2025 LAPCS Instructor Development Conference

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Friday September 26, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Crowne Plaza Executive Center 

4728 Constitution Avenue 

Baton Rouge, LA 70808 

Join instructors from private colleges and schools across Louisiana for a day of collaboration, learning, and inspiration. The LAPCS Instructor Development Conference offers practical sessions focused on teaching strategies, student engagement, and career readiness, empowering educators to strengthen their impact in the classroom and beyond. 

8:30 AM | Coffee & Networking with Exhibitors

9:00 AM | Welcome and LAPCS Update

9:20 AM | Keynote Session

• CHOOSE TO RISE: 5 Keys to Maintain Balance + Ignite Momentum
• Speaker: Janine Stange, motivational speaker and on-air personality

11:00 AM | Break

11:10 AM | Session II

• Rock Star Teaching: Mastering the Art of Edutainment 
• Dr. Larry Banks,  Executive Director of Learning and Development/ALO, Bryan University 
• Description: Great teaching isn’t so different from putting on a rock concert—both require energy, creativity, and a focus on the audience. This session explores how instructors can embrace their “rockstar” potential in the classroom by blending engagement, innovation, and performance with sound educational practices. Participants will learn how to captivate students through interactive and exciting teaching methods, deliver lessons with confidence and enthusiasm, and keep the student experience at the center of their approach. At the same time, we’ll highlight how to balance these dynamic strategies with compliance and academic standards, ensuring that inspiration and accountability go hand in hand. Whether you’re a new instructor or a seasoned educator, you’ll leave with fresh ideas, practical tools, and renewed motivation to deliver lessons that truly resonate.

12:15 PM | Lunch & All-Star Instructor Awards

1:15 PM | Session III

• AI Use Cases - Pros & Cons 
• Steve Watkins,  VP Program Development & Regulatory Affairs, Unitek Learning 
• Description:  Artificial Intelligence is reshaping education and the skilled trades, offering tools to streamline various processes including lesson planning, student surveys, exam prep, and student engagement while also raising concerns around accuracy, ethics, and overreliance. This session will highlight practical AI use cases in education, outlining where the technology can enhance instruction and where caution is needed, giving instructors balanced insights to effectively and responsibly use AI in their work.

2:30 PM | Conference Closing & Raffles

Registration is now open for the LAPCS Conference.

LAPCS Members: $115 regular | $130 late

Nonmembers: $150 regular | $175 late

Regular: August 16 - September 15

Late: September 16 - September 26

For registration assistance, please email events@career.org.

Groups may also email their registration roster to events@career.org to streamline the registration process. 

We have a small block of room reserved for attendees. The block will be available until September 9th or when sold out.

One instructor from each campus will be recognized as the All-Star Instructor. Please complete the form below and each All-Star Instructor will be recognized in-person at the conference on September 26th. We ask that all All-Star Instructors attend the conference in-person. 

Nominations are due September 4, 2025.

Exhibitor Rate: $500

Includes one registration and standard table booth setup (6ft table and 2 chairs) setup inside session room.

ACES Allied Members - please email events@career.org to confirm your attendance, no registration required. 

For questions regarding the conference, please contact us at events@career.org.