6:30 – 8:00 Breakfast On Your Own ~ Choose from Sidney’s Restaurant or Butler’s Pantry

7:00 – 8:00 Late Registration ~ Veranda

8:00 – 4:30 Visit Exhibitors, Veranda ~ Please visit during designated breaks and before/after lunch. (view Exhibitors Guide)

8:30 – 9:30 Tuesday General Session ~ Grand Ballroom

• Welcome: Dwayne Hobbs, WBL Specialist, Georgia Department of Education
• Logistics: Rhonda Samples, CTAE Executive Director, Hall County Schools
• Greetings:

Jody Reeves, Executive Director, GACTE

Lynne Wilson, Executive Director, CTAE Resource Network

• Keynote Message – Employability Skills, Danny Rubin, Rubin Education “How to Make Any Student a Powerful Communicator”

(view speakers presentations)

9:30 – 10:00 Break – Visit Exhibitors Veranda (Guide)

9:30 – 11:00 C-NET Committee Meeting ~ Conference Room 2 (For select members of the C-Net committee ONLY.)

• BI-1 YouScience: Helping WBL Faculty Engage Employers and Students, Plantation A ~ Presenter: Philip Hardin, CEO, YouScience
• BI-2 From Youth Apprentice to Field Engineer, Plantation B ~ Presenter: Brian Daniel, President/CEO, Carroll Daniel Construction
• BI-3 Creating Effective Simulated Work Environments, Plantation C ~ Presenter: Andrea Bridges, TAP Teacher/WBL Coordinator, Lowndes County
• BI-4 How a YAP to Registered Apprenticeship Model Changes Students Lives: A 5-way Winning Partnership, Islands 1 ~ Presenter, Jason Van Nus, YAP/WBL Coordinator, Lowndes County
• BI-5 WBL Recruiting Tips – Reaching Students, Parent and Business Partners, Islands 2 ~ Presenter: Deana Harper, WBL Coordinator, Hall County, Suzanne Haynes, WBL Coordinator, Hall County
• BI-6 Ag-Pro John Deere Ag Technician Program, Islands 3 ~ Presenter: Kim Walden, Recruitment Manager, Ag-Pro Corporate
• BI-7 WBL and ECE/TAP pathways: A Solution for Teacher Recruitment and Retention, Magnolia ~ Presenter: Linsey Shockley, Program Specialist, GaDOE
• BI-8 How Great Promise Partnership Supports Traditional WBL Programs by Addressing At-Risk Students, Conference 1 ~ Presenter: Lori Heemann, Director, Great Promise Partnership (GPP)
• BI-9 Partnership with Senior Citizen Center: WBL Externship and Student Interns Connect School and Community, Conference 3, 4, 5 ~ Presenter: Melissa Roberts, Henry County

10:00 - 11:00 Session Presentation Files

• IN-1 Simplify WBL with Google!, Plantation A ~ Presenter: Doug Shults, WBL Coordinator, Dalton City Schools
• IN-2 Managing your WBL program start to finish , Plantation B ~ Presenter: Katie Hankinson, WBL Coordinator, Houston County
• IN-3 Save Time with Time Station, Plantation C ~ Presenter: Jennifer Turner, WBL Coordinator, Walton County
• IN-4 Taking WBL Completely Digital, Islands 1 ~ Presenter: Jason Van Nus, YAP/WBL Coordinator, Lowndes County
• IN-5 RollTrax - Automating WBL Daily, Islands 2 ~ Presenter: Brian Patterson, WBL Coordinator, Fulton County
• IN-6 Implementing New Technology in Work-Based Learning, Islands 3 ~ Presenters: Christy Carter, WBL Coordinator, Hall County, Deana Harper, WBL Coordinator, Hall County
• IN-7 Creating a Digital WBL Classroom with LiveBinders, Magnolia ~ Presenter: Courtney Freels, WBL Coordinator, Muscogee County
• IN-8 CNET 101 Best Practices, Conference 1 ~ Presenter: Cheryl D. Deas, WBL Coordinator, Gwinnett County
• IN-9 CANVAS—A One Stop Shop for WBL Coursework, Conference 3, 4, 5 ~ Presenters: Rhonda Samples, CTAE Executive Director, Hall County, KayLynn Samples, WBL Coordinator, Hall County

1:30 - 2:30 Session Presentations Files

• ES-1 Research and Recommendations supporting Employability Skills Instruction, Plantation A ~ Presenter: Doris Humphrey, Career Solutions Publishing
• ES-2 Breakthrough, Plantation B ~ Presenter: Patrick Grady, President/CEO, TNT—Patrick T. Grady & Company
• ES-3 3 Hands-On Communication Activities Every WBL Program Needs, Plantation C ~ Presenter: Danny Rubin, Rubin Education
• ES-4 Soft Skills Boot Camp, Islands 1 ~ Presenters: Kim Guy, WBL Coordinator, Hall County, Kristi Sims, WBL Coordinator, Hall County
• ES-5 How Implement a Successful Career Summit Islands 2 ~ Presenters: Staci Crain, WBL Coordinator, Hall County, Holli Howard, WBL Coordinator, Hall County
• ES-6 KASH-Preparing Students to be College & Career Ready, Islands 3 ~ Presenter: Ainslee Merritt, WBL Coordinator, Morgan County
• ES-7 GeorgiaBEST@School (Business Employability Skills Training) How to Participate and How it Works, Magnolia ~ Presenter: Corinna Robinson, Director, GeorgiaBEST
• ES-8 The Golden Five: Establishing and Building Effective and Successful Business Partnerships, Conference 1 ~ Presenter: Dean Wilcher, WBL Coordinator, Washington County
• ES-9 Integrating Life Skills with Employment Skills, Conference 3, 4, 5 ~ Presenter: Beth Carey, Learning Information for Everyday

3:00 - 4:00 Session Presentations Files

(Out of State Guests choose the group most appropriate to their situation.)

New Coordinators (3 years or less) ~ Magnolia

• Facilitator/Panelist: Judy Beaver, WBL Coordinator, Wayne County
• Panel: Jason VanNus, Kim Callahan, Cindy Tumblin

Experienced Coordinators (4 + years, small systems – one high school per system) ~ Islands 1, 2, 3

• Facilitator/Panelist: Larry Tripp, WBL Coordinator, Dalton City Schools
• Panel: Lynne Warren, Randall Wilder, Donna Collins

Experienced Coordinators (4 + years, large system multiple high schools per system) ~ Plantation B/C

• Facilitator/Panelist: Lindsay Douglas, WBL Coordinator, Whitfield County
• Panel: Deana Harper, Christina Hinz, Jacqueline Neal