ACTE's National Work-Based Learning Conference

ACTE's National Work-Based Learning Conference

Welcome to ACTE’s 2025 National Work-Based Learning Conference!

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7:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom - 2nd Floor

7:30am PDT

Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor

8:00am PDT

Opening General Session Grand Ballroom - 2nd Floor

9:45am PDT

Building a Culture of Work-based Learning in Your School and District Regency ABC - 2nd Floor Creating and sustaining school-industry partnerships Evergreen B - 1st Floor Defining Impactful Work-Based Learning: A Call for a National Framework Evergreen EHG - 1st Floor Expanding Your Work-Based Learning Portfolio: Amplifying Impact through Employer-Designed Challenges Cedar - 2nd Floor From Plan to Practice: Building a Work-Based Learning Curriculum Regency EFG - 2nd Floor From Vision to Action: Building Effective Partnerships for Scalable Youth Apprenticeship Programs Evergreen FI - 1st Floor Growing our Own: Through Apprenticeships Evergreen C - 1st Floor The Foundation of the Workforce Auditorium - 3rd Floor Understanding Occupational Identity Evergreen A - 1st Floor

10:45am PDT

Exhibitor Time & Coffee Break Grand Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor

11:15am PDT

Enhancing WBL Curriculum through Industry Partnerships for Career Exploration and Impact Evergreen C - 1st Floor Future-Ready: Transforming Middle School Career Exploration in the Classroom Cedar - 2nd Floor How to Successfully Establish an Effective CTE Advisory Committee Regency ABC - 2nd Floor Mastering the Data Maze: Coordinating Smarter, Not Harder Regency EFG - 2nd Floor The Apprenticeship Advantage: Empowering the Next Generation Evergreen B - 1st Floor Tracking States' Progress on WBL Auditorium - 3rd Floor

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom - 2nd Floor

1:45pm PDT

Blending Postsecondary and Secondary Participation to Amplify Work-Based Learning Evergreen C - 1st Floor Building a Nationwide Framework for Work-Based Learning Coordinator Training & Licensing Evergreen B - 1st Floor Building a Sustainable Work-Based Learning Model through Cross-Sector Collaboration Evergreen FI - 1st Floor Experience.work, How Industry and Education Have Collided Evergreen EHG - 1st Floor Facilitating Student Onboarding and Training Auditorium - 3rd Floor Maximizing Student Employability and Building Strategic CTE & WBL Programs Regency EFG - 2nd Floor Working With Local Related Services Cedar - 2nd Floor

3:00pm PDT

Career Quest: From Crayons to Careers - Work-Based Learning Adventures for Every Grade! Auditorium - 3rd Floor Changing Building Culture through WBL Access for Students with Special Needs Regency EFG - 2nd Floor CTE Students Build a School: WBL in commercial construction Evergreen B - 1st Floor Empowering Communities, Elevating Students: The Future of Work-Based Learning Regency ABC - 2nd Floor Future Shapers Academy: An Innovative Work-Based Learning Program Evergreen EHG - 1st Floor Invincible Internships: Laying a Strong Foundation to Ensure Your Work-Based Learning Program is Ready for Anything Cedar - 2nd Floor Locally Sourced Talent: Build your District’s Talent Pipeline through Youth Internships and Apprenticeships Evergreen FI - 1st Floor WBL: The Importance of Everyone Being at the Table Evergreen C - 1st Floor

4:15pm PDT

Exhibitor Time & Soda/Dessert Break Grand Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor

4:30pm PDT

Employer-Student Internship Plenary Session Grand Ballroom - 2nd Floor

5:30pm PDT

EXPO Happy Hour Grand Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor