This will be a presentation that will provide insights on retirement benefits aimed towards vocational teachers. The presentation will touch on many topics including your pension, social security planning, buying back vocational time for MTRS credit and Retirement pension options.
What if every vocational student could graduate with a professional digital presence that helped them get hired?
This session introduces Scaffald --- https://scaffald.com/ --- a free workforce readiness platform built specifically for students entering the trades. Designed in partnership with vocational educators, state agencies, and industry leaders, Scaffald serves as both a reflection tool and a career-launching portfolio. Students use it to document skills, showcase certifications and projects, and connect directly with employers looking to hire talent from CTE programs.
You’ll hear from the founders of Scaffald on how the platform is already being embedded in classrooms, beginning with Essex North Shore Tech. We’ll explore how your school can leverage Scaffald to help students gain confidence, build visibility, and make a seamless transition into co-ops, apprenticeships, and full-time jobs.
At the recent SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Leadership & Skills Conference, Scaffald’s cofounders presented to the MAVA CTE directors group with plans to roll out the platform to all vocational students in MA.
If LinkedIn wasn’t built for tradespeople, Scaffald is. And with it being free for students, we can’t wait to get in their hands!
This session offers a practical guide for vocational technical schools looking to introduce or expand the use of artificial intelligence in their programs. Using a proven framework and the DESE Integrating Artificial Intelligence document, we’ll help you take stock of where your school is now and chart a path toward making AI useful and meaningful for students and teachers. You’ll leave with planning tools and concrete strategies that show how AI can improve teaching, learning, and daily operations that work for teachers and administrators.
What You’ll Learn: How to assess your current approach to AI using six focus areas (curriculum, training, ethics, equity, feedback, and admin tools) How to build a functional plan for introducing or improving AI in classrooms and shops. How to align your efforts with DESE priorities, Perkins V goals, and workforce needs.
Freshman Exploratory teachers have a short time with each group of students, and it is important to make critical information relative to special learning needs easily accessible and understandable. Through our Exploratory Binders initiative, we have a central place, and consistent procedure, for doing just that. This process facilitates communication about freshman with IEPs and 504s, as well as English language learners, during the exploratory cycles.
Empowering students to actively shape their educational experiences leads to stronger engagement, improved outcomes, and more responsive career and technical education (CTE) programs. This session will explore strategies for integrating learner voice into decision-making. Participants will gain insights from the ACTE - Advance CTE Learner Voice Toolkit and additional research-backed practices to foster student agency, equity, and collaboration. Through case studies and interactive discussion, administrators will leave with actionable approaches to elevate learner perspectives in their schools and programs.
Empowering students to actively shape their educational experiences leads to stronger engagement, improved outcomes, and more responsive career and technical education (CTE) programs. This session will explore strategies for integrating learner voice into decision-making. Participants will gain insights from the ACTE - Advance CTE Learner Voice Toolkit and additional research-backed practices to foster student agency, equity, and collaboration. Through case studies and interactive discussion, administrators will leave with actionable approaches to elevate learner perspectives in their schools and programs.
Empowering students to actively shape their educational experiences leads to stronger engagement, improved outcomes, and more responsive career and technical education (CTE) programs. This session will explore strategies for integrating learner voice into decision-making. Participants will gain insights from the ACTE - Advance CTE Learner Voice Toolkit and additional research-backed practices to foster student agency, equity, and collaboration. Through case studies and interactive discussion, administrators will leave with actionable approaches to elevate learner perspectives in their schools and programs.
