Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Lisa Fleming
Mrs. Fleming, Lisa, CVT
Professional Development Specialist
West-MEC School District #402
Lisa Fleming is a veteran veterinary science professional with more than 30 years of experience as a veterinary technician and over a decade as a dedicated Veterinary Science Instructor, including 4.5 years in career and technical education. She brings extensive expertise in CTSO management, career services, and externship placement, and has built strong partnerships across multiple government agencies, industry leaders, and diverse communities. Currently teaching at the West-MEC Southwest Campus, Lisa is committed to empowering educators and fostering meaningful industry connections. She is an active AZHCEA Fellow, volunteers with her church and animal rescue organizations, and enjoys traveling and exploring new cultures. Lisa earned her AAS in Veterinary Technology from Bel-REA Institute in 1998 and a Police Science certificate from San Juan College in 2008, enriching the depth and breadth of her teaching.
Sessions:
[5750] Premier Series: Grading & Assessments
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Westin La Paloma
- Education and Training
- Interdisciplinary
Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning. How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? Learn about the wide variety of options that address both of these issues to help you develop both your own philosophy for grading as well as effective strategies for multiple ways to assess student learning and progress. You will also leave with a greater understanding of how to align testing and evaluation to your course outcomes and grading policies that will increase effective feedback for students. Upon successful completion of the course, which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
[5753] Premier Series: Rubrics to Increase Student Success
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Westin La Paloma
- Education and Training
- Interdisciplinary
CTE courses are driven by student-created projects. Rubrics are an evaluation tool that can increase the quality of those student projects while simultaneously giving the teacher a quicker, fairer way to assess their quality. Come to this workshop with one or two student projects that you would like to assess more easily, and you will leave with an excellent rubric that you personalized for your classroom and the confidence and skills to create additional rubrics for the other student projects in your curriculum. Upon successful completion of the course which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
