Name: Preparing ALL CTE Students for an AI-Driven Workforce
Start: 2026-07-21T15:10:00-0600
End: 2026-07-21T16:00:00-0600

2026 CACTE CAREERTECH SUMMIT WELCOMES YOU!
July 19-23, 2026
PUEBLO CONVENTION CENTER
Pueblo, CO

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Preparing ALL CTE Students for an AI-Driven Workforce

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm MDT

Exhibit Hall A1

AI is reshaping every career field our students will enter. From AI-assisted diagnostics in health science to generative design in skilled trades, from automated inventory in business to intelligent code generation in engineering, no CTE pathway is untouched. Yet most AI literacy efforts remain siloed in computer science classrooms, leaving the majority of CTE students underprepared.

This session makes the case, with pathway-specific examples, that AI literacy is a CTE-wide initiative. Attendees will explore core AI literacy competencies every student needs regardless of future plans, then apply a practical integration framework to find authentic entry points within their existing content and curriculum. Whether you teach welding or marketing, health science or culinary arts, you will leave with a framework, foundational competencies, and an implementation plan ready to use Monday.

Speakers

Colton Fairbourn

Account Executive, Skill Struck

Colton Fairbourn is a dedicated advocate for computer science and digital literacy as equalizers for student opportunity. He believes every student deserves access to robust CS education and that student futures are being shaped now through the workforce skills built in today's c... Read More →

Megan Garnhart

Executive Director, Wyoming Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE)

Megan Garnhart is Executive Director of the Wyoming Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE), the Product and Efficacy Specialist for Skill Struck, and a former elementary and CTE classroom educator with over a decade of experience. She holds a Master's in Curriculum... Read More →

Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm MDT
Exhibit Hall A1 Pueblo Convention Center

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2026 CACTE CareerTech Summit

Colton Fairbourn

Megan Garnhart

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2026 CACTE CareerTech Summit

Colton Fairbourn

Megan Garnhart

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