” within the “Workforce Toolbox of SC” that can help develop and support programs for students in K-12. Let us help you understand what it means to be Career Ready while offering opportunities that propel the success of students as they dive into career readiness activities and work-based learning experiences. 

Presenter: Maria Ausburn, Agriculture Teacher, WJ Keenan High School

The goal of this workshop is to provide teachers with other engagement tools to take back to their classroom to entice

students and help them apply their content knowledge through application and avoid content regurgitation. A multitude

of resources will be shared in a fun and exciting workshop that is engaging, colorful and meaningful.

Presenter: Mark Bonda, Building Construction Instructor, Indian Land high School/Lancaster County Schools

This presentation is designed as an overview to both start and manage a CTE lab based program. Key points will revolve around best practices in organizational techniques, planning, student development, and classroom management. Many first year CTE teachers feel lost, scared, and confused. We will dive into topics that will formulate a plan while giving more clarity to today’s confusing educational landscape. Being a new teacher is a daunting task; this compounds when you are the only one who teaches a particular subject! Having resources from educational professionals who have walked your path can make a world of difference. Lab based CTE programs can be cumbersome and challenging. How do I order materials? How do I manage projects? How do I teach large class numbers? These are questions you may face and don’t know how to answer. You are not alone! If these topics hit home, we invite you to join us, to make your lab based CTE program the best it can be!

Presenter: Chris Dinkins, CTE Director, Richland One School District

Teachers and instructional leaders will learn strategies and tips to transform a classroom of undisciplined students into a high-rigor, high-engagement instructional environment.

Presenter: Leon Burgess, Director of Secondary Education, College and Career Readiness/CTE

Presenter: Dana Crumpton, Career Specialist, Gilbert High School, Lexington School District One

How to use YouScience to explore career pathways and help recruit for your CTE programs!

Presenter: Paula Lail, Work Based Learning Coordinator, LCSD Career Center Lancaster, SC

In this session, the Work Based Learning Coordinator from Lancaster County will discuss how she simplified the topic of work based learning for students and CTE teachers through the use of technology. Using student examples as ways to identify work based learning, she helps students, parents, and teachers quickly locate and follow the steps needed to achieve career readiness.

Presenter: Rodney Miller, CTE Director, Lancaster County School District

Everything you need to know about what CTE Certifications you should be giving your students, what requirements we

will have to follow in the future and more CTE things you need to know.

Presenter: Nita Coleman, EMS Instructor, McBee High School

The top 10 survival tips for new teachers, information to keep you from needing 911.  

Presenter: Bryan Raeckelboom, Building Construction Instructor, Golden Strip Career Center - Greenville County

Are things limiting your classroom? How is the culture at your school? Is student success optimized? Are you ready to push the limits? Success in the classroom starts with you, the teacher. Find ways to motivate you, your students, your school and change the status quo. Stop at nothing for your students. Elevate their success- NO Excuses- Rewrite the Game.

Presenter: Rodney Miller, CTE Director, Lancaster County School District

Everything you need to know about what CTE Certifications you should be giving your students, what requirements we

will have to follow in the future and more CTE things you need to know.

Presenter: Nita Coleman, EMS Instructor, McBee High School

The top 10 survival tips for new teachers, information to keep you from needing 911.  

Presenter: Julie Rojek, Career Services Coordinator, Lexington School District One

High schools in South Carolina are tasked with meeting the SC School Report Card criteria every year. The College and Career Ready indicator determines if students graduating from a high school are prepared for college or careers after graduating and impacts twenty-five points of the total report card rating. The challenges of meeting these postsecondary needs and requirements are too complex for one individual to manage. It requires solid collaborative leadership among many individuals. Students at Gilbert High School authentically learn and meet college and career readiness demands with the support of school counselors, administrators, teachers, and a career specialist and graduation coach. Join us as we share current practices used to improve the College and Career Ready score and, more importantly, how we prepare students for their E- Enrolled, Enlisted, or Employed, after graduation.