Skill Shift: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Trades

Connecting for Success 2026 is just one week away! We are excited to come together once again to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another as we explore this year’s theme:



Skill Shift: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Trades

Welcome Our Headlining Speaker: Jeff Riley

We are honored to welcome Jeff Riley, former Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, as the Headlining Speaker for #CFS2026.

With more than 30 years of experience in public education, Jeff has served as a teacher, counselor, principal, superintendent, and state education leader. Most notably, he served as the Commonwealth’s 24th Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, where he championed educational excellence, student opportunity, and workforce readiness.

As we gather to discuss the evolving landscape of education and career preparation, Jeff’s insights will help guide important conversations about preparing students for success in today and tomorrow’s workforce.

We look forward to welcoming one of Massachusetts’ most influential education leaders to the Connecting for Success stage.

Registration remains open for both the conference and preconference sessions. Click below to secure your spot and join us for two days of learning, networking, and inspiration.

Already registered? Now is the perfect time to download the SCHED app and begin building your conference schedule. SCHED will be the official source for:

· Session planning

· Conference announcements

· Schedule updates

· Real-time event information

Be sure to download the app before arriving so you’re ready to make the most of your conference experience.

Connecting for Success would not be possible without the generous support of our conference sponsors. Their partnership helps make this event possible.

A special thank you to:

· Energy Efficient Investments (EEI)

· Earth Forward Group

· Edmentum

· Fitchburg State University

· iCEV

· Pathful

· Universal Screening Studio

We look forward to seeing you at #CFS2026!

The CFS Team

June 29 + 30, 2026

Join your colleagues and gain access to some of the best information

available to anyone in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education!