From Adversary to Ally: Students as Partners in IT

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Location: Waterloo 3

Session Type: Team Building and Staffing

Speaker(s)

Michelle Bourgeois, MA (she/her/hers)

Chief Technology Officer
St. Vrain Valley Schools
Longmont, Colorado

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Beth Cerrone (she/her/hers)

Cybersecurity Instructor and Technology Manager
Innovation Center SVVSD
Longmont, Colorado
Wade Carroll

Director, Regional Sales
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Verlene Dodds (she/her/it)

Cyber Security Student Designer
St Vrain Valley School District
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Bryan Recendez

Network System Technician
St. Vrain Valley School District
Sienna Arellano (she/her/hers)

Student Designer
St. Vrain Valley School District

Join this lively panel for an exciting conversation with education leaders and industry experts on how to build educational opportunities that will empower the success of future generations. We will discuss how schools and industry can partner to provide experiential opportunities in IT in order to build a workforce pipeline that includes under-represented young people and provides a pathway for their future. Our discussion will focus on examples of how students can play an active role in district IT operations, how to build buy in and support from your district IT staff, the industry perspective on IT partnerships, and why authentic work experiences are needed to develop today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders, innovators and change makers. This session will help you design the future of our economy and our country through the delivery of technical leadership in your school system.