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Full STEAM Ahead   May 6-8, 2025
Full STEAM Ahead
Graduate by Hilton
Annapolis, MD

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TUESDAY | MAY 6, 2025
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast / Welcome
8:30 – 9:00 AM SchoolsNEXT Presentation
9:00 – 10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Mickey Rowe
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Vendor Setup
10:15 – 11:15 AM Session: Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: Crafting CTE Environments that Drive Student Success and Community Impact Ballroom
(1st Floor)
10:15 – 11:15 AM Session: Meeting Kids Where They Are: Integrating Diverse CTE Programming into a High School Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
10:15 – 11:15 AM Session: Co-Designing the Classroom: Design Research with Student Partners to Improve Belonging and Engagement Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
10:15 – 11:15 AM Session: Meet Us in the Middle: Consolidating Space While Maximizing Student Opportunities Sheet Bend
(3rd Floor), PowerHouse Building
11:30 AM – 4:30 PM Tour A: Ellen Ochoa Middle School and Hyattsville Middle School
12:20 – 5:20 PM Tour B: Furley Elementary School and Guilford Park High School
12:30 – 5:30 PM Tour C: Furley Elementary School and Crofton High School
5:30 – 6:30 PM Welcome Happy Hour
6:30 PM Dinner on your own
WEDNESDAY | MAY 7, 2025
7:30 AM – 6:00 PM Registration Open
7:45 – 8:45 AM Breakfast Buffet
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Panel Discussion on Comparing Integrated CTE Models: CTE Program Integration into High Schools vs. High School Programs into CTE Centers Ballroom
(1st Floor)
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: From Aging Infrastructure to Innovation: Manchester Public Schools’ Sustainable Transformation Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
9:00 – 10:00 AM SESSION CANCELLED
Session: Learning Landscapes: How Spaces Become Extensions of the Brain		 Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Beach Babies: Integrating a Community’s Ecology & Culture into Design through Engagement Sheet Bend
(3rd Floor), PowerHouse Building
10:15 – 11:00 AM Vendor Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session: Envisioning Philadelphia’s Future Through STEAM Education and Career Training Ballroom
(1st Floor)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session: Delivering High Performance Schools to Our Communities through Public-Private-Partnership Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session: Integrating Agriculture into STEA(A)M Education: Amplifying a CTE School’s Mission Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session: Bringing the Outside In: Designing Collaboratively to Provide a STEAM Oriented Middle School that is Fully Integrated into a Unique Community Setting Sheet Bend
(3rd Floor), PowerHouse Building
12:00 – 1:15 PM Lunch / Awards
1:30 – 2:30 PM Session: Designing for Discovery: Planning for Hands-on STEAM Learning in Pre-K to Higher Ed Learning Environments Ballroom
(1st Floor)
1:30 – 2:30 PM Session: Cabinet of Curiosities: Arts Integration in Education & Educational Environments Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
1:30 – 2:30 PM Session: Greening Roofs, Growing Minds: A STEAM Approach to Environmental Education Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
1:30 – 2:30 PM Session: A Place to Learn for All Students: The Role of Career and Technical Education in Enhancing the Student Experience Sheet Bend
(3rd Floor), PowerHouse Building
2:30 – 3:00 PM Snack Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM Session: Bridging Pathways: The Synergy of STEAM and CTE in High Schools Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
2:45 – 3:45 PM Session: STEAM Powered Progress – Revitalizing Learning and the Central High School Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
2:45 – 3:45 PM Session: Flourishing: Spaces for Creativity and Meaning for Young Learners Sheet Bend
(3rd Floor), PowerHouse Building
5:00 – 6:00 PM Happy Hour Vendor Party
6:00 PM Dinner on your own
THURSDAY | MAY 8, 2025
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM Registration Open / Vendor Breakdown
8:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast Buffet
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Building Safety Inside and Out: Design Strategies for Physical and Emotional Security in Schools Ballroom
(1st Floor)
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Creating Immersive CTE and STEAM Environments for Students Carrick Bend
(1st Floor), PowerHouse Building
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Community-Based Visioning and STEAM Charter Schools Bowline
(2nd Floor), PowerHouse Building
10:00 – 11:00 AM Building for the Future: District Insights on Facility Planning and Design Panel Discussion Ballroom
(1st Floor)

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