Utah ACTE 2025

Utah ACTE 2025

4:00pm MST

Light Refreshments TBA Registration TBA

5:40pm MST

Business Session TBA Advisory Allies: Transforming Curriculum and Careers with Industry Experts TBALisa Birch Creating Hope and Memories in CTE through Career Connected Activities TBARod Belnap AI InThe Classroom TBA Beginning Agriculture Teacher Workshop- Part II TBA CPR for All TBAEmma Ross Utah Agriculture in the Classroom Resource Roundup TBABekka Israelson Accounting activities to keep your students engaged and awake! TBARio Polidori Digital Literacy Fun: Free Tools to Engage Your Students! TBAHeather Woffinden NGPF Career Resources: Prepare Your Students for Jobs of the Future TBABrooke Martinez Planning for the Unexpected: Legal Tools Every Teacher and Student Should Know TBAKlea Harris Teen Entrepreneur Support Center and Pop Up Market TBACalvin Barnum • Geary Page • Carson Cook • Jaxon Warr Salt Lake Tech Opportunities TBADr. Jenni Abbott Tackling Chronic Absenteeism: The Here and Now Program at Lava Ridge Intermediate TBATonya Jesienouski FCS Business Session Desert Hills High School Visit Vendors TBA AI Tools for Hands-On Learning: Supercharging CTE Programs TBAKasey Chambers Goals for Student Driven Success TBAHeidi Foster Introduction to Sculpting/Animating in Blender TBARuss Mayo Uno- A Class Competition TBAKelly Henderson Web Development and Skill Struck TBAAngela Nederhand (NEED TITLE) TBAEmily McLaws 3D Print Technology - New High School Course TBAKent Jorgensen Certified SolidWorks Associate in 10 Steps TBACharles Duarte • Kellen Cooper-Sansone Go the Distance TBATom Meeks Slash Your Planning Time in Half: Let AI Be the Teaching Assistant You Deserve TBAKhristen Massic Nurturing, Recruiting, and Sustaining, Mentor Relationships TBAMike Hassler

6:35pm MST

General Awards Session TBA

7:30pm MST

Advisory Allies: Transforming Curriculum and Careers with Industry Experts TBALisa Birch Modernizing Instruction in CTE: Student Self-Pacing as a Gateway to Mastery-Based Learning TBAMichael Hakkarinen Self-Care Social TBAUAAE Officer Team Business & Marketing Social TBA FCS Networking Session Desert Hills High School AI Teacher Toolbox TBANicholas Hasenwinkel Anatomage Table - Transforming Healthcare Science Through Real-Time Simulation TBAGarett Onstot Rising Tide Raises all Ships and Sometimes YOU need to be the Tide TBAGayle Whitefield • Cynthia Cox • Richard Clayton UITEA Networking TBA Business and Desserts: PACE Division Meeting TBA "ROLLING" With the Sphero Robot TBAJohn McGroarty CTE: The Pathways Are Calling and I Must Go TBATaffy Lovell Enough Energy? Meeting the needs of the future! TBATom Meeks Navigating Standards-Based Grading in Hands-On CTE Classes TBAJake Sigafus Unleashing the Power of Authentic Learning: Experience Real-World Opportunities Like Never Before TBAJosh Hansen Networking Session TBA

