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DLAC Ignite 2026 Program (Subject to change)

  • Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM Pacific
    3aa - Keep DLAC Weird: A Running (or Walking) Conversation with Michigan Virtual - Thursday
  • 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM Pacific
    3ab - Yoga for all (Thursday)
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3B - Hold for JW Remote Testing Session
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3B - Not Your Average Online School: How One Virtual Program Centers SEL, Projects, and People
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3C - Student Engagement by Design: Building Ownership, Pace, and Purpose in Every Classroom
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3C - Transforming Passive Screens into Shared Learning Spaces
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3F - Are You Struggling With Data to Help Engage Virtual Students Who Are Not on Track? Let Me Help You!
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3F - Designing for Ownership: How Checklists, Studios, and Data Create Self-Directed Learners
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3F - Dropout recovery and credit recovery with the mentor at the center
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3F - The Burnt Out Educator: How to Use Ed Tech for a Work/ Life Balance
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3G - Designing Global Learning Online: Engagement and Connection Across Classrooms and Continents
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3G - Fostering Social Emotional Learning in Online Classrooms: Building Connections Beyond the Screen
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3G - Owning the Process: A Guide to Engaging Schools in the Virtual Learning Partnership
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3G - Questions Only: Harnessing Socratic AI to center teens' critical thinking and writing
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3H - Click, Connect, Succeed: Supporting Attention Challenges in an Online Setting
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3H - Designing Events That Connect: From Virtual Lunch Bunches to Hybrid Picnics
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3H - Fostering Student Collaboration Across Schools Through Spatial Computing
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3H - Virtual Chaos? Not So Fast—Classroom Management Lives On
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3I - Agilix Bronze Sponsor Session Hold - Will Edit After November 15
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3I - Human Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Ones
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3I - LLM: Bias Engines - Identifying AI Bias and What to Do About It
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3I - Rewriting the Script: Teaching High School Writing in the Age of AI and Postplagiarism
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3J - Beyond Boundaries: Expanding Access for Every Senior Student
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3J - Branding Connection: Why Branding is Essential to Forming Connections in the Digital Age of Education
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3J - Tips and Tricks for Supporting Students' Mental Health Online
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3J - Virtual School Counseling: Trends and Tips
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3K - Authentic Intelligence: Leveraging Generative AI for Project-Based Learning
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3K - Innovators' Journeys: To go far... don't go alone!
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3L - Daring to Lead Differently: Designing an AI Literacy Roadmap to Transform Teaching & Learning
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3M - Build-A-Pitch: Write It, Refine It, Send It
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3N - Book Study Hold for Michael Barbour
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3N - OUTSCHOOL SPONSOR SESSION HOLD - TABLE TALK WITH JULIE YOUNG
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3O - A Patchwork of Policy: Digital Course and Provider Approvals and Online Teacher Certification Across States
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3O - Quality in Action: Conversations on the National Standards for Quality Online Learning
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3P - Flexible, Sustainable, Engaging: How Team Teaching Supports Elementary Virtual Learning Partnerships
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3P - From Idea to Impact: Discovery Virtual School’s Journey to a Sustainable Statewide Model
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3Q - Active Minds, Thriving Students: Revolutionizing Online PE for Wellness & Success
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3Q - Introducing the National Standards for Quality Digital Learning Leadership: Guiding the Future of K–12 Digital Education
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3Q - Teaching Young Learners Online: Perspectives from Elementary Online Educators
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3R - Bridging the Gap: Empowering Families for a Successful Shift to Virtual Learning
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3R - Virtual Special Populations Administrators United! - DLAC Community Launch
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3S - Fostering Equity and Excellence: A Deep Dive into an Independent Study Guide for Special Education
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3S - Transforming Asynchronous Professional Learning Through Strategic Design
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3T - Assurances to Action: Policy and Practice for Digital Learning and AI
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3T - Leading through Legislation: Digital Learning Policy Pushes
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3U - Tech Leadership Symposium
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3V - CBE+AI=Personalized Learning at Scale
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3V - Making Space to Think: Building AI-Ready Schools with Intention and Purpose
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3W - Escape from Mars! Onboarding Virtual Learners with a Video Game
  • 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    3W - The Power of Struggle: Unlocking Engagement, Agency, and Achievement
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Pacific
    3D - Game Room, Trivia, FUN!! (Thursday)
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Pacific
    3E - Networking Room
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    Coffee, Poster Sessions, and Exhibitors
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P1 - A Model for Engaging Remote Staff in Shared Leadership
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P2 - A Predictive Correlational Study: Examining Relationships Between Student-Chatbot Engagement, SRL, SL, and Academic Achievement
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P3 - Above & Beyond: A Scalable, Automated System for Fostering Gratitude and Connection in Online Schools
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P4 - Breaking Barriers: College Access for All
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P5 - Care as a Driver of Innovation: Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration in Early Stage Edtech Design
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P6 - Come one, come ALL ... bringing in Homeschoolers. Increased enrollments both Full and Part-time. Win-win for everyone!
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P7 - From Clicks to Classrooms: Building the Future of Hybrid Learning
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P8 - From Interest to Impact: Designing Student-Centered Recruitment, Enrollment, and Onboarding Systems in Digital Learning
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P9 - From Pilot to Powerhouse: Evolving District Virtual Learning Models
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P10 - Poster Session Hold for Michael Barbour
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P11 - AccredVed Poster HOLD
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P12 - It's Elementary My Dear... virtual Elementary can be huge success! Join us to see our success story and how you can add/grow your Elementary.
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P13 - Leveling Up Course Design: Comparing the NSQ Online Course Standards and the QM K-12 Rubric
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P14 - Visualizing Quality: A Guided Tour of the National Standards for Quality Online Learning
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    P15 - Visualizing College and Career Access for All Students
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4B - "Stories That Connect: Using Storytelling to Foster a Sense of Community in Digital Learning Environments"
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4B - Accessibility as a Process, Not a Project: Strategies and Discussion
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4C - Announcing the Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice: A DLAC Research Agenda
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4F - Learning That Clicks: How Intentional Course Design Translates to Student Success at Scale
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4F - Navigating the Tension Between Standardization and Customization in Online Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4F - We're on the CASE! - Setting the New Standard for Standards
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4G - Building Standards-Aligned Online Courses That Engage Students
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4G - From Engagement to Retention: Designing Safe, Interactive Classrooms That Keep Students Coming Back
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4G - Student Spark: Creating Curriculum Based on Student Interest and Input
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4G - What is a Middle College High School? Dual Enrollment Success Through Hybrid Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4H - Building Bridges: 3 Steps to Creating Community in an Online School
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4H - Designing for Growth: Embedding Productive Struggle in Digital Learning to Cultivate the 4 Cs
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4H - 🎯 Swipe Right on Connection: Finding Your Virtual Networking Match
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4H - Virtual not invisible: engaging at-risk learners in an asynchronous environment
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4I - Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) in a Virtual Special Education Environment
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4I - Redmond’s Radical Rise: Lessons in Flexibility, Partnership, and Vision
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4I - Rising Tiers, Reaching Goals
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4J - FRL Session Hold
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4J - From Raw Data to the Real Story: Our Systems-Based Approach to Local Accountability
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4J - Guiding Change in Education
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4J - Ready for A.I. in teaching? Results from a national survey of teachers and administrators
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4K - Bradley T. Morris Majik Kids Title Pending
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4L - Rewriting Readiness: Preparing Students for AI-Era Careers Through Digital Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4M - From Clicks to Connections: Extracurricular Innovation in Online Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4N - Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices in Digital Spaces: A Collaborative Book Study
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4N - School-Wide Thematic Learning & Teaching
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4O - AI Guardrails: How do we make AI tools behave?
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4O - HOLD: Table Talk for Parent Guide
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - A New Age of Innovation: Crossing Borders to Build Bridges to Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - Answers are Cheap. Questions are Gold.
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - Engaging your Staff in a Virtual Setting in New and Creative Ways
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - From the Inside Out: What We’re Learning from DLAC’s Membership Community
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - Hold for SG PechaKucha Advocacy Tips Session (Schedule before her Policy workshop)
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - Leading with Purpose: The Core Qualities of Effective Leadership
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - School’s Out to Transform Education: How “Unconventional” Learning Models Juice the Traditional System
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4P - The Art and Science of Teaching Online
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4Q - Build or Buy: Getting better at Curriculum
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4Q - The Shift to Asynchronous Learning: Three Journeys, One Purpose
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4R - Building Your School’s Brand
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4R - Elementary Connections: Building Community in Online & Hybrid Learning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4S - To Infinity and Beyond Zoom: A Case Study in Leveraging Digital Platforms to Foster Community-Driven Virtual Learning Environments
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4T - Hold for ASU Prep Digital - Michael and Kay
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4T - Regulator FAQs: Common Questions Online Schools Should Expect When Partnering with Providers
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4U - Hacking Virtual and Hybrid Learning: A Design Thinking Approach to Real Problems
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4V - Beyond School Choice: Designing Multiple Virtual Models Where Choice Is the Philosophy
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4V - Demystifying Accreditation - Real Stories, Real Strategies, Real Impact
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4W - From a Distance: Supporting Student Mental Health in Virtual Settings
  • 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    4W - Igniting Learning and Engagement in Live Online Instruction
  • 12:20 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific
    Lunch Break followed by Coffee and Dessert in Exhibit Hall
  • 12:20 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific
    4B - Chi-ball Game HOLD - Thurs
  • 12:20 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific
    4EXC - Chair Yoga for all
  • 1:10 PM - 2:10 PM Pacific
    Family Feud
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5B - Building Family Connection through a School News Program (and Family targeted videos)!
