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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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7:00am PDT

WA-FACSE Board Meeting Skybridge Boardroom

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C Registration Open WA-ACTE Office Section Tables Daveport Grand Lobby

9:00am PDT

WA-ACTE Summer Conference Welcome! Grand Ballroom A,B,CMichelle Spenser Adult CPR/AED/First Aid Meeting Room # 7Stefanie Brophy • Taelar Shelton

10:00am PDT

Prescribing Success with iCEV Health Science Terrace EastLisa Fish-Hendrickson • Maggie Mcgill AI Empowered Presentations That Don’t Suck Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Vocabulary in Action Meeting Room #10Robin Palmer WA ACTE New Member Meet & Greet Cedar BallroomJodi Jacobs How Do WE Manage the Classroom Meeting Room # 5Kimberly Coleman Amplify Student Success Using MBA Research Resources and AI Tools for FBLA Competitive Events Terrace WestHolli Ryan-Kalaleh • Tami Perez Bringing Business, Personal Finance, and Career Readiness Together Meeting Room # 4Mikael Taylor “You Can’t Be What You Can’t See”: Expanding Career Awareness in Rural Communities Meeting Room # 2Jessica Gerdes • Ken Roberts Building Professional Communication Skills for Students Meeting Room # 3Aaron Tomyn CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Maple BallroomWilliam Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Keeping It Simple Stupid: K.I.S.S. strategies for success in CTE programs. Birch BallroomSteven Braun CANCELLED - Building Career-Connected Classrooms: Integrating Washington's Creative Economy into Your Curriculum Northwest PackageNicole Hendrix • Darlene Edouard

11:00am PDT

Bring Career Pathways to life: Hands-On Learning for Tomorrow’s Workforce Terrace EastMaggie Mcgill • Lisa Fish-Hendrickson Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honor: Protecting Decision Quality and Ethical Practice in Professional Settings Cedar BallroomRenee Sunday Get Kids Hooked on The Right Drugs Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Leveraging SchooLinks Potential to Support CTE Programs & Industry Connections Meeting Room # 5Melissa Dilling LIFESMARTS - Curriculum, State and National Competition and the GAME Meeting Room # 1Suzanne Klenk Money Decisions Start Early: Engaging Activities for Middle School CTE Meeting Room #10Robin Palmer Ideas for a Student Ran Enterprise Meeting Room # 4Andrew Hill Level Up to Win: AI + MBA Research for DECA Success Terrace WestTami Perez • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C Exhibitor Show Open Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

Building Future-Ready STEM Pathways with Sphero Birch BallroomShane Yorton What happened to the 3rd R (Rigor)??? Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo Voices in Policy: WA-ACTE Legislative Review & Priority Setting Meeting Room #10Jesse Taylor Ignite Learning with Laser Precision: Empowering Classrooms with xTool P2S Meeting Room # 3Faith Taylor Body Tissue Types Dissection Lab Meeting Room # 2Kirsten D. Harvey MEd, LAT, ATC Professionalizing AI Use in the Classroom: From Prompts to Workflows Meeting Room # 4Eric Ogden Why Good People Burn Out: What Great Teams Do Differently Meeting Room #11Ton Nguyen EGMS Perkins Grants & CLNA Working Session Terrace WestClarisse Leong From Basic Circuits to Industrial Automation: Building Student Skills Through Hands-On Learning Terrace EastBen Hamlett CTE Bootcamp: A Crash Course for the New-to-CTE Family Cedar BallroomCourtney Peart • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Megan Benzing • Tracy Powell • Kari Morgan • Krista Fox Punch Positive : The Missing Link Between Engagement, Resilience, and Real-World Performance Maple BallroomLita Mae Button

2:00pm PDT

Empowering the Community: A Student-Centered Approach to IRCs & WBL Meeting Room #10Alex Iund Framing Failure to Facilitate Future Fruition Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo Dysregulation, Dissociation, and Discombobulation: Understanding Brain Science and Its Impact on Student Learning and Behavior Birch BallroomKeith Orchard Agri-Tech Infrastructure: Engineering Sustainable Workforce Labs with the Garden Caterpillar Meeting Room # 3Michele Madison • Faith Taylor

3:00pm PDT

Boost CTE Enrollment & Build Your Community Talent Pipeline Meeting Room #10Alex Iund Finding Your Flock: Connecting Computer Science Educators Across Washington Meeting Room # 1Michelle Laskowski Future‑Ready STEM Starts Here: Why PLTW Leads the Way Meeting Room # 4Diane Lashinsky Stukent CTE - Courses, Simternships, Certification Prep, & Certifications Meeting Room #12Conner Jones

4:00pm PDT

Vendor Social Grand Ballroom A,B,C

5:30pm PDT

🌟 Celebrating Our Stars: WA-ACTE Awards & Recognition Gala Ballroom 100, Convention CenterDottie Record • Michelle Spenser

6:30pm PDT

WITEA Member Social FlatStick PubCheyenne LaViolette • Marcus Sullivan