NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY:
ROOM
Thursday, November 5
PRESENTER(S)
Skybox
Kim Green/Stephen
Dewitt/Katherine Blasik/Joseph
DiMartino
Paddock
Susan Kessler
Grandstand
Aimee Brown
Clubhouse
Angie Grasberger/Carla Sparks
Marriott IV
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Stratford High School
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Glencliff High School
Cheryl Carrier, Neil Howe and
Jefferson County Student
Ambassadors
Dee Chambliss
Marriott II
Marriott VII
Marriott IX
SESSION 1
4:00-5:15 pm
TOPIC
Panel: Career Pathways, Presidential
Politics and Philanthropy: A Panel of
National Policy Experts Address Education
and Workforce Trends
Business Partners: Essential Building
Blocks to Successful Academies
There’s More to Healthcare Than MD
How Are Middle School Students Being
Prepared for the High School Academies?
Leveraging STEM Partnerships and Strong
Leadership for Model Academies
Diversity is Our Strength
Millennial Students Dig Deeper with Neil
Howe
Tools for Successful Academy
Partnerships: Engage, Develop, Sustain
DAY:
Thursday, November 5
SESSION 1
4:00-5:15 pm
ROUNDTABLES: Marriott Ballroom V and VI
PRESENTERS
Pamela Honorvar/Max Kuhlman
Julie Bryan
Pat Clark
Sandy Culotta
Bridget French
Kelly Henderson
Heidi Houy
Ryan Jackson
Annie Johnson
Tobey Mayfield Green
Andrew Molloy
Laura Lee Morin
Laura Vignon
Trip Nicholson
Marvin Olige
Tracy Ostrom
Mary Reece
Sonya Ross Mansfield
Debbie Strope
Janet Wallace
Mary York
ROUNDTABLE TOPIC
Workarounds in IT
Building the Ambassador Brand
Developing a College and Career Going Culture
Using PBL in CTE
Community Engagement Through Business Site
Visits
Leadership for Systemic PBL
Constantly Evolving: Implementation of Academies
in an Alternative Setting
STEAM Powered: A PBL Extravaganza
Using the Career Academy Curriculum Database in
PBL
Engaging Students, the Community and Business
Partners in PBL
Better Together: Career Themes and Core Academic
Subjects
A New Look at Hats: Embedding Critical Thinking
Skill Development in the Academy
Watch That Hedgehog: Using the Academy Model to
Drive the Data Team Process
Building Partnerships That Benefit Students,
Teachers and the Community
Teamwork: Making Learning relative in Students
Through CTE and Non-CTE Collaboration
Academy Infusion: NGSS, STEM and GLOBE
GRIT
From Externships to the Classroom
Building Bridges With Your Community and Business
Partners
How a Robot Named Spartabot Built a Community
Utilizing Post-Secondary Partners to Ensure Success
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Friday, November 6, 2015
ROOM
PRESENTER(S)
Skybox
Kristin Wingfield
Paddock
David Hubbell
Clubhouse
Keith Mastorides
Marriott IV
Marriott VII
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Hunters Lane High School
Kelly Henderson
Marriott IX
Chaney Mosley
Marriott I
Patricia Clark
Marriott III
Heather Fontanilla
SESSION 2
9:00-10:15 am
TOPIC
Meaningful Community Support – Why
and How
Love Em or Leave Em: An Academy
Embraces Its Own
How to Implement a Cost Effective,
Neutral Wall-To-Wall Academy Model with
Industry Certifications
Making the Move to Model Academy
Scheduling for Transformation
Creating Accountability Structures in
Career Academies
Teaching as if ALL Our Students Were
Honor Students
Meeting Common Core Through PBL
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Friday, November 6, 2015
ROOM
Skybox
PRESENTER(S)
SESSION 3
10:30-11:45 am
TOPIC
Paddock
Susan Tidyman/Academy
Administrators
Jay Larson
Panel: Administrative Support for Career
Academies
Healthy Community Connections
Clubhouse
Jennifer Tarcin
Marriott IV
Marriott IX
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Overton High School
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Polk County High Schools
Sarah Hitchings/Jefferson County
(Louisville) Students
Pam Daly/Beverley Flatt
Using a Career Cluster Lens to Foster
Personalized Learning
From Good to Great: The Journey to Model
