WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

EA

Erick A Swenson

Puyallup School District istrict

Teacher

10:00am PDT

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

11:00am PDT

Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honor: Protecting Decision Quality and Ethical Practice in Professional Settings Cedar BallroomRenee Sunday Get Kids Hooked on The Right Drugs Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Leveraging SchooLinks Potential to Support CTE Programs & Industry Connections Meeting Room # 5Melissa Dilling

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

Professionalizing AI Use in the Classroom: From Prompts to Workflows Meeting Room # 4Eric Ogden What happened to the 3rd R (Rigor)??? Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo Voices in Policy: WA-ACTE Legislative Review & Priority Setting Meeting Room #10Jesse Taylor

2:00pm PDT

Dysregulation, Dissociation, and Discombobulation: Understanding Brain Science and Its Impact on Student Learning and Behavior Birch BallroomKeith Orchard Framing Failure to Facilitate Future Fruition Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo

3:00pm PDT

Stukent CTE - Courses, Simternships, Certification Prep, & Certifications Meeting Room #12Conner Jones

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 Cedar BallroomHolli Ryan-Kalaleh

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

"Finfluencers": Fantastic free financial advice you can take to the bank? Or are you (or your students) getting taken? Meeting Room #11Lyn Peters CTE Reporting - Equivalencies, Industry Recognized Certifications and Work Based Learning Meeting Room # 3Lisa A Ireland

2:00pm PDT

CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Design Thinking for the Workforce Pipeline: From Data to Action Terrace WestRaeshawna Ware • Ryan Beard Sex Trafficking Prevention and Awareness for the Education Community Meeting Room # 3Julie McNamara-Dahl • Bev Miller The value of advisory boards for educator preparation programs Meeting Room # 2KC Hoffman Mendez

3:00pm PDT

Too Hot for Electives: Turning Up the Heat on Art as CTE Birch BallroomMegan Benzing WA State Registered Apprenticeship Meeting Room #11Christina Chance

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 OSPI Statewide Update: Policy, Priorities, and What's Ahead Cedar BallroomClarisse Leong • Becky Wallace

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

AI That Thinks With Students, Not For Them Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick Equity in Arts Education: Data-Driven Insights Meeting Room # 4Miranda Leigh Hein • Tamar Krames Fueling the People Who Fuel the School Maple BallroomDottie Record Equity at Sea: Expanding Access to Maritime Career and Technical Education Through Strategic Partnerships Meeting Room # 1Richard Lauridsen

10:00am PDT

Chatting with Stacy: Build Your Own AI Assistant for Planning, Communication, and Classroom Workflow Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick From Classroom to Crisis: How to Respond When a Student Discloses Substance Use Terrace EastMorgan Davis Shelton

11:00am PDT

SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Marcy Proctor Understanding Federal Child Labor Student Learner Laws and Requirements Birch BallroomMarilyn Delgado

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

FREE Industry Certifications...With my Library Card? Meeting Room # 1Joyce Abbott Beyond the Classroom: The Power of the Simulated Workplace Model Birch BallroomDanielle Morton • Dr. Linda Floyd

3:00pm PDT

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

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

Become a Superhero with Canva Maple BallroomRena Clark

10:00am PDT

Aligning Industry, CTE, and Academics: A Replicable Model for Multi‑Credit Courses Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo The Safe-to-Fail Lab: Resilience over Perfection Birch BallroomMeloni Courtway

11:00am PDT

What Got Me Here: Using Career Stories to Strengthen Mentorship Cedar BallroomJim Kindle

12:00pm PDT

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