“If you have never attended a Rubin Dream Job webinar with your students, you need to make it a priority. The live sessions are amazing.” 

CTE in Virginia

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In the image, Danny Rubin (upper right), founder of Rubin, interviews Hilal Patel, a lab technician for a large hospital system in Virginia. Sign language services are provided at the bottom of the screen. The Dream Job webinar took place in late 2022.

Welcome!

We hope you will join educators around the country for an exciting summer season of FREE, live Rubin webinars for professional development.

During each Dream Job webinar, we hold a live conversation with professionals in a variety of CTE career pathways. The webinars teach students about nature of the job and the importance of employability skills for college and career readiness.

During our “summer PD” webinars, we do a deep dive into important CTE topics and provide hands-on lessons teachers can use in the classroom.

See the full summer schedule below and secure your seats now!

Finally, we record all the webinars and post them to our YouTube channel. Subscribe today and never miss a new video!

Further questions? Email support@rubineducation.com

Fall 2024 Webinar Schedule

Dream Job: Senior Editor of the Royal Family for People Magazine

• Special guest: Erin Hill, senior editor of the British Royal Family for People magazine. Yes, THAT People magazine!
• Watch the recording!​
• Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

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Dream Job: HVAC Technician

• Special guest: Rick Velasco, an HVAC veteran with more than thirty years of experience.
• ​Watch the recording!
• Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

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Dream Job: Drone Pilot

Webinar in Partnership with Business Professionals of America (BPA)

• Special guest: Jimmy Olivero with Lyfted Media. The company has provided drone footage to Netflix, Nat Geo, A&E (“Storage Wars”) and more!
• Watch the recording!
• Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.​

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Dream Job: Dental Assistant

Webinar in Partnership with HOSA – Future Health Professionals

• Special guests: Cindy Beck, HOSA board chair and Scherry Clarke, dental assistant instructor from The Foleck Center.
• Watch the recording!
• Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.​

Dream Job: Accountant

Webinar in Partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF)

• Special guest: Michael Durant, a CPA in New York City who works with high-net-worth clients. We also speak with Susan Climan and Kirsten Kirby from NAF.
• Watch the recording!
• Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.​​

Dream Job: Construction Manager

Webinar in Partnership with National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)

• Tuesday, November 19 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT
• ​Register now — space is limited!​
• Special guest: Fred Napolitano, project manager with Napolitano Homes in North Carolina and Virginia.

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Dream Job: Graphic Designer

Webinar in Partnership with National Business Education Association (NBEA)

• Monday, December 9 at 12 pm ET/9 am PT
• ​Register now — space is limited!​
• Special guest: Kevin Carobine, design and brand manager for the City of Virginia Beach.

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Dream Job: Physical Therapist

• Wednesday, December 18 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT
• ​Register now — space is limited!​
• Special guest: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Richard Spector from the Wellness Institute in Bluffton, South Carolina. Dr. Spector specializes in neck and back pain, joint replacements and balance.

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Want more? Dive into our “Dream Job” webinar archive for college and career readiness!

Health Sciences

• Dream Job: Pediatric Neurologist
  • Special guest: Dr. Ryan Williams, pediatric neurologist at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) in Virginia
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Veterinarian
  • Special guest: Dr. Alyson Yaary from Animal Medical Center of Virginia Beach
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Nurse
  • Special guests: Hillary Weller, RN and Michelle Tinner, MHA, BSN, RN
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar

• Dream Job: Athletic Trainer
  • Special guest: Jana Katz, certified athletic trainer for Bishop Ireton High School outside of Washington, DC
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Lab Technician
  • Special guest: Hiral Patel, senior clinical laboratory scientist for a large health system
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Pharmacy Technician
  • Special guest: Mahima Subedi, pharmacy technician at CVS
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar

• Dream Job: Dentist
  • Special guest: Dr. Daniel Vacendak of Vacendak Dentristy in Virginia — he’s the dentist and business owner
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Occupational Therapist
  • Special guest: Stephanie Lemelle, occupational therapist at Sentara General Hospital
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Psychologist
  • Special guest: Clinical school psychologist Dr. Stephanie Lachman
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Surgical Technician
  • • Special guest: Surgical Assistant Alex Leming from Sentara Norfolk Hospital in Virginia
    • Watch the recording!
    • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Hospital Administrator
  • Special guest: Doug Grant, nursing home administrator at Golden Glades Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in North Miami Beach, Florida
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet the corresponds with the webinar.

