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Association for Career and Technical Education of Nebraska (ACTEN) Board Meeting 10:00am - 11:15am

Beyond the Meeting: Creating Maximum Impact from... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Opening Keynote & Luncheon 11:30am - 12:45pm

Welcome Reception 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Vender Expo 11:30am - 4:00pm

FFA Board/NAEA Board Work Session 8:00am - 11:00am

What Happens When You Let Students Run a Real Bu... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Wait, what? 14-Clusters and 72-Sub Clusters…No P... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Engaging Teaching Strategies for CTE Teachers 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Ag Ed Beginning Teacher & Mentor Meeting 9:00am - 10:00am

Day One Matters: Building Expectations, Systems,... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Run the Lab, Don’t Let the Lab Run You: Building... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Cooking with Consequences: Teaching Allergens, R... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers of Nebraska (FCSTN) Board... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Where Leaders Begin | FBLA Adviser Training 8:30am - 11:15am

To Sew or Not to Sew? That is the Question 1:00pm - 1:45pm

AI in the Workplace: What Students Need You to K... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Teaching Accounting Literacy Across the Business... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Robotics 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Bringing Accounting to Life Through Stories: A P... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Remixing an Alternative CTE Program (The Story o... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

No Secrets, Just Systems: How Top CDE Teams Are... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Welding Assessment 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Going With the Flow 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Leveraging FFA Supporters and Ag Education Advis... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Implementing the National Program Standards for... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Sniff, Sip, and Science: Hands-On Food Science f... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Registration 8:30am - 4:00pm

Trolley Shuttle 6:30pm - 10:00pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) Poker Run 6:45pm - 8:00pm

Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers of Nebraska (FCSTN) Social 7:00pm - 9:00pm

CTE Trivia Night with Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) 8:00pm - 10:30pm

PoWeRful Career Preparation Ecosystems: CTE, Meaningful Career Conversations, Career Development and Well-being 1:00pm - 5:00pm

From Rubrics to Reality: Using HOSA Health Profe... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

From Rubrics to Reality: Using HOSA Health Profe... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

From Rubric to Kit: Building a Surgical Technolo... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) District Meeti... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Orientation for Wayne State College CED 650 Curriculum Development in CTE 10:00am - 11:15am

SkillsUSA – Program of Work 1:00pm - 1:45pm

'New School' Drafting for Woods Project Planning... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Why Automotive Education Belongs in Every Skille... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) District Meeti... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Planning Without the Panic: A Better Officer Tea... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

From Burnt out to Balanced 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Interview Prep 101: How To Help Your Students Pr... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) District Meeti... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Growing the Teacher Pipeline: Education and Trai... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Integrating FCCLA National Programs & Competitiv... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) District Meeti... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Planning With the End in Mind: The Semester Proj... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Expanding Pathways: Leveraging Career Education... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Building Foundations: Creating Data Ready School... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Where Leaders Shine: Elevate Your Impact in NSBE... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

NSBEA Business Meeting 4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Health Sciences Roundtables 8:30am - 9:15am

From TPACK to the Fashion Runway: Blending Tech... 9:30am - 10:15am

Building Foundational Sewing Skills Through Tech... 10:30am - 11:15am

Piece by Piece: A Pattern Layout & Grain Line Mi... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Parli Pro Made Practical: Learning Parliamentary... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers of Nebraska (FCSTN) Banquet 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Awards Luncheon 11:30am - 12:45pm

Vender Expo 10:00am - 3:30pm

How to Create Lesson Plans for Those New to Teac... 8:30am - 9:15am

The Big Picture of Sharing Your Story through So... 9:30am - 10:15am

Universal Design Learning - Meeting the Needs of... 10:30am - 11:15am

I Cannot Believe I Forgot About These Google Too... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

From Classroom to Career: Implementing Tiered Su... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Chat, Teacher, and the Classroom 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Beyond the Bet: The Economics of Gambling 8:30am - 9:15am

Economics of Innovation: An Exciting New Entrepr... 9:30am - 10:15am

Business Student Motivation: What’s the Secret S... 10:30am - 11:15am

Helping Students Evaluate Financial Advice Onlin... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

15 Things I Learned the Hard Way 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Do You Need To Update Your Job Interview Unit? 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers of Nebrask... 8:30am - 9:15am

Teach Smarter, Not Harder. Designing Curriculum... 9:30am - 10:15am

Real Skills. Real Confidence. Real Hospitality.... 10:30am - 11:15am

Sensory Science: Awareness for Eating Experience... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Cooking Up Inclusion: The Journey to a Unified F... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Human Sciences & Education Roundtables 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Entrepreneurship for Main Street 8:30am - 9:15am

20% Time / Genius Hour / Project Based Learning 9:30am - 10:15am

Getting Started with Certiport and Microsoft Off... 10:30am - 11:15am

What can Microsoft Industry Certifications do fo... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Cybersecurity for Teachers 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Beyond Chatbots: Teaching the Real Lessons Behin... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Strategies for Helping the Multilingual Learners... 8:30am - 9:15am

