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WACA 2019

9:00am AKDT

Pre-conference Registration Lobby

10:00am AKDT

Calling All Advisers! A Fresh Look at Leadership Curriculum Meeting Room A/BJames Layman • Joe Fenbert • Susan Fortin • Greg Barker CharacterStrong: How We Spark Award-Winning Culture Meeting Room HHouston Kraft • John Norlin Creating Digital First Responders Meeting Room E/FKim Karr ENVOLVE: The World’s Most Engaging Activities Meeting Room DScott Backovich Practical Guide to ASB Finance Great Hall DMarty Fortin

1:00pm AKDT

Registration Lobby

1:15pm AKDT

Lunch - Pre-Conference Participants Only Great Hall

1:45pm AKDT

Connecting Administrators Meeting Room DKia duNann Connecting Secretaries Meeting Room E/FDick Caldwell New to the Crew Meeting Room HGuy Simpson • Laurel Robillard

2:15pm AKDT

Session 1A—Speaker Showcase - Isaac Butts Meeting Room GIsaac Butts Session 1A—Speaker Showcase - Jake Kelfer Great Hall DJake Kelfer Session 1A—Speaker Showcase - Kyle Willkom Meeting Room CKyle Willkom

2:50pm AKDT

Session 1B—Speaker Showcase - Isaac Butts Meeting Room GIsaac Butts Session 1B—Speaker Showcase - Kyle Willkom Meeting Room CKyle Willkom Session 1B—Speaker Showcase -Jake Kelfer Great Hall DJake Kelfer

3:25pm AKDT

Session 1C—Speaker Showcase - Isaac Butts Meeting Room GIsaac Butts Session 1C—Speaker Showcase - Kyle Willkom Meeting Room CKyle Willkom Session 1C—Speaker Showcase -Jake Kelfer Great Hall DJake Kelfer

4:05pm AKDT

Session 2—Welcome/Conference Overview Great HallKarin Blomquist

4:20pm AKDT

Session 3—Idea Share … WACA Style Great Hall

5:15pm AKDT

Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 1 Meeting Room DJaime Johnson Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 2 Meeting Room HMichelle Munson Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 3 Meeting Room CCaleb Knox Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 4 Meeting Room GBecky Cruz Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 5 Meeting Room AStacia Hardie Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 6 Meeting Room ESusie Bennett Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 7 Board RoomBryan Conrad Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 8 Meeting Room FJohn Bittinger Session 4—Area Meetings - Area 9 Meeting Room BJen Nelson

5:45pm AKDT

Dinner Great Hall

6:45pm AKDT

Session 5—General Session -YOU DO WHHHAAT? Great HallRichard Parkhouse

8:00pm AKDT

Social Great Hall

7:00am AKDT

Breakfast - at your hotel or on your own At your hotel or on your own

8:00am AKDT

Partners Great Hall

9:00am AKDT

Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 1 Meeting Room DJaime Johnson Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 2 Meeting Room HMichelle Munson Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 3 Meeting Room CCaleb Knox Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 4 Meeting Room GBecky Cruz Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 5 Meeting Room AStacia Hardie Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 6 Meeting Room ESusie Bennett Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 7 Board RoomBryan Conrad Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 8 Meeting Room FJohn Bittinger Session 6—Area Meetings - Area 9 Meeting Room BJen Nelson

9:40am AKDT

Session 7—General Session - A Better High: Laugh, Love and Leadership Great HallMatt Bellace

11:10am AKDT

Session 8— Starting Your Year Off Right! Meeting Room ECharlie Hilen Session 8—Bookkeeper & Advisor Tips and Tricks Meeting Room DSarah Heindel • Elisabeth Kowalski Session 8—BTG: Better ToGether #unplugtoconnect Meeting Room ADana Santos Session 8—Building a Positive School Climate Meeting Room FTony Boyle Session 8—Cultivating Kindness #nothingmore Vista FieldBryan Conrad • Starla Fey Session 8—Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Great Hall DEric Stanczyk Session 8—Melting the Ice Meeting Room BMarty Fortin Session 8—Mr. Rogers and the Power of Connection Vista CourtJaime Johnson Session 8—Practical Ways to Apply an Equity Focus to your Leadership Classroom & Activities Program Meeting Room HJohanna Phillips • Brett Vlahovich Session 8—Student Leadership Triple Threat Meeting Room CJames Layman • Megan Baxter • Anecia Grigsby Session 8—The Mindful Student Meeting Room GJohn Graf