Agriculture

• Dream Job: Flower Farmer
  • Special guests: Liza Goetz, founder and chief flower grower at Wildly Native Flower Farm in Chestertown, Maryland and Chris Brosch, nutrient management program administrator at the Delaware Department of Agriculture
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Cattle Farmer
  • Special guests: Alex Martson from Martson Family Farms and Ryan Fleischer from ButcherBox
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

The Trades and the Service Industry

• Dream Job: Electrician
  • Special guest: Nichole Shanks, workforce development manager for ACE Electric in Valdosta, GA
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Apprenticeships 
  • Special guests: Chuck Little, HR director for the Atlanta Electrical Contractors Association​ and Corey Collier, apprentice instructor at Atlanta Electrical Training Center
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Welder
  • • Special guest: “Fish” Pishnock from Oceaneering
    • Watch the recording!
    • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Hair Salon Owner
  • Special guests: Andra Rosenberg, hairstylist for TV/film (Hulu, Showtime) and Lauren Taylor, owner of Bay Barber Co. in Chesapeake, Virginia.
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

Dream Job: Plumber and Painter

• Special guest: Kimberly Hoke of AKK Painting, a commercial and residential painting company in Virginia
• Watch the recording!
• Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Dream Job: Auto Mechanic

• Special guest: Justin Winter, head mechanic at Holland Road Auto Center with 14 years of experience.
• Watch the recording!
• Worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Dream Job: Firefighter

• Special guest: Dave Hutcheson, retired fire chief who began as a volunteer firefighter and then led more than 500+ firefighters as the chief.
• Watch the recording!
• Worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Dream Job: Esthetician

• Special guest: Helaina Queen, esthetician at Q Beauty Studio in Washington, Pennsylvania.
• Watch the recording!
• Worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Dream Job: Forensic Specialist

• Special guest: Mary DeLugo, forensic supervisor and latent print examiner for Suffolk (Va.) Police Department.
• Watch the recording!
• Worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Sports and Entertainment

• Dream Job: Fashion Designer
  • • Special guest: Sharon Sever, designer for internationally-known wedding dress designer Galia Lahav
    • Watch the recording!
    • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Major League Sports Marketing
  • Special guests: Maddie Redmond, corporate marketing for the Dallas Cowboys and Brett Raisman, coordinator for the New York Islanders
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Hollywood Film Producer
  • Special guest: Craig Peck, Hollywood film producer whose production company, Alcon Entertainment, has given us popular movies like “The Blind Side,” “Blade Runner 2049,” “Dolphin Tale” and “Something Borrowed.”
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Major League Sports Executives
  • Special guests: Scott Zumsteg, executive with the San Francisco Giants (Major League Baseball team) and Richard Fedesco, executive with the Portland Trailblazers (National Basketball Association team)
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Sports Agent
  • Special guest: Tay Hawkins, senior sports agent with Hawker Family Sports & Entertainment
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar

• Dream Job: Athletic Director
  • Special guest: Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director Carolyn Crutchfield from Old Dominion University (Division I athletics program)
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

• Dream Job: Hotel General Manager
  • Special guest: Stacey Shiflet, former general manager of a resort hotel in the Mid-Atlantic who began her career working the front desk
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Flight Attendant
  • Special guests: Liam Franklin and Ben Hirschhaut, flight attendants for United who fly domestically and internationally (ex: London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Germany and Portugal).
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Culinary Arts

• Dream Job: Executive Chef
  • Special guests: Max Green, owner of bar/restaurant Blue Quarter in New York City, and Jared Bobkin, an executive chef in Michigan who has been featured twice on FOX’s “Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay”
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Restaurant Manager
  • Special guest: Calvin Coleman, manager of Brothers restaurant, a steakhouse owned by longtime NBA referee Tony Brothers.
  • Watch the recording!
  • ​Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

Technology

• Dream Job: Video Game Developer
  • Special guest: Paul Silverman from Bethesda, one of the largest video game companies in the world! (ex: Doom, The Elder Scrolls, Skyrim)
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Cybersecurity Expert 
  • Special guest: Mike Frieder, president of On Call Computer Solutions
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Video Game Developer
  • Special guests: Paul Silverman and Ryan Woodland from ZeniMax Online Studios, the company behind the RPG The Elder Scrolls® Online. ZeniMax’s parent company, Bethesda Games, is also known for popular titles like Doom, Fallout and Skyrim.
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Space Explorer 
  • Special guest: Eric Ingram, CEO of Scouts Inc., a leader in accessible technology for space exploration
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Data Analyst
  • Special guest: Tyler Frankenberg, senior data Engineer at 3Cloud, an award-winning Microsoft partner (ex: Azure)
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar.

• Dream Job: Digital Trading Cards Expert
  • Special guest: Paul Silverman, chief researcher at Sorare (based in Paris, France)
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar.

• Dream Job: Mechanical and Industrial Engineers
  • Special guest: Spencer Jason with Fireye, a maker of fire safety products
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

• Dream Job: Software Developer Focusing on A.I.
  • Special guest: Amit Shkolnik, a 20-year veteran of A.I., machine learning and deep thinking technology
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Dream Job: Web Developer

• Special guest: Don Blankinship from TechArk web development firms
• Watch the recording!
• Worksheet that corresponds to the webinar.

Marketing and Business

• Dream Job: Marketing Professional
  • Special guest: Marc Cohen, the vice president of global marketing and communications for a large IT firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Marc is also a DECA advisor!
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Social Media Marketer
  • Special guest: Marnie Nathanson, president of The Social Status Co. and former social media strategist for Sesame Street, NBC Olympics and MTV
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Mortgage Lender and Real Estate Agent
  • Special guests: Colby Raymond, mortgage lender at Tidewater Home Funding, and Lety Pena, Realtor, GRI with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Influencer Marketer
  • Special guest: Amber Miller, influencer marketer with 110,000+ Instagram followers (@ambermiller9), who has partnered with national brands like Dunkin’, Express, Fabletics, Kroger, Papa John’s, Hertz and more.
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar.

• Dream Job: Fitness Entrepreneur
  • Special guest: Jennifer Strout, founder of MotivateU, an online platform for fitness professionals to manage their courses, clients, payment and more
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet the corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Online Banker
  • Special guest: Adam Rosen from Chime online banking
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Advertising Executive
  • • Special guest: Michele DeMaio, advertising account executive at Amazon
    • Watch the recording!
    • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

Legal

• Dream Job: Lawyer
  • Special guests: Heather Steele and Leonard Tengco, lawyers from Pesner, Altmiller, Melnick and DeMers, PLC, a well-known legal practice in the Washington, DC area
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Police Chief
  • Special guest: Rodney Muterspaw, former police chief in Middletown, Ohio (the setting of the hit 2020 movie “Hillbilly Elegy”) and bestselling author of The Blue View: The Uncut Journal of an Ohio Police Chief
    
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

Education

• Dream Job: Educator
  • Special guest: Principal Paul Barker from King Cove School in Alaska
  • Watch the recording!
  • Worksheet students can use in the webinar

• Dream Job: Child Care Professional
  • • Special guest: Elyssa Brinn, assistant director of the Early Years Program at Strelitz International Academy
    • Watch the recording!
    • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Special Conversation: AI and the Future of Education
  • • Wednesday, April 26 at 12:30 pm ET/9:30 am PT
    • Special guests: Two thought leaders on AI tools and education — Dr. Chris Basgier from Auburn University and Anna Mills from College of Marin
    • Watch the recording!

Military and Law Enforcement

• Dream Job: Police Lieutenant
  • Special guest: Lt. Scott Myers of the Coral Springs (Florida) Police
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

• Dream Job: Military Recruiter
  • Special guest: Operations Specialist 2 (recruiter) Darcy Pretty from the US Navy
  • Watch the recording!
  • Student worksheet that corresponds with the webinar.

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One more! Check out our summer “Rubin Learning Series” webinars for professional development

• Powerful Virtual Presentation Skills
  • Expert techniques to give unforgettable virtual talks
  • Watch the recording!

• Exceptional Resume & Cover Letter
  • Help students write job applications that turn heads and open doors
  • Watch the recording!

• Your Best Job Interview Ever
  • Give students the secret formula to “wow” any employer
  • Watch the recording!

• How to Send Emails Like a Pro
  • The essential primer that shows students how to write stellar emails
  • Watch the recording!

• Life Skills Every Student Must Have
  • Cursive signatures, professional headshots, emailing teachers and more
  • Watch the recording!

• The Ultimate CTSO Competition Training
  • Communication tips and techniques that win at competition. Period.
  • Watch the recording!

• Top Employability Activities for Inclusion, Access, Equity and Diversity (IAED)
  • Led by Danny Rubin, communications professional and founder of Rubin
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Watch the recording!

• How to Teach Ethics and Employability at the Same Time
  • Connect ethical discussions with real-world career challenges.
  • Watch the recording!

• How to Communicate with Authenticity in a ChatGPT, AI-Driven World
  • Maintain your voice in a world that wants to make you a robot.
  • Watch the recording!

• Financial Literacy Essentials for the Job Search and Workplace
  • Come away with a powerful toolkit to teach math for careers.
  • Watch the recording!

• Lead with Purpose: How to Write the Best Work Emails of Your Life
  • Simple techniques to become the strongest communicator on the team.
  • Watch the recording!

• Best Classroom Exercises to Promote Mental Health
  • Led by Danny Rubin, communications professional and founder of Rubin
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Watch the recording!

• The #1 Prep Guide for Career Fairs
  • Led by Danny Rubin, communications professional and founder of Rubin
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Watch the recording!

• Expert Lessons to Strengthen Group Dynamics
  • Led by Danny Rubin, communications professional and founder of Rubin
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Watch the recording!