WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

Create Your Own Event

WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

Stephanie Hogan

Kiona-Benton City School District

CTE Teacher

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

AI Empowered Presentations That Don’t Suck Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc

11:00am PDT

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

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 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

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

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

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 Meeting Room # 1Tracy Powell WA-ACTE Blood Drive Grand Ballroom A,B,CJodi Jacobs • Dottie Record

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

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

4:00pm PDT

Running a T-Shirt Student Based Enterprise Maple BallroomAdam Smith

6:00pm PDT

WA-FACSE Social Event FlatStick PubMaddy Whitehurst • Holly Unruh

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

10:00am PDT

The Game Plan: How Games Develop Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking Maple BallroomJessica Elshire-Kenny • Heather Matsuda

11:00am PDT

Cardboard Arcades: Creativity, Engineering, and Engagement Meeting Room # 1Rena Clark

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom A,B,C

2:00pm PDT

IN-PERSON CANCELLED: VIDEO AVAILABLE: Getting to Know Your Students and Their WHY: With the Help of AIScott Le Duc Beyond the Classroom: The Power of the Simulated Workplace Model Birch BallroomDanielle Morton • Dr. Linda Floyd

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

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

The Benefits of Authoritative Instruction Maple BallroomPatrick Zuniga, Ed.D.

11:00am PDT

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

12:00pm PDT

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