Upcoming Events

We are so excited to welcome everyone back to the Embassy Suites in Loveland February 7-10, 2023 for our annual conference!

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Important Know-Before-You-Go information!

• Know Before You Go videos about Program Approvals are available! These videos are recommended to watch before attending the conference, specifically for new CTE Directors. Click here for information.

• Don't forget to sign up for times with Jacqui Geiselman with CTA and with individual Program Directors. The link to sign up for a time is listed below.

• Northern Colorado K12 WBL Collaborative (Xello Q&A, NoCo Inspire K12 Collaborative - WBL Network): This opportunity is for anyone who is interested in learning about the Xello career and college readiness software platform, with add-on work-based learning platform.  Particularly, we'd like to invite Weld County districts to learn about our shared regional Work-Based Learning network: NoCo Inspire K12 Xello Collaborative, but any individual is welcome to sign up if they are interested in learning more in general.   Hosted by Susan Scott, Business Community Coordinator at Thompson School District and Tanya Alcaraz, Director of Career & Innovation at Poudre School District. Click here to sign up.

• You can still edit your registration to be a part of Brave Dialogues on Tuesday and Opportunity Gap Analysis on Friday.

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ATTENTION EXHIBITORS: Click here for important information

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Need to sign up for time regarding CTA or with individual Program Directors?

If you are interested in asking questions that relate to your district's CTA reporting or you would like to meet with a specific program director about individual program concerns, please sign up using the following links. One-on-one sign ups are scheduled for Thursday, February 9, between 4:00 and 5:30...room location will be provided in the CACTA program when you arrive at the conference!

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1) CTA with Jacqui Geiselman: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44ACA729A6FC1-cacta1

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2) Individual Program Director Meetings: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4FA4A62EA6FA7-program

 

 

For a Schedule at a Glance, as well as session descriptions, click here.

If you are attending the conference to receive your CTE Director license, required sessions are marked.
 

To register for the CACTA conference, click here.

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**There are two special pre- and post-conference events that require registration and are free to all attendees. You can sign up for these sessions during the registration process:

Brave Dialogues with Sarah Heath

Tuesday, February 7 from 9:00 - 5:00pm (lunch is provided)

Please join the Colorado CTE team and our national Advance CTE partners, to lean into a full day pre-session on how to lead Brave Dialogues about ways we can expand equity within our CTE programs.  The purpose of Brave Dialogues is to provide Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders with tools to engage in discussion around racial equity in CTE and to support CTE leaders in creating an environment in which all stakeholders have the language and comfort to discuss challenges and opportunities related to racial equity in CTE. This work goes hand in hand with the work we will be doing in Colorado this year to dig deep into our CTE data locally and as a state to identify, analyze, and develop action plans in areas where there are gaps in access and how we serve learners. This session will give you opportunities to learn and practice with colleagues in a safe space and resources to take home.

 

Opportunity Gap Analysis Pilot

Friday, February 10 from 10:00 - 12:00pm

If your district, consortium, or college is participating in the Opportunity Gap Analysis pilot, please join us for this session where the CTE team will provide your entity’s individual data dashboard with the heat map to begin your in-depth review of CTE enrollment and performance data by program area. Spend this session with your team walking through your data set, making initial observations, asking questions for understanding, and coming up with your plan for next steps with the support of the CTE accountability team.  It is recommended that you attend this session with your team who will be involved in the opportunity gap analysis work, if possible.  **For more information on this session, contact Victoria Crownover.