Status
The ABCs of a Model Academy
Marriott I
Robin Shrode
Marriott III
Scott Warren
Marriott II
Marriott VII
Reducing 9th Grade Retention: Waggener
High’s Freshmen Academy Approach
Huh? Five Great Marketing Ideas That
Build Community Support for Career
Academies
Measuring Your Success: A Process for
Continuous Improvement
Ten Lessons Learned From a Decade of
Career Academies
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Friday, November 6, 2015
ROOM
PRESENTER(S)
Skybox
Susan Katzman, Katherine Blasik,
Pam Daly, Scott Warren
Paddock
Nick Wilson
Grandstand
Michael Steele
Clubhouse
Dayna Paine
Marriott IV
Marriott VII
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Cane Ridge High School
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Whites Creek High School
John Doerge
Marriott IX
Bridget French
Marriott I
John Vinchattle
Marriott III
Dan Wallace
Marriott VIII
David Carson
Marriott X
Aimee Wyatt
Marriott II
SESSION 4
2:15-3:30 pm
TOPIC
Panel: How to Utilize Data to Enhance
Your Inreach, Outreach, and
Communications
Refresh Success: Building on Your
Academy Strengths to Empower Purpose
Academies and Success with Minority
Students
Creating Cross Curricular Challenges
Cane Ridge Academy of Law: A Journey
to Model Status
Fueling Future Innovators for a Greener
Tomorrow
Taking Your Academy Beyond the
Classroom
Creating Magic: Academy Expo Career
Demonstration Event
English in an Engineering Academy
Creating a Dynamic Academy Design
Team
Benchmarks for Student Success
Experiential Learning: Engaging All
Students
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Friday, November 6, 2015
ROOM
PRESENTER(S)
SESSION 5
3:45-5:00 pm
TOPIC
Skybox
Jan Struebing/Panelists
Panel: Effective Curriculum Integration
Paddock
Tammy Ridgeway
Grandstand
Ken Talley
What’s Different About the Academies of
Jefferson City High School?
Externships and PBL
Clubhouse
Deborah Parizek
Marriott IV
Marriott VII
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Maplewood High School
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Waipahu High School
Annie Johnston
Marriott IX
Jay Steele/Connie Majka
Marriott I
Adam Guidry
Marriott III
Jennifer Cardoso
Marriott VIII
Dorothy Lemanski
Marriott II
Building & Structuring Relationships with
Business Through Design Thinking
Lives Will Be Changed Here Everyday
Innovative and Relevant Teaching and
Learning in the Academies
Developing Teacher Leaders
Academy Quality: NCAC’s National
Standards of Practice Review/NCAC’s
Baseline Analysis
Proven Strategies for Business
Partnerships Involved in PBL
The Generative Power of a Growth
Mindset
Practitioner Led Constructive
Collaboration
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Saturday, November 7, 2015
ROOM
PRESENTER(S)
SESSION 6
9:15-10:30 am
TOPIC
Skybox
Kawonia Mull
Paddock
Scott Warren, Ken Talley
Grandstand
Connie Majka
Clubhouse
Mary York
Marriott IV
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Pearl Cohn High School
Marriott II
Building the MODEL Through Community
Marriott VII
NCAC Model Academy Showcase:
Hillsborough High School
Carrie Welch
Marriott IX
Rachel Sotelo
Round Rock ISD and Dell: Partnering Up
For the Future
Using an Experiential Learning Model to
Meet the NSOP
Creating a System of District Support for
Teachers
Design Thinking Crash Course
Integrating English Language Learners into
the Academy Model
Tools for Highly Effective Projects,
Planning, and Curriculum in the Academy
Model
The Down and Dirty of Scheduling
NATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY COALITION 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP LISTINGS
DAY: Saturday, November 7, 2015
ROOM
PRESENTER(S)
Marriott II
Nathan Harris
Marriott III
Meghen Sanders
Marriott IV
Emily Vallindingham
SESSION 7
10:45 am-Noon
TOPIC
Escaping the Island: A Project Based
Approach to Environmental Advocacy
Using Interactive Responsive Data Walls
for Academic Interventions
Shifting Instruction