2025 Innovation, Learning, and Career Education Conference

Innovation,

Learning, and

Career Education

Conference 2025

November 5 - 7, 2025 | The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center

Request for Conference Presentations

The Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Career and Technical Education is now accepting proposals for the 2025 ILC: Innovation, Learning, and Career Education conference! We hope you will join us for PDE's premier career and technical education conference and share your best practices for improving student engagement and achievement. Please review the objectives and the intended audience below before submitting your proposal.

View last year's conference program.

Submit a proposal!

Conference Objectives

·    Raise awareness and eliminate barriers to encourage interdisciplinary approaches that enhance learning opportunities.

·    Feature successful practices that have the potential for scalability or replication.

·    Facilitate the integration of academic and career and technical education in grades K-16 and beyond.

·    Provide opportunities for networking and for building partnerships.

·    Encourage cross-sector and cross-department connections to foster collaboration between education and workforce development.

·    Share instructional strategies and opportunities for lifelong learning.

Who should attend?

·    Classroom Teachers and Instructors

·    Postsecondary Faculty and Advisors

·    Academic and Career Counselors

·    Administrators and Directors from CTCs

·    K-12 Schools and Comprehensive Schools

·    Instructional Coaches

·    Business and Community Organizations

·    Adult Education Providers

Please share this information with your colleagues!

For more information, please visit the ILC homepage or contact Briana Mihok, executive director of the Education Resource Center, at bnm5587@psu.edu.