2023 CTE Conference Program

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY

August 2, 2023

3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Hospitality in the Classroom: The Art of Caring

BATON ROUGE ROOM - CONVENTION CENTER

Understand the way the learning environment communicates a message Recognize that students are our guests and we are the hosts to Formulate ideas on how to improve their classrooms to Know that showing hospitality to students will produce graduates who The workshop is designed to: and learn ways to ensure that message is a positive one. better understand how we can serve them with excellence. benefit neurodivergent students. will take hospitality withthem into the workplace. Engaging and Assisting At-Risk Students in the Classroom This workshop is intended to help classroom instructors quickly identify at- risk students by learning the associated risk factors and engaging with students to build trust and learn about potential barriers. The session will review different types of engagement that can occur in the classroom and helpful instructional techniques. It will conclude with a breakout activity that allows instructors from different colleges to pair up and share their individual college and community resources available to students. This will allow colleagues to bring back resource ideas to their college if they have similar community resources in their local areas. ST. FRANCISVILLE ROOM - CONVENTION CENTER GREENVILLE ROOM - CONVENTION CENTER This presentation will provide education and training leaders with current research on applying XR welder training into the traditional, live welder instructional cycle. The presenters will share 2023 research on integrating XR technology in welder training programs, including the timing of the integration for optimizing outcomes. Participants will learn recommended best practices for training with welding simulators. These best practices can be applied by following a recommended pattern and sequence of training. The essential outcome is for instructors, teaching institutions, and the industry to benefit from the present research and be empowered to implement teaching strategies that yield optimum outcomes while avoiding adverse outcomes. Best Practices for Transforming Welder Training with Extended Reality

Christy Grissom NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Jamie Erickson Hargett MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Dr. Monica Donohue

Jeff Reid

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE