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This year's conference will focus on how we can activate our institutions and ourselves to create welcoming environments that foster a sense of belonging in every individual.
We will focus on three main pathways for exploring this work:
- Building practices to bolster academic and social success for neurodiverse learners,
- Inspiring communities to support mental health and wellness for all, and
- Fostering diverse and equitable environments where each community member can thrive
By investigating each of these avenues with courage and curiosity, attendees will leave with big ideas to explore and strategies to put into practice to build a sense of belonging in your classroom and your school.
Join your NWAIS colleagues this October to Activate A Culture of Belonging!
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With Keynote Speaker
Tovi C. Scruggs Hussein
Presenting:
Cultivating Conscious & Connected Educators in Service of Belonging
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein
is a leader of leaders who focuses on courageous leadership development via Emotionally Intelligent Equity and Inclusion, and Professional Spirituality, approaches that integrate vertical leadership development, healing, and trauma-responsive transformation. Her
specialty is SELf-Transformation for School & Systemic TransformationR
. She is the visionary behind the Racial Healing Allies
R
movement. Tovi has been
recognized by
Mindful Magazine
as one of the Powerful Women Leaders of 2021 who are igniting the world with courage and wisdom. Tovi has been personally trained by Brené Brown as a Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator to train others in courageous leadership with a lens of inclusion and belonging. Yet, the very best leadership training she ever received was the 17 years she spent as a high school principal.
And Featured Speakers
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Discussion Sessions
Connecting with colleagues is at the heart of day. Propose a group to gather and a topic to discuss. Its as simple as that! Find others in the NWAIS community who share your interest and passions, make connections that can continue throughout the year and beyond.
Affinity Spaces
Affinity spaces are an opportunity to gather with others who share an aspect of your identity. These sessions will be primarily discussion-based and an opportunity to connect and build relationships. We will specifically seeking individuals to lead racially-based sessions, but you are welcome to propose affinity spaces based on other aspects of your identity as well.
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A Discussion Session or An Affinity Space
Breakout Session Proposals Are Now Closed
Breakout Proposal Review Process and Notification of Acceptance
The Conference Planning Committee and NWAIS staff have reviewed all proposals. Applicants have been notified whether their proposal has been accepted. Presenters now need to confirm their participation by registering for the conference between July 3, 2023 and July 28, 2023.
Speaker Registration Rates and Discounts
There is a maximum of three presenters per breakout session. In recognition of their contribution to the day, each selected presenter, discussion and affinity leader will receive a 25% discount on registration.
General Registration is Now Open
Conference Overview
7:45-8:15 Registration
8:15-8:30 Light Breakfast and Coffee
8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-9:45 Keynote Address
9:45-10:15 Coffee Break and Book Signing
10:15-11:15 Session A: Featured Speakers and Breakout Sessions
11:30-12:30 Session B: Featured Speakers and Breakout Sessions
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Session C: Plenary Session
2:30-3:30 Session D: Featured Speakers
Attending in Person Vs. Virtually
NWAIS Fall Educators Conference Is Now Hybrid!
Now Offering In-Person and Virtual Attendance
Registration for the virtual conference will offer individuals and member schools options for asynchronous participation. Registrants will have access to recordings of eleven of the conference's most anticipated sessions for three months following the conference.
Recordings of Sessions Will Be Active Through January 15, 2024
Live and In-Person Pricing and Registration
Virtual and Asynchronous Pricing and Registration
Presenter Discounts
Presenter apply in the previous winter and are selected in the spring. There is a maximum of three presenters per breakout session. In recognition of their contribution to the day, each selected presenter, discussion and affinity leader will receive a 25% discount on the member, early bird registration rate.
Registering a Large Group?
In Person Attendance
NWAIS member schools may use the Group Registration spreadsheet to register groups of 15 or more. Once the spreadsheet is complete, please email it to Vivian Hoang directly.
Non-Member schools and those registering fewer than 15 attendees must register attendees individually.
Virtual Attendance
For NWAIS member schools only: Please register for a group rate (Small Schools: 10-20 attendees / Large Schools: >20 attendees) and complete the Group Registration spreadsheet. Once the spreadsheet is complete, please email it to
Vivian Hoang directly.
If you have 9 or less virtual attendees, please register each person individually.
General Registration is Now Open
Conference Housing and Accommodations
Traveling in? Stay at the Tacoma Marriott Downtown
We have reserved a limited number of rooms at the newly opened Tacoma Marriott Downtown at a special group rate of $179/night. Be sure to book early!
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Charles Wright Academy has generously provided a shuttle that will bring attendees from the hotel to the school in the morning and back in the afternoon.
Substitution, Cancellation and Switching Policy
Substitutions may be made any time prior to the conference. Written cancellations received by October 3, 2023 are eligible for a refund after a $25 cancellation fee. Cancellations received after October 3, 2023 are ineligible for any refund.
Switching from In-Person to Virtual
Registrants may switch from in-person to a virtual attendance and receive a refund for the difference in cost if switches are made in writing by October 3, 2023. After October 3, in-person attendees can switch to virtual, but will not be eligible for a refund of the difference in price.
Clock Hours / STARS Credits
Attendees of the IN-PERSON CONFERENCE ONLY Will Be Eligible For 5 Clock Hours And / Or STARS Credits
To remain in compliance with OSPI regulations, attendees are required to register in advance for Clock hours and STARS credits. There is no cost for professional credits. The original clock hours form or your STARS certificate will be mailed back to you for your records. If you are credentialed outside of Washington and need to petition another agency for credits or you would like a certificate for your files, NWAIS is happy to provide one upon request at no charge.
NWAIS May Help Cover Travel Costs
The NWAIS travel reimbursement policy is designed to reimburse candidate and accredited member schools for some travel costs. This policy applies to a school’s total travel expenses (not the cost of rooms and meals), no matter how many people the school sends to the workshop. If your school spends more than $150 dollars on travel for this event and is traveling a distance greater than 250 miles you will be reimbursed a percentage of your expenses.
Thank you to our 2023 Fall Educators Conference Sponsors!
Interested in Event Sponsorship?
Event Sponsors help support NWAIS programming by offsetting the cost of programming. If you are a company interested in sponsoring this or a future NWAIS event, please contact Vivian Hoang.
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