Sponsors

ACT is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization serving students, job seekers, schools and employers with learning resources, assessments, research and credentials designed to help them succeed from elementary school through career. 

The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world's leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success -- including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement Program®. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit www.collegeboard.org.

DialCare Mental Wellness is a program designed to provide a safe, secure and private means of seeking mental health assistance from licensed counselors via virtual or telephonic counseling sessions. This unique program offers an app-based interface, connecting members with our counselors over the phone and via video chat as well.

CollegeCovered.com, powered by Discover Student Loans, was created to provide students, parents and high school counselors with the know-how to plan and pay for college. This website offers a variety of resources for each step of the college planning process, including compelling editorial content, insider tips and interactive tools. School counselors can access the Resources for Counselors section of the site to easily download and share free college planning resources with students and parents.

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The Gemological Institute of America® (GIA) is the world’s foremost authority on diamonds, colored gemstones and pearls. Established in 1931, GIA is a public benefit, nonprofit institute, and is the leading source of knowledge, standards, and education in gems and jewelry. An accredited, post-secondary educational institution, GIA offers professional credential programs in gemology, jewelry design and jewelry manufacturing at 7 campuses and locations worldwide, including Carlsbad, CA and New York. GIA’s educational programs benefit from and are designed based on the Institute’s industry leading research and technology.

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NABTU is dedicated to the stability of employment and economic security of organized construction workers in North America. Our purpose is to create more work opportunities, achieve living wages and protect benefit standards, not just for the members of our 14 national and international union affiliates, but for all construction workers. Organized construction workers have achieved a powerful voice in government, in bargaining and in their communities. For over a century, NABTU has worked to secure the continued stability of employment and economic security of organized skilled craft professionals in the construction industry.

NCCER is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education foundation created by the construction industry to develop standardized curriculum and assessments with portable credentials to help develop skilled craft professionals. NCCER is recognized by the industry as the training, assessment, certification and career development standard for the construction and maintenance industries.

Second Step by Committee for Children is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to encourage children to thrive. It's a difference you can feel the moment you step through the doors to a Second Step school: a sense of safety and respect grounded in the social-emotional health and well-being of the entire school community. Our research-based program includes professional learning, student instruction, and family communications for preschool through middle school, with bullying prevention and child protection units available through grade 5. Visit SecondStep.org or visit our booth #202.

The SPARK Mentoring Programs Speak to the Potential, Ability, Resilience inside every Kid. The programs reach students in K-12th grade via age appropriate content and activities that effectively reduce risk around high-school drop-out, drug use, bullying, suicide, depression and anxiety, while building resiliency around academic success, social-emotional skills and healthy relationships. The SPARK Mentoring Programs have been proven to increase Mental Well-being through an understanding of how the mind works, Resiliency (both bounce back and compassion in the midst of tough circumstances, Impulse Control, Emotional Regulation, and Communication, Problem-solving and Decision-making skills.