Learn more about our 2015 Spring Meeting Speakers Here:
Spring Meeting Speaker Biographies
Wednesday, April 8: CTE Means Jobs
- JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work initiative and skills gap papers
- U.S. Department of Education, Health and Human Services and Labor Joint Letter
- Training and Employment Guidance Letter, Employment and Training Administration Advisory System, U.S. Department of Labor
- Skills for America’s Future, The Aspen Institute
- Close The Skills Gap: A framework to address the current and future skills and workforce development gaps, Manufacturing Institute
- Learning While Working: Building 21st century competency-based apprenticeships, National Network of Business & Industry Associations
- A Foundation for Success in the Workplace: The skills all employees need, no matter where they work, National Network of Business & Industry Associations
- Taking Action to Connecting Learning and Work, National Network of Business & Industry Associations
- National Network of Business and Industry Associations Fact Sheet, National Network of Business & Industry Association
- Common Employability Skills – A Foundation For Success in the Workplace: The skills all employees need, no matter where they work, National Network of Business & Industry Associates
- Using Performance-Based Funding to Incentivize Change, RTI International
- Managing the Talent Pipeline: A new approach to closing the skills gap, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Managing the Talent Pipeline Executive Summary, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Managing the Talent Pipeline Employer Checklist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- The Certification Revolution, Tamar Jacoby, Education for Upward Mobility
- Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) Content Guidlines, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Vermont 2020 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Executive Summary, Vermont Department of Economic Development
- Vermont 2020 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, Vermont Deparment of Economic Development
- Advancing CTE Within Career Pathways Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
- Employer Engagement Initiative, Kansas Board of Regents
- Employer Engagement Initiative Presentation, Kansas Board of Regents
- Transportation Industry Job Demand and Skills Data and Implications for Workforce Development, Transportation Learning Center
- Advancing CTE Within Career Pathways, Colorado Community College System
- Getting Credit for What you Know, The Atlantic
- State Responses to the Skills Gap: Successful policies advancing industry credentials and manufacturing education, Manufacturing Institute
- State Policies Supporting Industry Credentials, Manufacturing Institute
- State Policies Supporting Industry Partnerships, Manufacturing Institute
- State Policies Supporting Credit Articulation, Manufacturing Institute
- State Policies Supporting Dual Enrollment, Manufacturing Institute
- Comprehensive State Strategies for Technical Education, Manufacturing Institute
- Tools and Resources for Educators, Manufacturing Institute
- One Plan, One Vision: Exploring unified state plans, Ohio Department of Education
Thursday, April 9: A Day of Excellence
Friday, April 10: Federal Policy Outlook
- Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, NASDCTEc
- Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, NASDCTEc
- Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, NASDCTEc
- Beyond the Skills Gap: Making education work for students, employers and communities, New America Foundation
- ESEA Issue Sheet– 2015, National Association of Secondary School Principals
- Legislative Agenda– 2015, National Association of Secondary School Principals
- Build our Investment in CTE: Support for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: State planning, performance accountability and infrastructure, U.S. Departments of Labor and Education
- State Sector Strategies Coming of Age: Implications for state workforce policymakers, National Governors Association, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, National Skills Coalition
