2012 EBS Highlights

JunE 24-27, 2012
TD Convention Center | Greenville, SC

"dediCATE to Leadership"

The Education and Business Summit is a multi-faceted professional development, training, and informational state conference supporting accountability regarding all aspects of career and technology education, including a focus on whole school reform, the integration of academics and career and technical education, transitions from secondary to postsecondary education, and teachers’ certificate renewal. The scope of this state-level conference (over 170 general, concurrent, and roundtable sessions) requires that delivery of content, training, professional development, and information be offered in multiple programming strands and activities. Among these are the following, most of which support certificate renewal efforts as approved by the Office of Educator Quality/Teacher Certification and local district Personal Professional Development Plans:

• Applied Academics/Contextual Methodology Training Support
• Business and Industry Partnerships Presentations
• Career and Technology Education Program-Specific Training Sessions
• Career Guidance and Counseling Sessions
• Career Specialists Activities Training Sessions
• Content-Specific Concurrent and Roundtable Sessions
• Continental Breakfasts, Lunches and Breaks Monday through Wednesday
• CORE Academics Integration Sessions
• Common Core Workshop with CORD Leadership (Limit 100 Participants)
• DIRECT Program Courses (2) or Strand Sessions
• Education and Economic Development Act Updates and Sessions
• Educators in Industry Courses (3)/Certificate Renewal
• Exhibitors (75-100)
• Feature Keynote Session/Content Specific
• Global Career Development Facilitator Focus Sessions
• High Schools That Work/Making Middle Grades Work/Career and Technology Centers That Work Focus Sessions
• Whole School Reform Key Practice Sessions
• IC³ and MOS Training
• Keynote Speakers/Nationally and Internationally Recognized
• Legal Update
• Middle Grades Focus Sessions
• Nontraditional Education Sessions
• PRAXIS I Seminar
• Pre-Conference Sessions
• Project Lead the Way and STEM Sessions/Symposium
• South Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education (SCACTE) Division Day Mini Conferences
• Special Needs Students in CATE Education
• Special Populations Sessions
• Summit Program Tracking/Certificate Renewal
• Transportation Provided to and from Any Off-Site Summit Venues
• VTECS DIRECT and Connect Hands-On Software Training

The South Carolina Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Michael Addison, director of the Office of Human Resources, South Carolina Department of Education, 1429 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, 803-734-8505.

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