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5C - Building Bridges in Digital Spaces: Creating Community Through Academics, Character, and Career Readiness
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5C - Remote, Yet Remarkable: Inspiring Student Leaders in Online Communities
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5F - “Know Me, Teach Me: Building Relationships That Power Personalized Learning”
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5F - Braintree Ate and Left No Crumbs: Virtual Intervention Edition
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5F - Reimagining the Student Experience: A Sneak Peek at Accelerate Education’s Next Generation Learning Tools
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5F - Virtually Unstoppable: An MTSS Remix That Meets Every Learner, Everywhere
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5G - AI Takeover or AI Makeover? Rethinking Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Tools
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5G - AI That Gives Teachers Back Their Time: 5 Pilots Schools Can Run Tomorrow
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5G - Using Design Thinking to Build Agency in an AI-is-everywhere World
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5G - Using Technology and AI to Support Level 3 Special Education Students
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5H - Beyond the Numbers: Human-Centered Data in an AI World
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5H - Linked for Learning: Innovative Virtual Models that Drive Engagement & Retention
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5H - Redmond’s Radical Rise: Lessons in Flexibility, Partnership, and Vision (Repeated)
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5H - The Changemakers Guidebook
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5I - Laugh, Learn, Retain: Rethinking Teacher Onboarding
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5I - The J. Dawg’s Effect: High-Touch Onboarding That Sparks Connection and Commitment
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5I - Unstoppable Teachers: Finding, Fueling, and Forging the Heartbeat of Your Program
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5I - Using Coaching Partnerships to Combat Isolation in Online Teaching
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5J - Bridging the Gap: Bringing Career Tech Education from Virtual Classrooms to Real-World Practice
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5J - Math Is Hard Enough – Let’s Subtract the Barriers
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5J - Stronger Together: A Consortium-Led, Partner-Supported Model for Equitable Digital Learning Content
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5J - Teaching AP Online: Yes, It Can Be Done Well!
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5K - How to use AI to tackle your unique problems of practice
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5L - Connection as Curriculum: Building Classrooms of Belonging
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5M - Beyond the Checklist: Rethinking Professional Development for Educator Success
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5M - Future-Ready Students: Using Real-World PBL to Connect Content to Careers
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5N - Is Change Management Effective or a Buzz Word? ADKAR Change Management Book Study
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5N - Rethink, Rebuild, Reengage: Systems That Catch Students Before They Fall
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5O - Designing Futures that Matter: Reimagining EdTech for Belonging, Care, and Collaboration
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5O - Reimagining Connection in Online Classrooms: Beyond the Screen to Real Relationships
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5P - ACCEL SCHOOLS SILVER SPONSOR HOLD - PANEL
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5P - Hold for Panel of Legislators
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5Q - AI-Cademic Integrity: Wrestling With What's Right in the World of AI and Education
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5Q - Generation LEGENDS: LEGACY Perspectives on Leadership and the Age of AI
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5R - Stronger Together: Small and Rural Schools, Big Impact – A LEGENDS Education Leadership Meetup
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5R - Together We Learn: Perspectives from Parents and Educators
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5S - Digital Citizenship 2.0: Redefining Ethics, Agency, and Readiness for the AI Era
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5S - From Urgency to Opportunity: Aligning Policy, Practice, and Partnerships in an AI World
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5T - Addressing Learner Attrition Head-On: Lessons Learned and Problems Solved
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5T - Virtual, Not Invisible: Championing Special Education Online
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5U - Finding Balance During Innovation
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5V - Pilot to Practice - Redesigning Teacher Evaluation for the Digital Classroom
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5V - surroundED: Unpacking the future of education.
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5W - "From Good to Groundbreaking: A Blueprint for Better Instruction"
  • 2:20 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    5W - Turning Attendance Into Engagement: How Live, On-Camera Online Lessons Are Helping Students Show Up, Connect, and Thrive
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Pacific
    2C - There is No Ageism to Technology
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific
    Exhibit Hall Closing Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific
    Family Feud and Card Tournament