WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

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Leah Charlton

Lincoln Middle School

Business & Marketing CTE Teacher

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

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

10:00am PDT

AI Empowered Presentations That Don’t Suck Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Keeping It Simple Stupid: K.I.S.S. strategies for success in CTE programs. Birch BallroomSteven Braun Vocabulary in Action Meeting Room #10Robin Palmer How Do WE Manage the Classroom Meeting Room # 5Kimberly Coleman Amplify Student Success Using MBA Research Resources and AI Tools for FBLA Competitive Events Terrace WestHolli Ryan-Kalaleh • Tami Perez

11:00am PDT

LIFESMARTS - Curriculum, State and National Competition and the GAME Meeting Room # 1Suzanne Klenk Money Decisions Start Early: Engaging Activities for Middle School CTE Meeting Room #10Robin Palmer

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

Building Future-Ready STEM Pathways with Sphero Birch BallroomShane Yorton Professionalizing AI Use in the Classroom: From Prompts to Workflows Meeting Room # 4Eric Ogden

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

Boost CTE Enrollment & Build Your Community Talent Pipeline Meeting Room #10Alex Iund Finding Your Flock: Connecting Computer Science Educators Across Washington Meeting Room # 1Michelle Laskowski

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 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 Building Tenacity: A Deeper Dive into The Energy Map Cedar BallroomNiki Spears 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 Digital Badges for Career Readiness: Validating Skills & Pathways in the Creative Economy Workforce Meeting Room # 1Nicole Hendrix • Darlene Edouard Robotics! Mechatronics! Meeting Room # 5Faith Taylor

2:00pm PDT

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

CANCELLED - The New Career Bridge: 7,000 Pathways, One Tool for Your Classroom Meeting Room # 2Marina Parr 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 Advanced Strategies for Using the MBA Research Learning Center Terrace EastTami Perez

4:00pm PDT

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 Fueling the People Who Fuel the School Maple BallroomDottie Record FBLA 2027 Kick Start Meeting Room #10Adam Smith

10:00am PDT

Chatting with Stacy: Build Your Own AI Assistant for Planning, Communication, and Classroom Workflow Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick Google Forms Tips and Tricks for Efficiency & Engagement. Cedar BallroomDavin Perry The Game Plan: How Games Develop Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking Maple BallroomJessica Elshire-Kenny • Heather Matsuda Canceled: From Blank Framework to Standards-Aligned Framework: Using AI in CTE Meeting Room # 1Scott Sandberg

11:00am PDT

Cardboard Arcades: Creativity, Engineering, and Engagement Meeting Room # 1Rena Clark SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Proctor From Light to Image: Build and Use a Digital Pinhole Camera in Your Classroom Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick Teaching Presentation Excellence with a Plug and Play Instructional Suite Terrace WestMarian Morris

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C Summer WE-BAM Members Meeting Birch BallroomEmily Wray

2:00pm PDT

CANCELLED - Synergizing Success: A Deeper Dive Into Academic IntegrationJill Ranucci, Ph.D. IN-PERSON CANCELLED: VIDEO AVAILABLE: Getting to Know Your Students and Their WHY: With the Help of AIScott Le Duc Teacher-Parent Toolbelt: EdTech Hacks for Life & Learning Meeting Room # 3Rena Clark Adobe Express Luminary Training update Terrace EastSierra Larkin • Rachel Schwartz

3:00pm PDT

Financial Literacy FUNdamentals: Free Resources to Engage Students Meeting Room #10Lesley Mace Not Another AI Demo: The Skills Your Students Actually Need in an AI World Meeting Room #11Nick Quinlan Why Your Program Needs Data, Not Just Instinct Terrace EastHolli Ryan-Kalaleh

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

Longitudinal Career Exposure: Supporting Students from Middle School to Graduation Meeting Room # 5Rachel KW Larson Become a Superhero with Canva Maple BallroomRena Clark From SuperShy to SuperStar Birch BallroomJim Flatmo

10:00am PDT

Responsible AI in Action: Interdisciplinary AI Toolkit Meeting Room # 5Denise Thompson The Benefits of Authoritative Instruction Maple BallroomPatrick Zuniga, Ed.D. 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 REVIT: Preparing Students for the Clean‑Energy Workforce Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo

12:00pm PDT

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