Date: 12/4/26

Time: 2:00-2:45 PM CT

Location: 271

Description: If you’re looking to move beyond compliance-driven reporting, learn how West Virginia built a CTE data system that truly works for people.

Join us for a spotlight on a purpose built data model designed to make information usable, relevant, and empowering for students, teachers, and administrators. Learn how WVDE invested in systems and routines that bring together achievement, participation, and process data—paired with custom reporting—to support instructional improvement, program decision making, and student self reflection.

Discover how students receive actionable reports that help them understand readiness and take ownership of their learning. NOCTI will offer a partner perspective through the lens of data coaching and continuous improvement.

Participants will explore questions such as: How do reporting routines drive action—not compliance? How can data support both learners and leaders? Leave with concrete strategies, design principles, and examples you can adapt to strengthen reporting and data use in your own CTE system.

Date: 12/3/26

Time: 1:00-1:45 PM CT

Location: 277

Description: What if middle school students were trusted to do real work that mattered—to their communities and to themselves? This session introduces the Empowerment Collaborative (EC), a transformational model that reimagines middle school as a student-driven, simulated workplace environment grounded in authentic learning, career exploration, and real community impact.

Originating from proven practices in high-quality CTE, EC shifts learning from teacher-planned projects to student-led work driven by community-identified problems. Participants will explore how students partner with local businesses, organizations, and civic leaders as mentors, clients, and collaborators—engaging in sustained, meaningful partnerships.

Through examples from Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, presenters will highlight structures that elevate student voice, clarify roles and skillsets, and support rigorous content learning through project-based instruction.

Attendees will learn practical tools for planning learning with students and organizational structures that elevate student voice and engagement.

Date: 12/4/26

Time: 2:00-2:45 PM CT

Location: 254

Description: To address the growing demand for skilled technicians in the semiconductor industry, SEMI Foundation partnered with NOCTI/NBS to develop an industry-aligned semiconductor certification.

Attendees will learn about current workforce trends and gaps, the essential competencies required in semiconductor technician roles, and how industry needs were translated into a validated certification assessment. The presentation will cover the development process, key content areas, and early implementation insights from pilot programs.

Participants will gain practical strategies for integrating the certification into existing training pathways, aligning curriculum to industry standards, and building meaningful employer partnerships.

Insights will include curriculum alignment guidance and implementation models to help CTE practitioners identify clear, actionable next steps for starting or strengthening their own programs and better prepare students for high-demand semiconductor careers.

Date: 12/3/26

Time: 3:00-3:45 PM CT

Location: 254

Description: This session highlights how JROTC, in partnership with NOCTI, supports leadership development and career readiness within CTE systems. Featuring success stories from JROTC, presenters will share how credential verified skills are helping cadets transition to postsecondary education, military service, and civilian careers, while strengthening state and local CTE pathways.

Audience engagement will include brief discussion prompts, polling on current practices, and a guided reflection activity to help participants identify immediate next steps for their own settings.

Participants will leave with ideas they can apply at the classroom, program, and state levels.