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Cazayoux, Chriss
| Chriss.Cazayoux@act.org | ACT, Inc. | ACT is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success.? The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) branded by ACT measures and certifies the essential work skills needed for success in jobs across industries and occupations.? Participants will learn the psychometric validity behind ACT’s Workforce Product Portfolio. We will also present national data regarding wage growth with the NCRC and the impact on Mississippi learners. |
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Cazayoux, Chriss
| chriss.cazayoux@act.org | ACT | ACT is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success.? The National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) branded by ACT measures and certifies the essential work skills needed for success in jobs across industries and occupations.? Participants will learn the psychometric validity behind ACT’s Workforce Product Portfolio. We will also present national data regarding wage growth with the NCRC and the impact on Mississippi learners. |
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Coeur, Amber
| amber.coeur@lobaki.com | Lobaki | During this session, we will explore the ways that Virtual Reality (VR) is impacting the workforce development and CTE programs of today.
With a wide variety of issues affecting today's workforce, from finding, retaining, and training workers to simply getting people interested in the wonderful career choices available, VR is being used as a tool to help solve these issues and more. In this session, we will explore how VR is being used in:
Career Exploration
Recruiting
Aptitude Assessment
Training
Skill Assessment
Placement
Soft Skills
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Crist, Sandy
| Sandy@mma-web.org | MMA-MEP | 1. Participants will gain an understanding of available services through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and how to leverage these resources for industry in their college district.
2. Participants will learn how MEP helps small and medium-sized manufacturers increase sales, create jobs and generate cost savings through technological innovation, workforce training and improved management practices.
3. Participants will learn about the free Competitiveness Review process and E3 Assessments available to manufacturers throughout Mississippi.
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Doe, Joe
| mjenkins@mccb.edu | | |
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Dudley, Gene
| gdudley@skillsusa.org | SkillsUSA | Attendees will learn how SkillsUSA can assist you in providing Engaging Instruction whether CTE or Workforce through various education and training offerings.
Attendees will gain valuable knowledge on addressing Business and Community Partnerships...it's who we are!
Attendees will learn strategies that SkillsUSA has to improve Student Career Development. |
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Duguid, Stephanie
| stephanie.duguid@colin.edu | Copiah-Lincoln Community Colle | 1. The learner will understand the barriers that lead to low student success.
2. The learner will discuss challenges they experience on their own campus.
3. The learner will identify ways they can improve student success on their own campus with the goal of establishing an actionable objective to make a shift in the next year.
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Duguid, Stephanie
| stephanie.duguid@colin.edu | Copiah-Lincoln Community Colle | The learner will:
1. Identify their own learning style at the time of the session
2. Review various types of learners in a quadrant format
3. Identify common communication methods among each group
4. Practice communication with a learner from a different grouping |
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Duguid, Stephanie
| stephanie.duguid@colin.edu | Copiah-Lincoln Community Colle | During this session:
1. Participants will learn about additional optional programs found in the Office 365 package including Forms and Bookings
2. Participants will explore various opportunities where Forms can be used to create touch processes into touchless processes.
3. Participants will review the set-up process and interactivity using Forms as well as Bookings
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Eaton, Erin
| eeaton@mccb.edu | Mississippi Community College | abcdefg |
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English, Susan
| senglish@aais.com | Ad Astra | 1. Identify course scheduling barriers to student success and decrease students’ time to completion of desired credentials
2. Describe effective and efficient course scheduling strategies for credit and workforce programs that improve student success and time to completion.
3. Identify the economics of Guided Pathways
4. Identify actionable next steps to positively impact student success for your next academic term.
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Glassberg, Sean
| sglassberg@edtrain.net | Educator Training & Consulting | Faculty will:
1. observe how these apps can be used to maintain student engagement and connectivity;
2. participate in learning activities that they can implement with their own students;
3. observe how to create lessons and activities designed to enhance student engagement. |
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Glassberg, Sean
| sglassberg@edrain.net | Educator Training & Consulting | Faculty will:
1. observe how these apps can be used to maintain student engagement and connectivity;
2. participate in learning activities that they can implement with their own students;
3. observe how to create lessons and activities designed to enhance student engagement.
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James, Greg
| gcjames@nemcc.edu | Northeast Mississippi Communit | How to:
-Get the right people in the room
-Ask the right question
-Document available assets
-Link and leverage assets to identify your best opportunities
-Use the right process to continually move the initiative forward
[note: this session addresses program session elements 4, 8 & 10 - thanks! g]
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Karrh, Barry
| bkarrh@eccc.edu | East Central Community College | -Determining Sections which could use Game Based Learning in instruction
-Choosing 'serious games' aligned with curriculum to reinforce instruction
-Streamlining instruction
-Implementing games in the classroom
-Implementing games in the online classroom
-Assessment for class activities
-Correlation with credentialling and expected outcomes |
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Lee, Sarah
| sarah.b.lee@usm.edu | The University of Southern Mis | --Describe the need for providing opportunities to develop a technical workforce through alternative routes
--Recognize how alternative educational pathways in a rural state impact computing and cybersecurity workforce diversity
--Summarize outcomes from the MCA and the collaborative Cyber4Work pilot
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McClendon, Candace
| grow@mississippicannabisschool.com | Mississippi Cannabis School | Mississippi Cannabis School is Mississippi's first cannabis training and education school, specializing in mandatory compliance educational courses for people looking to work in the medical cannabis industry, as well as employment placement opportunities.
Attendees will learn about Mississippi's new medical cannabis program, career opportunities, as well as how it will have an economical impact on the state and cannabis workers.
Learning Objectives:
- How to be a successful dispensary worker
-Exploring the many careers in cultivation
-How to confidently approach interviews
-How to stand out from the crowd with no prior experience |
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McGehee, Aimee
| aimee.mcgehee@mgccc.edu | Mississippi Gulf Coast Communi | The participants will be introduced to laws regulating accommodations for students with a documented diagnosis or disability. The participants will discuss different disabilities that are seen at the college and university level and what accommodations would be appropriate for those students. The participants will identify ways they can incorporate this new knowledge into their instruction. |
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McGehee, Aimee
| aimee.mcgehee@mgccc.edu | Mississippi Gulf Coast Communi | The participants will develop awareness and empathy for ADA students with disabilities. The presentation will help dispel negative beliefs and stereotypes about ADA students. The presenters will use simulation activities to broaden the understanding of participants to the challenges ADA students face on a daily basis. |
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Miller, James
| jmiller@mccb.edu | Mississippi Community College | Attendees will gain knowledge of:
1) Best practices in planning the grant-writing process
2) Best practices in strategically identifying grant opportunities
3) Best practices in grant proposal development |
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Moore, Tonya
| Tonya@MooreNOW.com | MooreNOW, LLC | At this presentation, the participants will be able to
#1 *Discuss the impact workplace bullying has on individuals and organizations
o Present a case scenario that describes the lived experience of a bullied executive
o Discuss research-supported behaviors that define bullying and highlight the risks of not addressing bullying behaviors
#2 * Create strategies for a healthy workplace devoid of bullying
o Discuss at least one theory (i.e., social dominance theory) to help understand why leaders bully others
o Discuss the importance of organizational policies and procedures that provide guidance on how to deal with bullying
#3 * Identify coping strategies for individuals in the workplace who experience unhealthy acts of aggression
o Discuss evidence-based examples of effective strategies for dealing with bullying
o Identify best practices to empower leaders and others who experience or witness bullying, to speak up |
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