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2026 Arkansas CTE Summer Conference

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7:15am CDT

Registration Saline County Career and Technical Campus

8:30am CDT

General Session Part 1 - Opening, CTSO Greetings, Scholarships, Keynote Speaker Auditorium, SCCTCKatie Robertson • Molly Bennett • Sandy Zimmerman

9:00am CDT

CASE Briefcase - Ag-X (Intro to Agriculture Course/Middle School Ag Course) SCCTC Room C381Dr. Marsh CASE Briefcase - Animal Health (CASE Vet Science certification) SCCTC Room C381Dr. Marsh

10:30am CDT

General Session Part 2 - DCTE Updates with Director Ross White Auditorium, SCCTCMolly Bennett • Katie Robertson • Ross White

11:30am CDT

General Session Part 3 - Awards Auditorium, SCCTCJimmie Tucker • Katie Robertson • Molly Bennett

12:00pm CDT

LUNCH Saline County Career and Technical Campus

1:00pm CDT

DECA Update SCCTC Room C387Becky McCormick Ed Rising Update SCCTC Room A310Brenda Ragan FBLA Update SCCTC Room C382Tim Johnston FCCLA Update SCCTC Room C386Mary Beth Ivie HOSA Update SCCTC Room A126Cathy Gunter JAG Update SCCTC Room A121Janice Robinson SkillsUSA Update SCCTC Room A333Keith McKnight TSA Update SCCTC Room A336Jeff Parks

2:00pm CDT

3D Printing in Schools: Beyond the Hype, Real Results SCCTC Room A110Michael Herren ArACTE Fellows: A Year in Reflection SCCTC Room A114Deanna Reed • Fellows Cohort 5 Breaking Barriers, Building Nurses: How Partnerships Created a High School LPN Pipeline SCCTC Room A126Shameka Montgomery Building Student Ownership Through Community Connections SCCTC Room A121Breanna Burris • Jason Blake Hospitality, Tourism, and Culinary Education SCCTC Room A333Renee Jeffery Smith Leading Through Transformational Change: Building Systems, Culture, and Capacity SCCTC Room A336Justin Neel Navigating Multiple Preps! SCCTC Room A317Lindi Kocher One Mission, Many Pathways: Connecting CTSOs to Strengthen CTE Programs SCCTC Room A310Jeana Parker Teach More, Stress Less: Build Better CTE Curriculum with AI SCCTC Room A307Phil Forrester • Jarrod Shirley • Jonathan Sloan • Lynne Wilson Resiliency for All SCCTC Room A324Arkansas AWARE

3:00pm CDT

Career Readiness SCCTC Room A333Ada Brooks Connecting Students to Industry Through Guaranteed Experiences SCCTC Room A336Xerlotta Jones How to Enhance the Activities of Medical Detectives SCCTC Room A126Tommie Campbell Soybean Science Challenge SCCTC Room A121Keith Harris Teach More, Stress Less: Build Better CTE Curriculum with AI SCCTC Room A114Phil Forrester • Jarrod Shirley • Jonathan Sloan • Lynne Wilson Verbal De-escalation / Emotional IntelligenceCTE Without Limits: Expanding Access Through Virtual Arkansas SCCTC Room A317Michael A. Brown What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Teaching CTE SCCTC Room A310Emily Geels

6:00pm CDT

Social Event sponsored by iCEV with Comedian Devin Siebold - FREE Enclave (112 E Ashley St., Benton, AR)John Whitman • Savannah Patton • Katie Robertson • Molly Bennett • Steve Davis