7:30 – 8:30 Registration ~ Veranda

8:30 – 9:00 Opening Session ~ Islands

• Welcome, Dwayne Hobbs, Georgia Department of Education WBL Specialist
• Conference Logistics, Rhonda Samples, CTAE Executive Director, Hall County Schools
• Greetings, Dr. Barbara Wall, CTAE State Director, GaDOE

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9:15 - 10:00 Business and Industry Panel ~ Islands

10:15 - 4:45 View Schedule of Activities

10:00 – 12:30 Registration ~ Veranda

12:30 – 2:00 Opening Session ~ Grand Ballroom

• Welcome: Dwayne Hobbs, WBL Specialist, Georgia Department of Education
• Presentation of Colors: East Hall High School JROTC
• National Anthem: Debra Moore, Workforce Development, Forsyth County Schools
• Greetings: Dr. Barbara Wall, CTAE Director, Georgia Department of Education

Will Schofield, Superintendent, Hall County Schools

• Keynote Address: Yvonne Harvey Williams - Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Television Personality, Be The Answer…You Are Someone Else’s HOPE…Show Up & Shine!
• Logistics/Announcements: Rhonda Samples, CTAE Executive Director, Hall County

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2:15 – 3:00 Overcoming Challenges ~ Grand Ballroom

• Placement of Students Under 18 and FLSA
• Facilitators: Staci Crain, Hall County; Holli Howard, Hall County, Greg Worley, Training Manager, Kubota Manufacturing of America

3:45 – 4:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS ~ STRAND: Successful Best Practices For Work-Based Learning

• BP-1 Real Life…Real People…Real Talk…Real Answers! Plantation A ~ Presenter: Yvonne Williams, Keynote Speaker
• BP-2 WBL Recruiting Tips: Reaching Students, Parents and Business Partners, Plantation B ~ Presenters: Rhonda Samples, CTAE Executive Director, Hall County, Suzanne Haynes, WBL Coordinator, Hall County
• BP-3 Super Signing Days! Plantation C ~ Presenter: Sandi Couillard, YAP Coordinator, Houston County
• BP-4 GACATT: German Apprenticeship in Georgia High Schools, Islands 1 ~ Presenters: Larry Alford, Georgia Manufacturing Extension at Georgia Tech, Mark Whitlock, Central Educational Center (College and Career Academy)
• BP-5 High School Intervention Programs and WBL, Islands 2 ~ Presenter: Paula Poulicek, Program Specialist, GaDOE
• BP-6 Career Ready Begins With Literacy, Islands 3 ~ Presenters: Heather Barrett, CTAE Assistant Director, Hall County, Deana Harper, WBL/YAP Coordinator, Hall County
• BP-7 Career Ready Training Program, Magnolia ~ Presenter: Breezy Straton, MPA, Director of Existing Industry, Workforce & Compliance
• BP-8 Use Your Job to Make and Keep Your First $3 Million!, Conference 1, ~ Presenter: Jim Kay, WBL Coordinator, Gwinnett County
• BP-9 Hiring at 16 in the Skilled Trades: Fair Labor Standards Act – Exemptions for WBL Students, Conference 3,4,5 ~Presenter: Zach Fields, Vice President, CEFGA

3:45 – 4:45 Session Presentation Files