7:30am MST

Registration TBA

8:00am MST

Modernizing Instruction in CTE: Student Self-Pacing as a Gateway to Mastery-Based Learning TBAMichael Hakkarinen Preparing Students for the Future: Economic Trends and Career Opportunities TBAMichael Jeanfreau Utah FFA Foundation Update & CDE Committee Meeting TBAMorgan Atkinson Event Planning: Best Practices TBANate Reese FBLA & DECA Advisor Information Meeting TBAJill Hess • Annette Godfrey New CS/IT Industry Cert. Prep. Courses - with Skill Struck TBATalon Hatch Winning Despite Obstacles TBAJohnathan Aubrey Salt Lake Tech Opportunities TBADr. Jenni Abbott (NEED TITLE) Desert Hills High SchoolKimberly McCann Discover the Heart of FCCLA: Why I Love It and How You Can Too!" Desert Hills High SchoolAubrey Turnbow Frandsen Falling in Love with Finance (still need to work on this) IRFF- Family Finance using Free Simulations Desert Hills High SchoolMindy Nish & Bridella Carter Family and Consumer Sciences Around the Globe Desert Hills High SchoolDana Hunter and Natalie Hancock Interior Design 1 color cards activities for engagement and learning. Desert Hills High SchoolKahna Cutler Career Tech High School Tour TBA Certiport Certification Testing TBA Visit Vendors TBA Health Science Happenings TBAMaren Hansen NEW IN THE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE: PODCASTING TOOLS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND ANIMATION TBARob Bentley Effective Assessment in the age of AI TBARyan Frandsen KIS Website Creation for Student Project Archiving TBATodd Sparks Student Driven Projects: Pitch, Vote, Produce TBAElizabeth Van Patten The AI (re)evolution TBAMatt Brown The Cosmic Creator Challenge: Combining Digital Media with Academic Subjects TBA Utah's Pathway Playbook TBAUtah Pathway Coordinators A crash course on how to design for and use the Shaper Origin handheld CNC TBAScott Bartholomew • Benjamin Barnhurst Enough Energy? Meeting the needs of the future! TBATom Meeks Tips and tricks to soldering TBATony Byrom Unleashing the Power of Authentic Learning: Experience Real-World Opportunities Like Never Before TBAJosh Hansen Using AI to Promote Critical and Creative Thinking TBAEmily Yoshikawa-Ruesch • Abi Villanueva • Jacob Turner What are Employers Really Looking For? TBA Luxe Loungewear, Ditching the Pajama Pants Desert Hills High SchoolKayla Bundy Knead Love: Great Yeast and Quick Food Labs Students Love Career Tech High SchoolNatalie Wilson Mastering Grilled Kabobs: Culinary Techniques and Classroom Applications Career Tech High SchoolTena Pate EMR Instructor Certification TBAMatt Paskett

9:00am MST

Connecting You Science with Career Pathways and the PCCR Process TBADon Mendenhall Exploring Innovative CTE School Models: OTECH High and the Catalyst Center TBABrian Hunt • Heather Gerrard Preparing Students for the Future: Economic Trends and Career Opportunities TBAMichael Jeanfreau INDUSTRY TOUR TBA Beyond the Screen: Hands-On Simulations for Real-World Entrepreneurship Skills TBAMaria Andersen CCA Welding Simulation TBABenjamin Cummings Let's Travel TBANate Reese Turn Data into Fun Quizzes with QuestionWell! TBAHeather Woffinden Using AI to prepare for Industry Certifications TBATalon Hatch Party Planning Palooza TBAKimberly Mendenhall & Stephanie Grant Industry Panel TBAProfessionals from a variety of Career Pathways Bringing Design Back to Interior Design Desert Hills High SchoolDee Ann Peterson-Rudd Child Development -The Great Preschool Breakout Desert Hills High SchoolCarrie Dutson Encourage confidence and advocacy for FCS and FCCLA in your school! Desert Hills High SchoolKylee Bangerter- VP of Public Relations & Jennilyn Hess - VP of National Programs Games and Learning Activities in the FCS Classroom by BYU FCSE students (facilitated by Natalie Hancock, Dana Hunter and Nicole Lauper) Desert Hills High SchoolBYU Student Teachers/Interns facilitated by Natalie Hancock • Dana Hunter and Nicole Lauper Interactive learning strategies for behavioral health. Desert Hills High SchoolSavannah Accordino Career Tech High School Tour TBA Certiport Certification Testing TBA Visit Vendors TBA Confessions of a Vice Principal: What I’ve Seen & Learned About Vaping TBAStewart Hudnall Maximize your teaching with Magic School: A Workshop! TBANicholas Hasenwinkel Effective Assessment in the age of AI TBARyan Frandsen Getting your Students certified as Ethical Hackers TBASteven Brien KIS Website Creation for Student Project Archiving TBATodd Sparks Student Driven Projects: Pitch, Vote, Produce TBAElizabeth Van Patten The Cosmic Creator Challenge: Combining Digital Media with Academic Subjects TBA USHE Update TBAWill Pierce • Kim Zeh K-12 Teaching as a Profession Pathway Updates TBAAshley Higgs "ROLLING" With the Sphero Robot TBAJohn McGroarty Bridging the Gap - Introducing Artificial Intelligence to High School Students TBARicardo Prins Certified SolidWorks Associate in 10 Steps TBACharles Duarte • Kellen Cooper-Sansone Create a 3d model of yourself in less than 30 minutes TBAScott Bartholomew What I wish I would have known year one TBAEmily Yoshikawa-Ruesch • Joseph Furse Nurturing, Recruiting, and Sustaining, Mentor Relationships TBAMike Hassler

