Now more than ever, providing students with career-connected learning experiences helps students develop critical future-ready skills, leveling the playing field and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to chart a course toward an inspiring future.
We are excited to invite you to our 2024/25 Defined Symposium: Building Tomorrow's Skills Today: Career-Connected Learning. This Symposium is a 3-part series where education leaders and administrators from across the country will dive into how schools and districts are providing students with meaningful career-connected learning opportunities that build critical future-ready skills and expand career pathways.
Registering for the Symposium will automatically register you for all 3 sessions. Certificates of attendance will be awarded after each session. For additional details, check out the agenda below.
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Symposium Agenda
Session #1: October 1st, 2024 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Overview: PBL and STEM expert and author Jorge Valenzuela and administrators from Santa Rosa County School District (FL) and Montgomery Public Schools (AL) will discuss how to engage students in project-based career-connected learning that prepares all students for future success. We’ll discuss how to provide students with learning opportunities that help them build 21st-century and future-ready skills and provide examples of how districts are achieving this through career-connected PBL and STEM. This session will also highlight the role and impact of Defined Learning in these districts' career-connected learning journies.1:00 PM ET
Host: Jorge Valenzuela
Jorge Valenzuela
Coach, Author & Speaker, Lifelong Learning Defined
1:00 - 1:45 PM ET
Presenters: Dr. Melvin Brown & Dr. Angie Angie Pelton
Dr. Melvin J. Brown, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Montgomery Public Schools, AL
Dr. Angie Pelton, Ed.D.
Director of Professional Development, Montgomery Public Schools, AL
1:45 - 2:30 PM ET
Presenter: Dr. Karen Barber
Dr. Karen Barber
Superintendent, Santa Rosa County School District, FL