ACTE's National Work-Based Learning Conference: Grid

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

Auditorium - 3rd Floor	Evergreen EHG - 1st Floor	Evergreen FI - 1st Floor	Grand Ballroom - 2nd Floor	Grand Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor

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Pre Conference Workshop: Transform Your Internship Program: Game-Changing Strategies for Excellence! (additional fee required) 1:00pm - 3:00pm

WBL 101: First Timer's Session 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Pre Conference Workshop: It's not WHAT you built, but HOW you built it: Moving Your Work-Based Learning Program from Surviving t... 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Welcome Reception 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Exhibitor Move In

Badge Pickup 4:00pm - 7:00pm

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The Foundation of the Workforce 9:45am - 10:45am

Tracking States' Progress on WBL 11:15am - 12:15pm

Facilitating Student Onboarding and Training 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Career Quest: From Crayons to Careers - Work-Based Learning Adve... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Expanding Your Work-Based Learning Portfolio: Amplifying Impact... 9:45am - 10:45am

Future-Ready: Transforming Middle School Career Exploration in t... 11:15am - 12:15pm

Working With Local Related Services 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Invincible Internships: Laying a Strong Foundation to Ensure You... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Understanding Occupational Identity 9:45am - 10:45am

Creating and sustaining school-industry partnerships 9:45am - 10:45am

The Apprenticeship Advantage: Empowering the Next Generation 11:15am - 12:15pm

Building a Nationwide Framework for Work-Based Learning Coordina... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

CTE Students Build a School: WBL in commercial construction 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Growing our Own: Through Apprenticeships 9:45am - 10:45am

Enhancing WBL Curriculum through Industry Partnerships for Caree... 11:15am - 12:15pm

Blending Postsecondary and Secondary Participation to Amplify Wo... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

WBL: The Importance of Everyone Being at the Table 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Defining Impactful Work-Based Learning: A Call for a National Fr... 9:45am - 10:45am

Experience.work, How Industry and Education Have Collided 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Future Shapers Academy: An Innovative Work-Based Learning Progra... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

From Vision to Action: Building Effective Partnerships for Scala... 9:45am - 10:45am

Building a Sustainable Work-Based Learning Model through Cross-S... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Locally Sourced Talent: Build your District’s Talent Pipeline th... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 8:00am

Opening General Session 8:00am - 9:30am

Lunch 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Employer-Student Internship Plenary Session 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Registration 7:30am - 3:30pm

Exhibitor Time & Coffee Break 10:45am - 11:15am

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EXPO Happy Hour 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Building a Culture of Work-based Learning in Your School and Dis... 9:45am - 10:45am

How to Successfully Establish an Effective CTE Advisory Committe... 11:15am - 12:15pm

Empowering Communities, Elevating Students: The Future of Work-B... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

From Plan to Practice: Building a Work-Based Learning Curriculum 9:45am - 10:45am

Mastering the Data Maze: Coordinating Smarter, Not Harder 11:15am - 12:15pm

Maximizing Student Employability and Building Strategic CTE & WB... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Changing Building Culture through WBL Access for Students with S... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Manufacturing Success: Montana’s Work Based Learning Collaborati... 9:15am - 10:15am

Bridging the Gap: Oregon’s Comprehensive Employability Skills Cu... 10:45am - 11:45am

TBD 8:00am - 9:00am

From Plan to Practice: Building a Work-Based Learning Curriculum 8:00am - 9:00am

WSOS is the Trusted Guide 9:15am - 10:15am

Statewide Strategies for Work-Based Learning: Capitalizing on Da... 10:45am - 11:45am

Classroom to WBL: Draft Day 101 8:00am - 9:00am

Empowering Futures Together: Intermediary Facilitated Work-Based... 9:15am - 10:15am

How to exponentially grow your WBL program- The 5 year Plan 10:45am - 11:45am

School to Apprenticeship: The path from youth apprenticeship to... 8:00am - 9:00am

Unlocking Potential: Maximizing Apprenticeships Through Industry... 9:15am - 10:15am

Career Connections: Bridging Education and Employment 10:45am - 11:45am

Imagine the Possibilities: Equal Access to Career Coach Services... 8:00am - 9:00am

From High School Student to Teacher: A Seamless Transition for C... 9:15am - 10:15am

Team Problem Solving: The Work Robots Can’t Do 10:45am - 11:45am

Building a Robust Work-Based Learning Environment through Indust... 8:00am - 9:00am

Building Employability Skills: Setting Students up for Success 9:15am - 10:15am

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Equitable Access and Awareness in Wo... 10:45am - 11:45am

Exhibitor Time & Coffee Break 10:20am - 10:45am

Breakfast & Registration 7:30am - 8:30am

EXPO Hours 8:00am - 11:00am

A Reverse Career Fair: An Overhaul to Student/Employer Engagemen... 8:00am - 9:00am

Strategic Partnerships for Success: Engaging Industry in Educati... 9:15am - 10:15am

Pathways to Purpose: Harnessing Personality Data and Real-World... 8:00am - 9:00am

Outcomes-Driven WBL: Transformative Approach, Actionable Data 9:15am - 10:15am

Now What? Turning Conference Insights into an Action Plan for WB... 10:45am - 11:45am