Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Allison Seitz
Seitz, Allison
Teacher
Mesa Unified School District #4
Allison Seitz teaches a freshman-level CTE class at Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona, where she helps students build real-world career skills and plan for their futures. She has a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Arizona and a background in nonprofit leadership, workforce development, and education initiatives. Allison’s passion for career literacy and student empowerment shapes everything she brings to the classroom.
Sessions:
5521: Start With Students: Hands-On Career Exploration (7–12)
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Westin La Paloma
- Interdisciplinary
Career exploration sticks when it starts with what students already bring into the room - their interests, strengths, questions, and a whole lot of curiosity. In this session, I’ll share how I design hands-on, low-prep career exploration activities that move beyond surveys and screenshots and actually get students doing something. From a freshman-teacher perspective, you’ll see how simple student insights can turn into short, meaningful “career discovery” moments that fit into real classrooms with real time constraints. Participants will try a quick demo activity, explore flexible planning tools, and build a small, adaptable activity they can take back and use right away. This workshop is designed for educators supporting career exploration in grades 7–12 and focuses on practical, classroom-level strategies that work.
