WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

Create Your Own Event

WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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Kelsie Maney

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 Too Hot for Silos: Turning Up the Heat on STEM Integration Birch BallroomMegan Benzing

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 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 Too Hot for? : AI-Integrated Frameworks with a HOT Approach Birch BallroomHolli Ryan-Kalaleh Running a T-Shirt Student Based Enterprise Maple BallroomAdam Smith

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

AI That Thinks With Students, Not For Them Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick Equity in Arts Education: Data-Driven Insights Meeting Room # 4Miranda Leigh Hein, M.Ed., NBCT • Tamar Krames Fueling the People Who Fuel the School Maple BallroomDottie Record Beyond Points: Implementing Competency-Based Grading and Employability Skills Across Career Pathways Birch BallroomDanielle Morton

10:00am PDT

The Game Plan: How Games Develop Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking Maple BallroomJessica Elshire-Kenny • Heather Matsuda Frustrations with communication between Administrators and Instructors. What are they thinking? Meeting Room # 4Brian Ellis STEM Camp/STEM Night Activities Meeting Room #10Adam Smith

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C WA-CCER Board Meeting and Awards Luncheon Meeting Room # 3Nora Zollweg WA-FACSE Awards Luncheon Cedar BallroomCassie Mueller

2:00pm PDT

FREE Industry Certifications...With my Library Card? Meeting Room # 1Joyce Abbott Teacher-Parent Toolbelt: EdTech Hacks for Life & Learning Meeting Room # 3Rena Clark

10:00am PDT

The Safe-to-Fail Lab: Resilience over Perfection Birch BallroomMeloni Courtway

11:00am PDT

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