This interactive session gives business educators teaching career readiness topics an inside look at Encourage’s free digital platform for students and teachers. Discover how this career-connected app supports NBEA-aligned instruction, helps students explore real opportunities, and simplifies how you track engagement. Whether you're teaching business foundations, entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, or career readiness, you’ll walk away with actionable tools you can use immediately. You’ll experience a live walkthrough of the platform, see example classroom activities, and learn how to track student engagement.
Participants will walk away with the ability to:
- Set up an educator account on the Encourage platform and assign NBEA-aligned activities in under 10 minutes.
- Guide students through career exploration using the Encourage app, with measurable goals and digital tracking.
- Download and implement an engaging lesson plan aligned to NBEA standards and Encourage tools.
- Verify continuing education with a transcript of verified attendance.
- Bonus: Attendees will receive a downloadable lesson, free access to all platform tools.
With hands-on experience as a classroom educator and district leader, Toi brings a practitioner’s lens to her work - building solutions that meet the needs of students and teachers alike. She is especially passionate about career-connected learning and empowering educators with tools that are both standards-aligned and easy to implement.
In this session, Toi will guide educators through the Encourage platform, showcasing how it aligns with NBEA standards and supports business instruction with ready-to-use digital resources.
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