Sessions of 2026 Midwinter Leadership Conference: Erin Hawkins
Hawkins, Erin
Senior Solutions Engineer
Erin Hawkins is an experienced educator and student success leader with a strong background in supporting college and career readiness across K–12 schools. She has spent more than a decade working alongside counselors, administrators, and career and technical education teams to design programs that help students explore their interests, understand emerging workforce opportunities, and build clear plans for their future. Erin’s work focuses on creating equitable, student-centered pathways that empower learners to connect their strengths to meaningful career goals. She brings practical expertise in professional development, program implementation, and school-wide planning structures that elevate the role of counselors and improve postsecondary outcomes. Erin is passionate about helping districts remove barriers, engage families, and strengthen readiness skills so every student graduates with confidence and direction.
Sessions:
Building Career Literacy and Postsecondary Readiness with Student-Centered Planning Tools
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Prescott Resort & Conference Center
This session explores how schools can strengthen career literacy and postsecondary readiness through a comprehensive, student-centered planning approach used across elementary, middle, and high school levels. As a former school counselor and current student success consultant, Amy will share practical strategies districts are using to help students discover strengths, connect interests to real career pathways, and build actionable postsecondary plans aligned to state expectations. The session will highlight effective practices for supporting counselor-led planning, improving student ownership, engaging families, and using data to guide meaningful conversations at scale. Participants will see examples of career exploration activities, course planning structures that promote academic alignment, and reporting methods that help teams identify early needs and close opportunity gaps. This session is designed to support counselors, administrators, and career readiness professionals seeking to deepen their students’ readiness for life after graduation. No products or services will be promoted.
