WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference has ended

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WA-ACTE 2026 Summer Conference

10:00am PDT

AI Empowered Presentations That Don’t Suck Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Vocabulary in Action Meeting Room #10Robin Palmer Building Professional Communication Skills for Students Meeting Room # 3Aaron Tomyn CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Maple BallroomWilliam Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Keeping It Simple Stupid: K.I.S.S. strategies for success in CTE programs. Birch BallroomSteven Braun CANCELLED - Building Career-Connected Classrooms: Integrating Washington's Creative Economy into Your Curriculum Northwest PackageNicole Hendrix • Darlene Edouard

11:00am PDT

Bring Career Pathways to life: Hands-On Learning for Tomorrow’s Workforce Terrace EastMaggie Mcgill • Lisa Fish-Hendrickson Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honor: Protecting Decision Quality and Ethical Practice in Professional Settings Cedar BallroomRenee Sunday Get Kids Hooked on The Right Drugs Meeting Room #12Scott Le Duc Leveraging SchooLinks Potential to Support CTE Programs & Industry Connections Meeting Room # 5Melissa Dilling 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

1:00pm PDT

Building Future-Ready STEM Pathways with Sphero Birch BallroomShane Yorton What happened to the 3rd R (Rigor)??? Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo Professionalizing AI Use in the Classroom: From Prompts to Workflows Meeting Room # 4Eric Ogden Why Good People Burn Out: What Great Teams Do Differently Meeting Room #11Ton Nguyen 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 Punch Positive : The Missing Link Between Engagement, Resilience, and Real-World Performance Maple BallroomLita Mae Button

2:00pm PDT

Empowering the Community: A Student-Centered Approach to IRCs & WBL Meeting Room #10Alex Iund Framing Failure to Facilitate Future Fruition Meeting Room #12Jim Flatmo Dysregulation, Dissociation, and Discombobulation: Understanding Brain Science and Its Impact on Student Learning and Behavior Birch BallroomKeith Orchard

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 Stukent CTE - Courses, Simternships, Certification Prep, & Certifications Meeting Room #12Conner Jones

11:00am PDT

OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Cedar BallroomHolli Ryan-Kalaleh OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Terrace EastKrista Fox OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Birch BallroomMegan Benzing OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Maple BallroomCourtney Peart OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Terrace WestKari Morgan OSPI HOT Updates in Mini-Sessions Meeting Room # 1Tracy Powell

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 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 CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge CTE Reporting - Equivalencies, Industry Recognized Certifications and Work Based Learning Meeting Room # 3Lisa A Ireland Digital Badges for Career Readiness: Validating Skills & Pathways in the Creative Economy Workforce Meeting Room # 1Nicole Hendrix • Darlene Edouard From Framework to Implementation: Exploring AP Business with Personal Finance (Part 1) Terrace EastDeanna Hattaway-Thomas • Mikael Taylor • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh Building Tenacity: A Deeper Dive into The Energy Map Cedar BallroomNiki Spears

2:00pm PDT

CANCELLED - From Exploration to Certification: Building End-to-End Career Pathways with Pearson Career ReadyMarkale Chadaz CTE Dual Credit Transformation & Alignment Initiatives Meeting Room #12William Belden • Kimberly Ingram • Tim McClain • Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge Design Thinking for the Workforce Pipeline: From Data to Action Terrace WestRaeshawna Ware • Ryan Beard 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 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 New CTE Director Resources Cedar BallroomKrista Fox • Kari Morgan Preparing CTE Educators: Accessible Certification Pathways Through CWU Meeting Room # 5Jodi Musser • Ashley Hanby • Kaylee Loyd Too Hot for Electives: Turning Up the Heat on Art as CTE Birch BallroomMegan Benzing WA State Registered Apprenticeship Meeting Room #11Christina Chance

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 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

9:00am PDT

AI That Thinks With Students, Not For Them Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick CTE Dual Credit - How Do You Explain That To Kids? Meeting Room #11Marcy Proctor Equity in Arts Education: Data-Driven Insights Meeting Room # 4Miranda Leigh Hein • Tamar Krames Fueling the People Who Fuel the School Maple BallroomDottie Record Learning Standards Review and Revision Project Updates Cedar BallroomAngela Allen

10:00am PDT

Building Opportunity: CTE Meets College in the High School in Workforce Training Meeting Room # 3Jason Boatwright • Jessica Dempsey Chatting with Stacy: Build Your Own AI Assistant for Planning, Communication, and Classroom Workflow Meeting Room #12Paul Warrick Free Financial Education Competition with Mentorship and Scholarship Award Meeting Room #11Tony Leahy From Classroom to Crisis: How to Respond When a Student Discloses Substance Use Terrace EastMorgan Davis Shelton 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 Worksite Learning Intro and Updates Birch BallroomKari Morgan

11:00am PDT

Cardboard Arcades: Creativity, Engineering, and Engagement Meeting Room # 1Rena Clark Free Financial Education Guest Speakers for your Classroom Meeting Room #11Tony Leahy QTIP : Connection without Exhaustion Maple BallroomAbigail Higgins SchooLinks for the CTE Classroom Meeting Room # 4Marcy Proctor

2:00pm PDT

CANCELLED - Synergizing Success: A Deeper Dive Into Academic IntegrationJill Ranucci, Ph.D. Financial Education Learning Standards Update and Input Opportunity Cedar BallroomAngela Allen FREE Industry Certifications...With my Library Card? Meeting Room # 1Joyce Abbott 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

3:00pm PDT

CTE Office Hours Meeting Room # 3Holli Ryan-Kalaleh • Megan Benzing • Tracy Powell • Krista Fox • Courtney Peart • Kari Morgan Honoring Every Pathway: How Data Reshaped College and Career Center Programming Meeting Room # 5Lisa Neighbours The Coaching Academy: Building a Careers in Education Course for Coaches Meeting Room # 4Shawn C Gaspaire

9:00am PDT

Become a Superhero with Canva Maple BallroomRena Clark From Classroom to Company: Weaving Entrepreneurship Into Every CTE Program Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni From Data to Decisions: Teacher-Driven AI Workflows That Save Time and Improve Results Meeting Room # 2Rick Hamilton From SuperShy to SuperStar Birch BallroomJim Flatmo Redesigning Career Connected Learning: Moving from Programs to Systems Cedar BallroomJim Kindle Reflect, Redirect, and Respond: The importance of student voice and how to take and use feedback in the classroom. Meeting Room # 3Ciara Ashworth

10:00am PDT

Aligning Industry, CTE, and Academics: A Replicable Model for Multi‑Credit Courses Meeting Room # 4Hanna Jaramillo CTE Office Hours Meeting Room # 2Megan Benzing • Krista Fox • Kari Morgan • Courtney Peart • Tracy Powell • Holli Ryan-Kalaleh Expanding Opportunity: Ensuring All Students Access Career-Connected Learning Cedar BallroomJim Kindle 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 How to Speak "Business" : An Insider's View to Connect to Employers Meeting Room # 2Dr. Wade Larson Students as Managers: Building Leadership Systems in School-Based Enterprises and Classrooms Meeting Room #11Taryn Veloni What Got Me Here: Using Career Stories to Strengthen Mentorship Cedar BallroomJim Kindle