Welding Assessment 9:30am - 10:15am

Connecting Educators: Cultivating a Collaborativ... 10:30am - 11:15am

Virtual TAPS Curriculum and Crop Simulation Game 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Launching an SBE with the Nebraska FFA Launch! P... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

From Lesson Plans to Lifesavers: AI Tools for Ag... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Troubleshooting SAE Success: A Practical Worksho... 8:30am - 9:15am

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA... 9:30am - 10:15am

Get Your Hands Dirty! Nebraska Land Judging 10:30am - 11:15am

Ideas Unlimited 1:00pm - 1:45pm

A Guide for Advisory Committees 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Registration 8:00am - 4:00pm

Nebraska Skilled & Technical Sciences (NSTS) Social 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Business, Marketing & Information Technology (BMIT) Social – Connect. Collaborate. Celebrate. 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) Young Member Event 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) 10 Year Club 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Ask the Auditor: Everything CTE Grants 9:30am - 10:15am

Ask the Auditor: Everything CTE Grants 10:30am - 11:15am

Course Alignment & CTE - How Your School Counsel... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Empowering Education: Creating High School Colle... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA... 7:30am - 8:15am

Become a PoWeRful Partner in a Thriving Career P... 8:30am - 9:15am

Students Take the Lead: A Reverse Career Fair in... 9:30am - 10:15am

Designing Your Future: Building Who You Are, Not... 10:30am - 11:15am

uBEATS: Opening Pathways to Health Science Caree... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Appendicitis Patient Simulation 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Creating Classroom-Ready Case Studies for Health... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Building Career Conversations into All Classroom... 8:30am - 9:15am

Pathways for Every Learner: A Multistage Continu... 9:30am - 10:15am

Apprenticeship TBD 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Smart Snacking: Promoting Healthy, Budget-Friend... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Activate the Textbook: Making the Textbook Come... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Cultivating the Next Generation of STS Educators 8:30am - 9:15am

Why Automotive Education Belongs in Every Skille... 9:30am - 10:15am

'New School' Drafting for Woods Project Planning... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Building Future-Ready Skills: The Impact of the... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Creating Modified Career-Based Programming to Su... 8:30am - 9:15am

Teaching the Teachers: Education Pathways in Hig... 9:30am - 10:15am

Introduction to Educators Rising 10:30am - 11:15am

Brady Middle School TBD 1:00pm - 1:45pm

A Model for Success: How High School Experiences... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Teaching Hydroponics for Career-Ready CTE Progra... 8:30am - 9:15am

Feeding Curiosity: Hands-On Agriculture Connecti... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Careers, Content, and Classroom Connections with... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Promoting Your CTE Program: Practical Tools for... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Cesarian Section Simulation Session 1 of 2 9:30am - 10:15am

Cesarian Section Simulation Session 2 of 2 10:30am - 11:15am

Recruiting and Retaining Multilingual Learners i... 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Language Is a Skill: Supporting Multilingual Lea... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

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Human Sciences and Education & Health Sciences Career Field Luncheon 12:00pm - 2:00pm

BMIT Luncheon and NSBEA Awards – Celebrating Excellence in Business Education 12:00pm - 2:00pm

General Session 8:30am - 9:45am

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) Luncheon 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA) Banquet 5:15pm - 9:00pm

General Luncheon 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Wait, Canva Can Do THAT? Integrating Canva Acros... 10:00am - 10:45am

Teaching Today’s Student Entrepreneurs 11:00am - 11:45am

Deeper Dive: The Alpha Gen & Book Signing 10:00am - 10:45am

Marching Off the Map: How to Be an Innovative Ed... 11:00am - 11:45am

Basic Life Support Instructor Certification 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Nebraska Skilled & Technical Sciences (NSTS) Ann... 11:00am - 11:45am

Nebraska Skilled & Technical Sciences (NSTS) Awards Luncheon 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Human Advantage: Preparing Students' Soft Skills... 10:00am - 10:45am

Five Words Every Business Teacher Should Know 10:00am - 10:45am

Business Panel Discussion – Focused on Generatio... 11:00am - 11:45am

Easy Measuring, Monitoring, and Tracking of WBL 10:00am - 10:45am

Easy Measuring, Monitoring, and Tracking of WBL 11:00am - 11:45am

Navigating the FFA Nebraska State Fair 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Association for Career and Technical Education o... 7:30am - 8:15am

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA... 10:00am - 10:45am

From Learning to Earning: Using FFA Alumni & Sup... 11:00am - 11:45am

Chapter Management through AET 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Nebraska Agriculture Education Association (NAEA... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Registration 8:00am - 2:00pm

Work-Based Learning Highlights and Successes 11:00am - 11:45am

SkillsUSA – How to Prep Yourself and Students fo... 10:00am - 10:45am

Athletic Training as a Profession: Education and... 11:00am - 11:45am

Building the Future: Empowering High School Stud... 11:00am - 11:45am

Educators Rising National Conference Know Before... 10:00am - 10:45am

FCCLA NLC Know Before You Go 11:00am - 11:45am

Beyond MyPlate: Teaching the New Pyramid in Toda... 10:00am - 10:45am

Mastering 45 Minute Culinary Labs for Workforce... 11:00am - 11:45am

Nebraska Career and Technical Education Conference 2026

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