WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

MS

Matiah Shaman

Teacher

Foster High School; Tukwila SD

9:00am PDT

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

10:00am PDT

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

11:00am PDT

Leveraging SchooLinks Potential to Support CTE Programs & Industry Connections Meeting Room # 5Melissa Dilling Ideas for a Student Ran Enterprise Meeting Room # 4Andrew Hill

1:00pm PDT

Voices in Policy: WA-ACTE Legislative Review & Priority Setting Meeting Room #10Jesse Taylor From Basic Circuits to Industrial Automation: Building Student Skills Through Hands-On Learning Terrace EastBen Hamlett Ignite Learning with Laser Precision: Empowering Classrooms with xTool P2S Meeting Room # 3Faith Taylor

2:00pm PDT

Agri-Tech Infrastructure: Engineering Sustainable Workforce Labs with the Garden Caterpillar Meeting Room # 3Michele Madison • Faith Taylor

3:00pm PDT

Finding Your Flock: Connecting Computer Science Educators Across Washington Meeting Room # 1Michelle Laskowski

9:00am PDT

Opening Session: Hope. Opportunity. Tenacity: The Mindset That Shapes Futures Grand Ballroom A,B,CRoss Short • Niki Spears • Michelle Spenser

1:00pm PDT

Robotics! Mechatronics! Meeting Room # 5Faith Taylor

2:00pm PDT

Work Shop Maintenance & Safety Training Meeting Room # 1Morgan J Richards

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 Running a T-Shirt Student Based Enterprise Maple BallroomAdam Smith

9:00am PDT

Equity in Arts Education: Data-Driven Insights Meeting Room # 4Tamar Krames • Miranda Leigh Hein, M.Ed., NBCT

10:00am PDT

Building Opportunity: CTE Meets College in the High School in Workforce Training Meeting Room # 3Jason Boatwright • Jessica Dempsey STEM Camp/STEM Night Activities Meeting Room #10Adam Smith

11:00am PDT

Cardboard Arcades: Creativity, Engineering, and Engagement Meeting Room # 1Rena Clark SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Proctor

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

Beyond the Classroom: The Power of the Simulated Workplace Model Birch BallroomDr. Linda Floyd • Danielle Morton

3:00pm PDT

Unlocking Safety Cedar BallroomJoshua Krieg • Randi Krieg

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom A,B,C

9:00am PDT

From Classroom to Company: Weaving Entrepreneurship Into Every CTE Program Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni

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 REVIT: Preparing Students for the Clean‑Energy Workforce Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo