WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

Amy Francis

Kennewick School District

Assistant Director, Career & College Readiness

Kennewick, Washington

ksd.org

10:00am PDT

AI Empowered Presentations That Don’t Suck Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc

1:00pm PDT

EGMS Perkins Grants & CLNA Working Session Terrace WestClarisse Leong

2:00pm PDT

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

Finding Your Flock: Connecting Computer Science Educators Across Washington Meeting Room # 1Michelle Laskowski

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

11:00am PDT

OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Terrace EastKrista Fox

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

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

2:00pm PDT

Solve the Case: The Healthcare Roles Your Students Are Missing Meeting Room # 4Dawn McReynolds CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 2) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Mikael Taylor

3:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

OSPI Statewide Update: Policy, Priorities, and What's Ahead Cedar BallroomClarisse Leong • Becky Wallace Running a T-Shirt Student Based Enterprise Maple BallroomAdam Smith

9:00am PDT

AI That Thinks With Students, Not For Them Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick CTE Dual Credit - How Do You Explain That To Kids? Meeting Room #11Proctor Support Staff: Behind the Scenes of Success -How WBL Support Staff Empower CTE Programs Meeting Room # 5DeAngelo Friends • Hanna Grove • Amie Mitchell

10:00am PDT

Worksite Learning Intro and Updates Birch BallroomKari Morgan

11:00am PDT

Free Financial Education Guest Speakers for your Classroom Meeting Room #11Tony Leahy

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

Financial Education Learning Standards Update and Input Opportunity Cedar BallroomAngela Allen FREE Industry Certifications...With my Library Card? Meeting Room # 1Joyce Abbott Targeted by Design: Using SchooLinks to Build Intentional Work-Based Learning Programs Meeting Room # 5Suzanne Gretch

3:00pm PDT

CTE Office Hours Meeting Room # 3Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Megan Benzing • Tracy Powell • Krista Fox • Courtney Peart • Kari Morgan Honoring Every Pathway: How Data Reshaped College and Career Center Programming Meeting Room # 5Lisa Neighbours

9:00am PDT

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

Responsible AI in Action: Interdisciplinary AI Toolkit Meeting Room # 5Denise Thompson

11:00am PDT

AI Integration in the Classroom (NOT another class on prompting). Meeting Room # 3Matt Mason 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

12:00pm PDT

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