Do you have a construction class but do not have the space, budget, or support to create a large capstone project? Then this class is for you. This class will provide you with over a dozen small skill-based projects that will allow your students to build the skills they need with construction tools that translate to construction jobs. Each project can be tailored to your space, budget, and material needs.

Friday Harbor High School's EV Principles course empowers students to explore electric vehicle technology through hands-on learning and real-world application. This presentation showcases our students’ design and construction of a SWITCH 96V LiFePO car while mastering industry-relevant skills. We’ll also discuss exciting future collaborations, including a joint EV build with Bellingham High School, partnerships with Skagit College’s automotive program, and potential track days to test and refine vehicles. Learn how these partnerships expand career pathways, foster innovation, and inspire the next generation of EV professionals while aligning with sustainability goals.

Dig into the research on goal setting, deliberate practice, and other methods for skills improvement. Emphasis will be placed on helping students establish SMART and stretch goals within the context of CTE. Strategies and resources will be shared. (New and improved distance learning edition!)
A good article about the need for students to set their own goals:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/children-choices-goal-setting.html

Shape the Future of Welding Education – Your Voice Matters!

Join the Maritime Center of Excellence, Agriculture and Natural Resources Center of Excellence, and the AGC Education Foundation to explore a groundbreaking series of 180 hour welding frameworks offering state equivalency credits in Math and Science.

Your feedback is essential!
- Discover how these frameworks align welding education with academic standards.
- Share your expertise to ensure they meet educator, student, and industry needs.
- Tell us what professional development support you need.

Come ready to share, engage, and help shape the future of welding education!

This presentation will give you an up-date on all things related to the AJAC Youth Apprenticeship program including recruitment, getting students ready for the work world, certifications, and business engagement. We will go over best practices on how to teach the Apprenticeship program, and hear from instructors on projects they use to reach the course standards. AJAC's Youth apprenticeship programs are growing throughout the state, and we need input from the instructors on how we can expand the possibilities for the students to succeed in careers in advanced manufacturing.

I use google applications extensively for collaborating with colleagues, student safety assessments and students self assessments. You will leave with access to a shared drive with student projects, safety tests, etc.

We pass by, over and under them on a nearly daily basis, but how much do your students appreciate the historical value and design considerations that go into making bridges? This session focuses on those topics as well as how to incorporate the International Bridge Contest sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology into your classroom. We will look into making structural dynamics, technical reading, designing for efficiency and purposeful model building a part of your expanded classroom. You will leave with a plan and a list of resources to help you implement this engaging project. Finally, we will have a friendly contest to design, build and test trusses in the session. Yes, there will be prizes.

Let’s talk SAFETY!!! I know that Safety in your Lab can be overwhelming but, in this session, you will walk away with access to enough safety documentation to hopefully put your mind at ease and allow your students to perform at a secure level in your lab. We will talk about everything from monthly tool safety checks to student safety tests and records to even shop layout. Come on, let's talk shop… safety.

Expand your CNC project ideas by "Dusting off your CNC machine". Review of new project ideas. Tips and tricks on how to start using your CNC router with your students.

Expanding the possibilities for students means expanding how we see the intersection between CTE and core content areas. Burlington-Edison High School offers Podcasting as an elective dual credit English and Career Technical Education Course. Over the last four years, many students have grown as they work and create in the exciting overlap between the goals of these two content areas. Participants will learn about the targeted ELA, Leadership and Industry Standards in this course that seamlessly blends STEM and the arts. Classroom examples, pacing guides and hardware/software recommendations will be provided.

This training is designed to support your understanding of the Core Plus Construction Canvas website and the updated instructional materials. We will walk through the Canvas platform, where to find the CPC lesson plans and resources, and best practices for a strong implementation of CPC. Bring your laptop!

Do you know what to do if you have an accident in your lab?
You know- what questions will be asked, what documents you’ll need and who needs to be in the loop. This session will share all those things and more.
This is a follow-up to the safety session.

This session will give examples of engineering challenges that can be used in a general shop environment at the middle school level. Shop layout, tools, machines and skills will also be discussed. Examples of craft stick and glue engineering challenges will also be presented, appropriate for a shoe-string budget and remote learning.