WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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Brenda Barragan

Toppenish School District

Teacher

7:30am PDT

Registration Open WA-ACTE Office

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

Exhibitor Show Open Grand Ballroom A,B,C 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 Section Tables Daveport Grand Lobby

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

Building Tenacity: A Deeper Dive into The Energy Map Cedar BallroomNiki Spears CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Too Hot for Silos: Turning Up the Heat on STEM Integration Birch BallroomMegan Benzing

2:00pm PDT

Solve the Case: The Healthcare Roles Your Students Are Missing Meeting Room # 4Dawn McReynolds

3:00pm PDT

CTElink Framework Builder: Create, Review, and Export OSPI-Ready Course Frameworks Meeting Room # 4Taylor Smith

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

6:00pm PDT

WA-FACSE Social Event FlatStick PubHolly Unruh • Maddy Whitehurst

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

8:15am PDT

National CTE Update: Trends, Advocacy, and Opportunities from National ACTE Grand Ballroom A,B,CMichael Connet

9:00am PDT

Generational Care - Preparing Health Science Students to Work with All Populations Meeting Room # 2Ashley Undag • Ashley Undag

10:00am PDT

Washington HOSA - Future Health Professionals Updates Meeting Room # 2Elizabeth Carnesi-Hudson Building Opportunity: CTE Meets College in the High School in Workforce Training Meeting Room # 3Jason Boatwright • Jessica Dempsey

11:00am PDT

The Future of Nursing Assistant Programs in High Schools and High School Partnerships Meeting Room # 2Sandra Gonzalez Graham

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

WCTSMA: Navigating the CTSO Meeting Room # 2WCTSMA Executive Director • Larry Howe Financial Education Learning Standards Update and Input Opportunity Cedar BallroomAngela Allen

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C WE-BAM Networking Breakfast Birch Ballroom

9:00am PDT

Beyond the Club: Embedding HOSA into Everyday Instruction Meeting Room # 1Whitney Champlin

11:00am PDT

Students as Managers: Building Leadership Systems in School-Based Enterprises and Classrooms Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni

12:00pm PDT

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