CLEVELAND, OHIO, October 17, 2017 —TFS® announced that ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2017 Conference will host TFS company founder and CEO Mark C. Perna for a preconference workshop and concurrent session. The conference, which will take place December 6–9, 2017, will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Perna’s four-hour preconference workshop is titled “Game-Changing Strategies for Dynamic Enrollment, Retention, and Performance Results” and will be delivered on Wednesday, December 6, from 1:00–5:00pm. This workshop will include the full range of Mr. Perna’s proprietary best practices, including the TFS Education with Purpose® philosophy, the Career Tree® classroom tool, the Light at the End of the Tunnel strategy, how to combat CTE stigmas by creating a powerful narrative, key generational insights, and other topics of interest to the educational community.
On Friday, December 8, from 10:30–11:30am, Mr. Perna will present his concurrent session titled “Capitalizing on CTE’s Competitive Advantage to Attract and Retain More of the Right Students.” In this session, Mr. Perna will share several innovative strategies to leverage the exclusive edge that CTE delivers. Both sessions are expected to draw significant attendance and are designed to be beneficial to staff in all areas of education, including high school and college administrators, teachers, and critical support staff members.
Mr. Perna, a proud member of ACTE, has many years of experience helping schools, districts, businesses, and state organizations nationwide increase enrollment, retention, and performance with Generation Y and Z students. As an education thought leader, Mr. Perna has pioneered many national best practices for engaging and influencing the younger generation in today’s competitive educational marketplace.
Touted as the premier annual gathering of CTE professionals in America, CareerTech VISION 2017 is hosted by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers. The conference features 300+ concurrent CTE sessions, a comprehensive expo, the “STEM is CTE Symposium,” awards banquet, and networking opportunities.
At the expo, the TFS team will host Booth #434 to demonstrate the company’s innovative CTE products and services, including the Career Tree®.
Interested parties may register for the 2017 ACTE CareerTech VISION Conference here.
About Mark C. Perna and TFS
TFS, whose mission is to share and support its clients’ desire to make a difference, is a full-service strategic consulting firm founded by national education expert Mark C. Perna. A noted voice on today’s younger generations, Mr. Perna has many years of experience addressing industry leaders on the topic of expanding their reach in an increasingly global marketplace and has devoted his career to education and workforce training. At TFS, he heads an energetic team of talented professionals who share his vision of making a bigger difference, working with educators and employers of all sizes nationwide to deliver significant gains in recruitment, retention, and performance rates.