Sessions of 2024 Summer Conference: Debra Raeder

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Raeder, Debra

Vice President
Arizona Business & Education Coalition

Over the past 12-years, Debra Raeder has developed and is the statewide Director for the ACED Project, which provides a model for community-based partnerships between business and education. Immediately prior to working with ABEC, Debra served for six years in the Governor’s Office as part of the education policy team working collaboratively and in partnership with a wide spectrum of education, business, philanthropic and community leaders, as well as policy makers, to strengthen the education continuum in Arizona. Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, Debra served for four years as the Director of Policy for the Arizona Department of Commerce’s Workforce Division. Debra also served for 12 years as an elected member of the Peoria Unified School District Governing Board. Debra is married, has four sons, and seven grandchildren.

Sessions:

4534 - Access Middle School Career Exploration Curriculum on Edge Factor (vendor session)

07/15/2024

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Hilton El Conquistador

  • Interdisciplinary
  • School Counseling

Please join ABEC and Edge Factor to discover how YOU can access and utilize ABEC's FREE digitized middle school career exploration curriculum in Culinary Arts, Construction, Automotive & Transportation, and the debut of our Public Safety-Law Enforcement curriculum. The project-based curricula provide an effective and well-developed tool that supports teachers in guiding students in exploring their passions, learning soft skills, and understanding future, in-demand careers in their communities. The ABEC middle school career exploration curriculum is aligned to ADE's Career Literacy Standards.

4537 - ABEC Career Exploration & Development Project, Data Analysis Story

07/15/2024

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Hilton El Conquistador

  • Administration
  • School Counseling

Arizona Business & Education Coalition (ABEC), a non-profit organization, has developed a middle school career exploration & development project for schools across the state. The ABEC Career Exploration and Development (ACED) Project provides a variety of activities and resources for schools, teachers, and students made possible by state and federal grants, local community grants, as well as grants from business partners. ABEC's ability to access these grants is dependent on the success of the program quantifiable to grantors and business partners. Learn more about ABEC's Data Analysis Project & the empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness of ACED in Arizona schools.