APS Rising Educator Summit 2026

APS Rising Educator Summit 2026

10:00am MDT

Counselors - Comprehensive Counseling Program Overview (required role group session) Ballroom BVicki Price

Be a Google Guru: 50 Google Workspace & AI Ideas Every Educator Should Know KivaTina Nunez

Compassionate and Supportive Behavior Interventions Ballroom CDonna Crockett • Robin Kelly • Meredith Medlicott • Vercye Thompson

EC - Preschool Home Visiting and Family Engagement Ballroom AAllison Gabaldon

11:00am MDT

VAPA - Planning with Purpose - Secondary Visual Arts Suite E/FResa Oglesby • Orlando Ramirez • René Palomares

VAPA - Starting a Specialized Class- Secondary Visual Arts Suite DLisa Gillett • Kelly Luzzi • Julie Stuart • Leah Caruso • Ricki Kain

Designing for Everyone: 5 Universal Barriers That Impact Learning (and How to Plan Around Them) Ballroom BJennifer English

Using Panorama Data for Insight to Students Ballroom CLaura Valdez

EC - CLASS and PBC: What is the connection? Ballroom ALaura Wallin

12:00pm MDT

VAPA - The Skin You’re In: Using Tone in Self-Portraits - Elementary Visual Arts Suite DAmanda Clattenburg

VAPA - Trauma Informed Practice for the Art Room - Elementary Visual Arts Suite E/FSabrina Luck

Harm Reduction and Student Substance Use: Building Better School Responses Ballroom BMichelle Medved • Lisa Searle • Samantha Ashby • Christine Loidolt • Deanna Valdez

The 6-Cursor Classroom: Rapid Co-Creation with Student Collaboration KivaKelly Mitchell

EC - Waterford Welcome: Winning Ways to Start Strong Ballroom AValerie King

P.U.S.H Through: Persevere. Until. Success. Happens. Ballroom CTerrance Johnson

1:00pm MDT

VAPA - Developing Musical Concepts Through Children’s Literature - Elementary Performing Arts Suite DRose Dominguez

VAPA - Drama Games and Activities for the Classroom, Club, or Genius Hour. - Elementary Performing Arts Suite E/FDiane Marino

Teaching Critical Thinking In The Age of AI. KivaMichael Garcia

Amira Back-to-School Launch for Teachers Ballroom ASamantha Auddino • Sonya Solock

No student wants to be the bad kid...Strategies for meltdowns Ballroom CCyndie Ives

AddFrom Planning to Practice: Integrating Layer 1 SEL in Middle School Redesigning all Ballroom BMatthew Burrows • Rebecca Pickett

SSRTs (new) - Building Strong Student Success Systems: Foundations for New SSSRTs / Leads - Part 2 Suite A/BRamses Leyva Gonzalez • Jeanie Stark • Daphne Strader • Kathleen Yeppa • Shaylee Rodriguez

2:00pm MDT

VAPA - Rooted in Connections: The Tree of Life Interdisciplinary Workshop- Elementary Visual Arts Suite E/FKeely Mackey-Gonzales

VAPA - Weaving Techniques for Young Hands - Elementary Visual Arts Suite DKelli Credle

To Generate or not Generate? AI is the Question Ballroom CCourtney Lawton • Christian Marquez

Awareness in Action: Simple Mindfulness Tools to Strengthen Student Self-Regulation & Perseverance 27 PicurisBecky MacGregor • Michelle DuVal

Pear Deck Learning: AI Teacher Tools KivaAlexa Firstbrook

Safe Zone - LGBTQ+ Sensitivity Ballroom BHavens Levitt • Moriah Baca

Setting Up the Classroom for Success: Preventing and Responding to Common Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings Ballroom ASarabeth Dominguez