12:00pm AKDT

Lunch Great Hall Partners Great Hall

1:35pm AKDT

Session 9— Equity - An Organizational Journey Meeting Room HJames Layman • Joe Fenbert • Susan Fortin • Greg Barker Session 9—Brand Identity: Create a Style Guide for your School Meeting Room BSarah Martin Session 9—Culturally Responsive Schools Great Hall DRobert Hand Session 9—Forming Real Relationship Meeting Room AAnn McNeil Session 9—Real Talk- The Down and Dirty on ASB Law! Meeting Room DKia duNann Session 9—RECOGNITION is a verb....not a noun... Vista CourtGuy Simpson • Michelle Munson Session 9—Self-Care is the Healthcare Meeting Room GJohn Graf Session 9—The Balanced Leader Program: A New Model for Managing Growth & Programming in Leadership Classes Meeting Room FJake Tyrrell Session 9—The Butterfly Circus Revisited Vista FieldJen Nelson • Tim Turner Session 9—White Teachers in Brown Classrooms Meeting Room CLeigh Barry • Christy Neuschwander Session 9—Winter Wishes Reimagined Meeting Room EBryan Zagar

2:25pm AKDT

Partners (Last Chance) Great Hall

3:10pm AKDT

Session 10—ASB Secretary Round Table Discussion Meeting Room DAngie Landes Session 10—Award Winning Culture: Creating a Student-Led Leadership Podcast Meeting Room AHans Appel • Jennifer Appel Session 10—Beyond the Surface Meeting Room BJames Layman Session 10—Challenge Fridays Vista FieldBob Gallaher • Stacia Hardie Session 10—Identity into Equity - A Personal Journey Meeting Room HFernell Miller • DeAnna Kilga Session 10—Kindness Rocks Meeting Room FCrystal Stengele Session 10—Listen, Learn, Communcate! Meeting Room EMatt Crevin Session 10—Show me the DATA! Meeting Room GGreg Hroch • John Miller Session 10—Stress Reduction Vista CourtJohn Bittinger Session 10—The Greatest Mixers on Earth Great Hall DLana Yenne • Laurel Robillard Session 10—Would Maslow Win Most "Spirited"? Meeting Room CMegan Baxter

4:10pm AKDT

Session 11— "Speaking with a Passion: A Youth Advocacy Workshop” Meeting Room DMatt Bellace Session 11—Be > Do: Going from a Kindness Week to a Kind Life Meeting Room GHouston Kraft Session 11—Can Teach Us #StudentsCANHELP Meeting Room FKim Karr Session 11—Drug and Alcohol Education Meeting Room AGeoff McLachlan Session 11—Elevate Your Network - How Connection Leads to Happiness Meeting Room EJake Kelfer Session 11—Engage Everyone Meeting Room CScott Backovich Session 11—Senior Seminar Meeting Room BStu Cabe, Kevin Ozar Session 11—Tough and Tender - The Secret Recipe Meeting Room HJohn Norlin

