WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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9:00am PDT

Tuesday August 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT

Scrum is a subset of Agile and a powerful way to help students gain fundamental skills in managing projects - and it's useful for departmental teams too! Come check out the basics here!

Speakers

Jim Flatmo

Teacher, AMES / Everett SD

Jim is a veteran game development teacher who also runs a development studio and the Advanced Media Entertainment Society: A nonprofit dedicated to increasing educational opportunities for media creator students. He believes that it's possible to engage students more by bringing the... Read More →

Tuesday August 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
Meeting Room # 5

WE-BAM

10:00am PDT

Frustrations with communication between Administrators and Instructors. What are they thinking?

Tuesday August 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

Meeting Room # 5

This workshop is an opporuntiy to work in teams to discuss ways to better communicate with your administrators. You will be given different scenarios that are real examples in schools. This is not an administrator bashing session. The presentation gives you examples that maybe your have not experienced yet, but you probably will. Hopefully you will have some new tools to help you navigate your way through when it does.

Speakers

Brian Ellis

agricultural education instructor, Tonasket School District

Brian Ellis is currently an agriculture education teacher at Tonasket High School. He is currently the WAAE President (Past President Position at the ACTE Conference). He has been a teacher and administrator/CTE director at the building level since 1999. I have taught in large and... Read More →

2026 WA ACTE Presentation pdf

Tuesday August 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Meeting Room # 5

WAAE

2:00pm PDT

Targeted by Design: Using SchooLinks to Build Intentional Work-Based Learning Programs

Tuesday August 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT

Meeting Room # 5

How do you connect the best students to work-based learning opportunities that actually align with their goals? In this live SchooLinks demo, Spokane Public School’s CTE coordinator shares how she uses SchooLinks reporting & filters, career assessment data, and eligibility criteria to intentionally match students to exploratory and preparatory opportunities inside of their district. Both SchooLinks core platform and the WBL suite will be showcased.

Speakers

Suzanne Gretch

CTE Coordinator, Spokane Public Schools

Suzanne Gretch is the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator for Spokane Public Schools and a proud graduate of the Eastern Washington University CTE Director Program. With 22 years of experience in education — including the last 15 dedicated exclusively to CTE — Suzanne... Read More →

Tuesday August 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Meeting Room # 5

WA-CCER, Leadership

3:00pm PDT

Honoring Every Pathway: How Data Reshaped College and Career Center Programming

Tuesday August 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

Meeting Room # 5

Over the course of five years, Issaquah School District transformed its college and career centers from a reactive, college-focused model into a forward-thinking system built on data and tiered student support. In this session, explore the data sources driving smarter decisions, how programming has evolved to honor all post-secondary pathways, and how High School and Beyond Plans are used to intentionally connect students to events, speakers, and activities aligned with their individual goals.

Speakers

Lisa Neighbours

Director of CTE, Issaquah School District

Lisa Neighbours is the Director of Career and Technical Education for the Issaquah School District, where she has spent 15 years working alongside students, teachers, and school communities to make career and college readiness more than just a buzzword. After nearly a decade as a... Read More →

Tuesday August 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Meeting Room # 5

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