
Beyond the Path: Youth Charting the Course
Thursday, November 6, 2025 (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM) (MST)
Description
We are excited to host a FREE, one-day event bringing together program providers, educators, community members, and partners dedicated to supporting youth under 25. Experience inspiring presentations, a keynote on unlocking career potential, and authentic conversations with students and families while helping shape pathways to success in our community.
Who Should Attend:
• Program providers for youth under 25
• People supporting or investing in youth career development
• Collaborators eager to build pathways to success
• Community members who value homegrown talent
What to Expect:
• Inspiring presentations from regional youth career pathway programs
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doannie Tran, co-founder of the Open Systems Institute and co-author of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy.
• Honest conversations with students and families
• Community visioning session to learn, share, and plan together
Meet our Keynote Speaker: Doannie Tran
As Managing Partner at the Center for Innovation in Education, Dr. Doannie Tran focuses on empowering communities to drive systems change. He leads transformative co-creation projects nationwide, guiding partners through complex challenges. In Kentucky, he facilitated a statewide accountability redesign, securing a $4M federal grant to do so. He has also led strategic planning with districts like Burlington VT, to center student voice; Bellevue WA, to address deep-seated inequities; and Vicksburg MS, to unify a divided community.
Doannie is also co-author of “The Open System” and co-founder of the Open Systems Institute with Landon Mascarenaz, which develops leaders’ capacity for co-creation and whose work has been included in curriculum at universities including Yale, Columbia, Brown and Harvard.
Thank You Partners!
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Light breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided
Free admission; space is limited. Make sure to register using this link!
174 East Gore Creek Drive
Vail, CO 81657 United States
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