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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C CANCELED - WA-FACSE Business Meeting Maple Ballroom WE-BAM Networking Breakfast Birch Ballroom

9:00am PDT

Beyond the Club: Embedding HOSA into Everyday Instruction Meeting Room # 1Whitney Champlin Longitudinal Career Exposure: Supporting Students from Middle School to Graduation Meeting Room # 5Rachel KW Larson Become a Superhero with Canva Maple BallroomRena Clark From Classroom to Company: Weaving Entrepreneurship Into Every CTE Program Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni From Data to Decisions: Teacher-Driven AI Workflows That Save Time and Improve Results Meeting Room # 2Rick Hamilton From SuperShy to SuperStar Birch BallroomJim Flatmo Redesigning Career Connected Learning: Moving from Programs to Systems Cedar BallroomJim Kindle Reflect, Redirect, and Respond: The importance of student voice and how to take and use feedback in the classroom. Meeting Room # 3Ciara Ashworth

10:00am PDT

Aligning Industry, CTE, and Academics: A Replicable Model for Multi‑Credit Courses Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo CTE Office Hours Meeting Room # 2Megan Benzing • Krista Fox • Kari Morgan • Courtney Peart • Tracy Powell • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh Expanding Opportunity: Ensuring All Students Access Career-Connected Learning Cedar BallroomJim Kindle Responsible AI in Action: Interdisciplinary AI Toolkit Meeting Room # 5Denise Thompson The Benefits of Authoritative Instruction Maple BallroomPatrick Zuniga, Ed.D. The Safe-to-Fail Lab: Resilience over Perfection Birch BallroomMeloni Courtway Stronger Together: Building a Statewide Network to Empower Student Success Meeting Room # 3Nora Zollweg From Classroom to Credential: Designing CTE Programs With Tangible Outcomes Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni From BACE to Beyond: Industry-Aligned Biotech Credentials to Strengthen Career Pathways Meeting Room # 1Tamara Mandell

11:00am PDT

AI Integration in the Classroom (NOT another class on prompting). Meeting Room # 3Matt Mason How to Speak "Business" : An Insider's View to Connect to Employers Meeting Room # 2Dr. Wade Larson Students as Managers: Building Leadership Systems in School-Based Enterprises and Classrooms Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni What Got Me Here: Using Career Stories to Strengthen Mentorship Cedar BallroomJim Kindle Effect of vocational retraining alignment on injured workers’ motivation and well-being, and its application to Career and Technical Education in Washington State Meeting Room # 1Dr. Jantz Garza REVIT: Preparing Students for the Clean‑Energy Workforce Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo

12:00pm PDT

Closing Session and Wrap up! Grand Ballroom A,B,C