10:00am MST

CTSO Best Practices TBACamille Hogge • Annette Godfrey • Christine Heslop Exploring Innovative CTE School Models: OTECH High and the Catalyst Center TBABrian Hunt • Heather Gerrard INDUSTRY TOUR TBA Accounting activities to keep your students engaged and awake! TBARio Polidori NGPF Explores Integrating AI into Financial Education TBABrooke Martinez The Importance of Validation - Understanding Ourselves and Students. TBALauriejo Stillhart Unlocking Digital Literacy: Empowering Teachers for Today's Middle Level Classroom TBAKathy Bekkemellom The Green Thumb Revolution TBABenjamin Jackson & Laura Tingey Mindfulness Room TBA Utah Prime Scholarship Information Session TBAJonathan Frey 100 Years of Experience! Hosted by BYU FCS Alumni Desert Hills High SchoolRachel Springer Beyond Translation: Helping Mulit-language learners succeed in an FCS classroom. Desert Hills High SchoolMaile Fisher and Melinda Draschil Discover the What, Why and How of Fundraising Desert Hills High SchoolCandace Wilson • Amie Peterson Fashion Line Design! Desert Hills High SchoolEsbey Larsen HDFS 1500 – fresh new tips and tricks to brighten up your content Desert Hills High SchoolKaye Dawn Falslev Career Tech High School Tour TBA Certiport Certification Testing TBA Visit Vendors TBA Educating for Impact: How Health Science Education Enhances Patient Care TBAMark Herrera HOSA Updates TBADenise Abbott • Lorien Francis AI - The Real McCoy or Just Rose Colored Glasses TBARobert Lee Are we teaching Computer Science wrong? TBAMelinda Mansouri Flat-Earthers Unite! Applying 2D Images onto 3D Objects using Blender TBADavid Pilkington Getting your Students certified as Ethical Hackers TBASteven Brien Using Technology to Empower Multilingual Learners in CTE TBAJacob Payne Pay Your TAP Studetns to Go to School TBARyan Rarick Bridging the Gap - Introducing Artificial Intelligence to High School Students TBARicardo Prins Developing Partnerships to Fill the CTE Teacher Pipeline TBAJoseph Furse • Kasie Payne • Michelle Clouse • Lacee Boschetto • Melanie Brunson • Michelle Burrows • Emily Ruesch • Tyson Sorenson Ingredients of Innovation TBAGeoff Wright New TSA Advisors Meeting TBALisa Wadzeck The power of blocks - When learning looks like play TBAGary Roberts New and exciting trends TBASandy Hemmert Creating and constructing projects students will LOVE with Quilt As you Go Desert Hills High SchoolKelli Bringhurst Getting Creative during Kitchen Labs Career Tech High SchoolMaradon Nettleship Mastering Grilled Kabobs: Culinary Techniques and Classroom Applications Career Tech High SchoolTena Pate Preparing students for Patient Care Tech and Phlebotomy Skills at HOSA TBAMindi Short • Kami Collard

11:00am MST

AI in the FCS Classroom Desert Hills High SchoolLola Evans Beyond Translation: Helping Mulit-language learners succeed in an FCS classroom. Desert Hills High SchoolMaile Fisher and Melinda Draschil Bringing Design Back to Interior Design Desert Hills High SchoolDee Ann Peterson-Rudd IFR PFP – REALITY - The project that weaves it all together and makes it REAL. Desert Hills High SchoolKaye Dawn Falslev Wildly Awesome Tips for your ECE Program Desert Hills High SchoolRachel Springer Business Meeting TBA Anatomage Tournament at CTHS TBA LUNCH TBA Lunch TBA LUNCH TBA Lunch TBA Admin Business Session TBA Agriculture Lunch TBA Buisness/Marketing Lunch TBA

