WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

Brian Mathieson

Vancouver Public Schools

Assistant Director of Career/College Readiness

Vancouver, WA

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8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C Registration Open WA-ACTE Office

9:00am PDT

WA-ACTE Summer Conference Welcome! Grand Ballroom A,B,CMichelle Spenser

10:00am PDT

CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Maple BallroomWilliam Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge

11:00am PDT

Bring Career Pathways to life: Hands-On Learning for Tomorrow’s Workforce Terrace EastLisa Fish-Hendrickson • Maggie Mcgill

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

CTE Bootcamp: A Crash Course for the New-to-CTE Family Cedar BallroomMegan Benzing • Krista Fox • Kari Morgan • Courtney Peart • Tracy Powell • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh

2:00pm PDT

Dysregulation, Dissociation, and Discombobulation: Understanding Brain Science and Its Impact on Student Learning and Behavior Birch BallroomKeith Orchard

3:00pm PDT

Boost CTE Enrollment & Build Your Community Talent Pipeline Meeting Room #10Alex Iund

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

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

3:00pm PDT

New CTE Director Resources Cedar BallroomKrista Fox • Kari Morgan

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

CTE Dual Credit - How Do You Explain That To Kids? Meeting Room #11Proctor

10:00am PDT

Building Opportunity: CTE Meets College in the High School in Workforce Training Meeting Room # 3Jason Boatwright • Jessica Dempsey

11:00am PDT

SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Proctor

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

IN-PERSON CANCELLED: VIDEO AVAILABLE: Getting to Know Your Students and Their WHY: With the Help of AIScott Le Duc Targeted by Design: Using SchooLinks to Build Intentional Work-Based Learning Programs Meeting Room # 5Suzanne Gretch

3:00pm PDT

Honoring Every Pathway: How Data Reshaped College and Career Center Programming Meeting Room # 5Lisa Neighbours