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ACTE's National Work-Based Learning Conference 2026

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Heather Finley

Fannin County

Director (district-level)

School District Office Employee

3:30pm EDT

WBL 101 Ballroom A-E

4:00pm EDT

Registration Terrace Lounge

4:30pm EDT

Welcome Reception Ballroom Prefunction

8:00am EDT

Opening General Session Ballroom A-EKatherine Sutton • Matt Kirchner • Kathryn Dacier • Kadence Agin

9:45am EDT

Embedding Practicum Work into Your Grow-your-own Education Programs 554 ABSarah Grossi

11:15am EDT

Building Rural WBL Pipelines: A Regional, Scalable Model Ballroom A-EDavid Rademacher • Sarah Rudofsky

12:30pm EDT

Lunch & WBL Division Business Meeting Ballroom A-E

1:45pm EDT

Classroom to Career: Reimagining WBL in Rural Settings 556 ACarmen Choat • Keri Fitch

3:00pm EDT

Launching High School Students into Successful Careers: The Power of Apprenticeships 554 ABChris Shaw

4:15pm EDT

Break + Exhibitor Time Ballroom Prefunction

4:30pm EDT

From K–12 to Career: Building Pre-Apprenticeship Pipelines That Actually Work 550 ABCarlos Vazquez

5:30pm EDT

EXPO Happy Hour Ballroom Prefunction

7:15am EDT

Breakfast Ballroom A-E

8:00am EDT

Rhode Island Industry and Workforce Panel Ballroom A-EWillie Barber • Heather Singleton • Bill Bryan

9:15am EDT

Apprenticeship Skeptics to Advocates: Gaining Institutional Buy-In 555 ABJeramiah Reed • Justin Siler Unlocking Potential, Empowering Communities: Rural Success Stories in Work-Based Learning 550 ABJason Butcher • Dawn Ulmer

10:20am EDT

Break + Exhibitor Time Ballroom Prefunction

10:45am EDT

Pre-Apprenticeships: Building the Future of Education Through Georgia’s Teacher Pipeline 554 ABDr. Laura Ergle • Heather Finley