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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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7:30am PDT

Registration Open WA-ACTE Office

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

Opening Session: Hope. Opportunity. Tenacity: The Mindset That Shapes Futures Grand Ballroom A,B,CRoss Short • Niki Spears • Michelle Spenser Exhibitor Show Open Grand Ballroom A,B,C

11:00am PDT

OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Cedar BallroomHolli Ryan-Kalaleh OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Terrace EastKrista Fox OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Birch BallroomMegan Benzing OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Maple BallroomCourtney Peart OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Terrace WestKari Morgan OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Meeting Room # 1Tracy Powell WA-ACTE Blood Drive Grand Ballroom A,B,CJodi Jacobs • Dottie Record Section Tables Daveport Grand Lobby

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

"Finfluencers": Fantastic free financial advice you can take to the bank? Or are you (or your students) getting taken? Meeting Room #11Lyn Peters Building Vision, Hope and Momentum with Future Pathway Alignment - Tips, tricks and tactics for driving student engagement with career pathways. Meeting Room # 2Ryan Chun • Tyler Lafferty CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge CTE Reporting - Equivalencies, Industry Recognized Certifications and Work Based Learning Meeting Room # 3Lisa A Ireland Digital Badges for Career Readiness: Validating Skills & Pathways in the Creative Economy Workforce Meeting Room # 1Nicole Hendrix • Darlene Edouard From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 1) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Mikael Taylor • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh Robotics! Mechatronics! Meeting Room # 5Faith Taylor Too Hot for Silos: Turning Up the Heat on STEM Integration Birch BallroomMegan Benzing Building Tenacity: A Deeper Dive into The Energy Map Cedar BallroomNiki Spears

2:00pm PDT

Solve the Case: The Healthcare Roles Your Students Are Missing Meeting Room # 4Dawn McReynolds CANCELLED - From Exploration to Certification: Building End-to-End Career Pathways with Pearson Career ReadyMarkale Chadaz CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Design Thinking for the Workforce Pipeline: From Data to Action Terrace WestRaeshawna Ware • Ryan Beard From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 2) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Mikael Taylor Getting Students College and Career Ready with Stackable, Industry-Recognized Credentials Meeting Room #10Daniel Bird • Aaron Peasley Sex Trafficking Prevention and Awareness for the Education Community Meeting Room # 3Julie McNamara-Dahl • Bev Miller The value of advisory boards for educator preparation programs Meeting Room # 2KC Hoffman Mendez Too Hot to Horse Around: Turning up the Heat on Agriculture in CTE Birch BallroomTracy Powell Course Launch Lab Maple BallroomCourtney Peart Work Shop Maintenance & Safety Training Meeting Room # 1Morgan J Richards

3:00pm PDT

CANCELLED - Clearing the Path: Policy, Practice, and Youth Access to Healthcare Work Meeting Room # 3Renee Fullerton • Dr. Donald Smith, Jr Expanding Health Science Pathways: Bringing Dentistry to High School Programs Meeting Room # 3Stefanie Brophy CANCELLED - The New Career Bridge: 7,000 Pathways, One Tool for Your Classroom Meeting Room # 2Marina Parr New CTE Director Resources Cedar BallroomKrista Fox • Kari Morgan Preparing CTE Educators: Accessible Certification Pathways Through CWU Meeting Room # 5Jodi Musser • Ashley Hanby • Kaylee Loyd Too Hot for Electives: Turning Up the Heat on Art as CTE Birch BallroomMegan Benzing WA State Registered Apprenticeship Meeting Room #11Christina Chance Beyond the Checkbox: Advisory Boards that Deliver Maple BallroomCourtney Peart CTElink Framework Builder: Create, Review, and Export OSPI-Ready Course Frameworks Meeting Room # 4Taylor Smith Advanced Strategies for Using the MBA Research Learning Center Terrace EastTami Perez

4:00pm PDT

CTE as a Literacy Bridge: Integrating Career and Technical Education to Support Language Acquisition and Academic Success Meeting Room # 1Dr. Sarah Clark OSPI Statewide Update: Policy, Priorities, and What's Ahead Cedar BallroomClarisse Leong • Becky Wallace Too Hot for? : AI-Integrated Frameworks with a HOT Approach Birch BallroomHolli Ryan-Kalaleh Industry 4.0 Credentials for Engineering, Manufacturing, Automation, & Robotics Meeting Room # 3Alex Bechtler Skate4Concrete Certification an Example of Implementation Meeting Room #11Crystal Howard Running a T-Shirt Student Based Enterprise Maple BallroomAdam Smith

6:00pm PDT

WA-FACSE Social Event FlatStick PubMaddy Whitehurst • Holly Unruh