WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

Create Your Own Event

WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

Sabrina Barthell

Central Valley High School

CTE Teacher, Business and Marketing, Personal Finance

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

WA ACTE New Member Meet & Greet Cedar BallroomJodi Jacobs Bringing Business, Personal Finance, and Career Readiness Together Meeting Room # 4Mikael Taylor

11:00am PDT

Level Up to Win: AI + MBA Research for DECA Success Terrace WestTami Perez • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh

12:00pm PDT

Exhibitor Show Open Grand Ballroom A,B,C Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

1:00pm PDT

Professionalizing AI Use in the Classroom: From Prompts to Workflows Meeting Room # 4Eric Ogden

2:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

Vendor Social Grand Ballroom A,B,C

7:30am PDT

Registration Open WA-ACTE Office

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

Exhibitor Show Open Grand Ballroom A,B,C 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

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 From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 1) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Mikael Taylor • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh

2:00pm PDT

From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 2) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Mikael Taylor Getting Students College and Career Ready with Stackable, Industry-Recognized Credentials Meeting Room #10Daniel Bird • Aaron Peasley

3:00pm PDT

Advanced Strategies for Using the MBA Research Learning Center Terrace EastTami Perez

4:00pm PDT

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

DECA Update Terrace WestMarian Morris

10:00am PDT

AP Business & Personal Finance Integration Strategies for Your Chapter/Classroom Terrace WestMarian Morris

11:00am PDT

Teaching Presentation Excellence with a Plug and Play Instructional Suite Terrace WestMarian Morris

12:00pm PDT

Summer WE-BAM Members Meeting Birch BallroomEmily Wray

2:00pm PDT

Adobe Express Luminary Training update Terrace EastSierra Larkin • Rachel Schwartz How WBW builds mentorship and work based learning into the school year, and how you can too Meeting Room #11Nick Quinlan

3:00pm PDT

Not Another AI Demo: The Skills Your Students Actually Need in an AI World Meeting Room #11Nick Quinlan

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C WE-BAM Networking Breakfast Birch Ballroom

9:00am PDT

Become a Superhero with Canva Maple BallroomRena Clark

10:00am PDT

Responsible AI in Action: Interdisciplinary AI Toolkit Meeting Room # 5Denise Thompson The Safe-to-Fail Lab: Resilience over Perfection Birch BallroomMeloni Courtway

11:00am PDT

Students as Managers: Building Leadership Systems in School-Based Enterprises and Classrooms Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni

12:00pm PDT

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