12:00pm MST

Admin Lunch TBA Agriculture Business Session TBA Buisness/Marketing Business Session TBA Lunch TBA LUNCH Desert Hills High School LUNCH TBA BUSINESS SESSION TBA BUSINESS SESSION TBA Business Session TBA

1:00pm MST

Improving Assessment in Ag Ed TBADr. Tyson Sorenson SAE for All TBAShoat Roath • Amy Fullmer & Michelle Burrows Utah Envirothon TBADave Francis Gamification in Education TBAParis Pray Real Estate Course - Canvas resources TBAAngela Nederhand Unlock Creativity with Adobe Express: A Beginner’s Workshop TBAJessica Baxter Navigating Student Pathways: Embracing AR/VR/AI's role in Career Exploration TBABen Peterson Utah Prime Scholarship Information Session TBAJonathan Frey "Survivor" Culinary 1 Who will be the Ultimate Survivor? Desert Hills High SchoolLaycee Johnson First of the Year Fun with FCS! Desert Hills High SchoolKatie Francom Hey, have you read . . . ? The extraordinary books that will freshen up your teaching. Desert Hills High SchoolKaye Dawn Falslev Interior Design on Parade TBALibby Lefevre NourishSmart- Foods Waste Reduction Program Desert Hills High SchoolBekka Israelsen • Palak Gupta Certiport Certification Testing TBA Visit Vendors TBA General Collaboration Session TBA Internship vs Externship TBAMelissa Globle Using SchoolAI to create patient care simulations TBADavid Monson AI - The Real McCoy or Just Rose Colored Glasses TBARobert Lee Aqdzj Nts Anw TBACasey Hendricks Coding Battles! TBACathy Tom Flat-Earthers Unite! Applying 2D Images onto 3D Objects using Blender TBADavid Pilkington Illustrator the Fun Way TBASydnee Mecham Embracing AI in Career and Technical Education TBAKari Lamoreaux • PhD 3D Print Technology - New High School Course TBAKent Jorgensen CTE: The Pathways Are Calling and I Must Go TBATaffy Lovell Navigating Standards-Based Grading in Hands-On CTE Classes TBAJake Sigafus Slash Your Planning Time in Half: Let AI Be the Teaching Assistant You Deserve TBAKhristen Massic UAS Project Idea: Servo Dropping Mechanism with Microcontroller TBAScott Bartholomew and Devin Dunn What are Employers Really Looking For? TBASterling Barker Tour of Career Tech High TBADave Gardner Hazards and Risk Management for Agricultural Education Laboratories TBADr. Pate

2:00pm MST

Curriculum Share TBADr. Tyson Sorenson & Nicole Hopkins Inclusion: Don’t get in your head about it. TBAMakayla Hallows & Jayden Beagley National FFA TBAMaKayla Plew AI in the Classroom: Discussion, Resources, and Strategies TBAShari Lucas & Alaska Martinez Teen Entrepreneur Support Center and Pop Up Market TBACalvin Barnum • Geary Page • Carson Cook • Jaxon Warr Navigating Student Pathways: Embracing AR/VR/AI's role in Career Exploration TBABen Peterson What I wish I knew before I started college. TBA Adapted Culinary for all learners Desert Hills High SchoolKristie Saltzgiver Creating a Teacher Pipeline through ECE & TAP Desert Hills High SchoolRyan Rarick Empowering FCCLA Advisers with tools to improve student engagement Desert Hills High SchoolTroy Chilcott • Aubrey Turnbow Frandsen Introduction to Homestyler: A free online application used to create and render 3-dimensional interior designs Desert Hills High SchoolChad GIbbs Scaffolding Your Sewing Class for Success Desert Hills High SchoolKatie Francom CNA/MA Collaboration TBA What David Lee Roth can teach us about Professionalism TBARichard Clayton Working Session: Create a digital escape room with deck.toys TBACynthia Cox Aqdzj Nts Anw TBACasey Hendricks Decrypting Cybersecurity: Hand’s On Learning with the CYBER.ORG Range TBACharlene Cooper Illustrator the Fun Way TBASydnee Mecham Title is Coding Battles! TBACathy Tom Networking Session TBA Leveraging Education TBAMelanie Allen

2:50pm MST

Closing Session TBA

7:30pm MST

School Counselor Networking Event TBA