5:00pm AKDT

No Host Social Lobby

6:00pm AKDT

Hall of Fame Banquet Great Hall

8:30pm AKDT

Celebrate WACA Style Great Hall

7:00am AKDT

Breakfast - at your hotel or on your own At your hotel or on your own

8:30am AKDT

Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Academic Signing Event Great Hall B/D Table 14Erica Schulle Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Activity Hacks for a Busy Adviser Great Hall B/D Table 2Coley Veitenhans Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Button Bonanza: Making Connections One Button at a Time Great Hall B/D Table 5Susie Bennett Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Camp Morgan - Prepare to Succeed (6th grade orientation) Great Hall B/D Table 11Lori Leach Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Gathering and Using Data: You Gotta Start Somewhere! Great Hall B/D Table 12Greg Barker Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Getting Started with an Equity Lens Great Hall B/D Table 13Joe Fenbert Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Give Before You Get: A New Twist on Winter Wishes Great Hall B/D Table 6Heath Booth Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Leading After High School Great Hall B/D Table 4Becky Cruz Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Let Your Students Lead the Ice Breakers Great Hall B/D Table 15Kristin Sprague Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Let's Get You a TWITTER Great Hall B/D Table 1Ryan Healy Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Medal of Honor + Veterans Day Great Hall B/D Table 20Karin Blomquist Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Reindeer Games Great Hall B/D Table 17Dick Caldwell Session 12—Meet the Pros -- So You Think You Know Google Forms and Sheets? Great Hall B/D Table 10Norm Sanford Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Stress Balls Great Hall B/D Table 19Crystal Stengele Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Student Recognition Great Hall B/D Table 18Jennifer Littlefield Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Survival of the Fittest Spirit Week and Assembly Great Hall B/D Table 3Jeanette Schuster Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Take Out the Trash: An Exercise in Servant Leadership Great Hall B/D Table 8Shawn Palmer Session 12—Meet the Pros -- The Only Shortcut in Life is to START NOW! Great Hall B/D Table 9Jake Kelfer Session 12—Meet the Pros -- The Significant 72: A Plan for the First Three Days of School Great Hall B/D Table 16Nick Seavello Session 12—Meet the Pros -- Webbing Loops in the Classroom!? Great Hall B/D Table 7John Bittinger Session 12—Secretaries Round Table Meeting Room E/FWendie Jones

9:40am AKDT

Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 1 Meeting Room DJaime Johnson Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 2 Meeting Room HMichelle Munson Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 3 Meeting Room CCaleb Knox Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 4 Meeting Room GBecky Cruz Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 5 Meeting Room AStacia Hardie Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 6 Meeting Room ESusie Bennett Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 7 Board RoomBryan Conrad Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 8 Meeting Room FJohn Bittinger Session 13—Area Meetings - Area 9 Meeting Room BJen Nelson

10:20am AKDT

Secretaries High School Level Meeting Room E/F Secretaries Middle Level Meeting Room E/F Session 14—Administrative Think Tank Meeting Room DKia duNann Session 14—Meet the Pros - Small Group Presentations in Leadership Class Great Hall B/D Table 6Rebekah Norgard Session 14—Meet the Pros -- "Starting Your Journey" Great Hall B/D Table 11Johanna Phillips • Christy Neuschwander Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Advanced Leadership Great Hall B/D Table 14Bob Gallaher Session 14—Meet the Pros -- ASB Fundraising Great Hall B/D Table 7Melissa Walker Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Birthday Grams Great Hall B/D Table 20Taylor Lacy Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Building an Instagram Presence for Your School Great Hall B/D Table 3Caleb Knox Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Campus Day: An Event for Everyone Great Hall B/D Table 18Britt Harris Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Create Escape Rooms for Your Socials Great Hall B/D Table 15Kristin Sprague Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Leaders in Unexpected Places Great Hall B/D Table 10James Layman Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Leadership Breakfast for Potential Leaders Great Hall B/D Table 12Jaime Johnson Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Leadership Kids Camp Fundraising Gold Great Hall B/D Table 5Kristin Johnson Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Leading with Movies Great Hall B/D Table 13Kacie Solar Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Power of Moments Great Hall B/D Table 2Coley Veitenhans Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Starting Off Strong - A New Morning Routine Great Hall B/D Table 17David Volke Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Student Reflections Using FlipGrid Great Hall B/D Table 19Tim Turner Session 14—Meet the Pros -- The Power of Stories Great Hall B/D Table 1Ryan Healy Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Using "Habitudes" in Your Leadership Class Great Hall B/D Table 8George Colby Session 14—Meet the Pros -- Using Microsoft Teams for Leadership and ASB Great Hall B/D Table 16Susan McMonigal Session 14—Meet the Pros --A Social for EVERYONE! Great Hall B/D Table 4Becky Cruz Session 14—Meet the Pros --Student Reflection and Personal Philosophies Great Hall B/D Table 9Brett Vlahovich

11:30am AKDT

Session 15—Closing Session Great Hall Session 15—Grab and Go Lunch / Clock Hours Lobby