WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

Kate Atvars

Lake Washington School DIstrict

College and Career Readiness Program Specialist

10:00am PDT

Keeping It Simple Stupid: K.I.S.S. strategies for success in CTE programs. Birch BallroomSteven Braun

11:00am PDT

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

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

CTE Bootcamp: A Crash Course for the New-to-CTE Family Cedar BallroomCourtney Peart • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Megan Benzing • Tracy Powell • Kari Morgan • Krista Fox Why Good People Burn Out: What Great Teams Do Differently Meeting Room #11Ton Nguyen

3:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

Vendor Social Grand Ballroom A,B,C

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 Maple BallroomCourtney Peart

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 CTE Reporting - Equivalencies, Industry Recognized Certifications and Work Based Learning Meeting Room # 3Lisa A Ireland

2:00pm PDT

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

3:00pm PDT

Too Hot for Electives: Turning Up the Heat on Art as CTE Birch BallroomMegan Benzing Beyond the Checkbox: Advisory Boards that Deliver Maple BallroomCourtney Peart

4:00pm PDT

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

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 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 Frustrations with communication between Administrators and Instructors. What are they thinking? Meeting Room # 4Brian Ellis

11:00am PDT

SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Proctor

2:00pm PDT

Adobe Express Luminary Training update Terrace EastSierra Larkin • Rachel Schwartz

3:00pm PDT

Honoring Every Pathway: How Data Reshaped College and Career Center Programming Meeting Room # 5Lisa Neighbours Unlocking Safety Cedar BallroomRandi Krieg • Joshua Krieg

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

11:00am PDT

How to Speak "Business" : An Insider's View to Connect to Employers Meeting Room # 2Dr. Wade Larson

12:00pm PDT

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