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Upcoming Events & Programs

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Women in Leadership Conference: Now Accepting Proposals!

Deadline March 23 We are accepting session proposals for the 2026 Women in Leadership Conference in Lake Chelan! The 60-minute session proposals must reinforce this year’s theme: Thriving Under Pressure: Grounded Leadership in Complex Times

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qjx8U0O-3i-5I4nV2-UtN25Dq7ljAawxNcfm48-LncE/edit?usp=sharing
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Summer Conference

June 28–30 | Spokane This year's theme Better Together: Leading with Purpose. Connecting with Heart. is designed to invigorate, motivate, and empower individuals from all walks of life. Register now!

https://wasa-oly.org/summer26
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2026 Spring Conference

March 15–17 | Wenatchee Engage in sessions on leadership communication to inspire trust and unity, crisis communication to maintain transparency, and building collaborative networks for shared solutions.

https://wasa-oly.org/WASA/WASA/5_0_Professional_Development/Events/WASA_Events/Small_Schools/2026_Spring_Conference#gsc.tab=0
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Learning & Leading AI Series

Feb 20, Mar 27, Apr 24 | Virtual Support keeping your AI skills sharp and learn how other educational leaders are leading the integration of AI into their school systems! Complimentary for members.

https://wasa-oly.org/WASA/WASA/5_0_Professional_Development/Events/Virtual_Events/Lunch___Learn/Learning%20and%20Leading%20AI%20Series#gsc.tab=0
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Legal Lunch & Learn Series

March 26 | Virtual By attending these complimentary sessions, you will gain valuable tools to foster transparency, protect your districts from legal pitfalls, and enhance your decision-making processes.

https://wasa-oly.org/WASA/WASA/5_0_Professional_Development/Events/Virtual_Events/Lunch___Learn/Legal%20Lunch%20and%20Learn%20Series%20with%20Stevens%20Clay#gsc.tab=0
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Women in Leadership Three-Part Series

Mar 11 | Virtual In this three-part learning series, women-identified leaders will learn about ways to transform self, community, and contribute to the larger systems of education through the lenses of equity, well-being, and growth.

https://learn.awsp.org/courses/108120#
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Special Education Director Academy

October – May With support from OSPI, this academy has been developed to support those who have administrative responsibilities to special education. Session modules, noted below, are designed to support leaders with relevant and timely topics.

https://wasa-oly.org/WASA/WASA/Academies/SPEDA/Special_Education_Director_Academy#gsc.tab=0
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WASA Legislative Report Podcasts

Throughout the 2026 Legislative Session, Assistant Executive Director Marissa Rathbone will be posting short, informative podcast episodes on a regular basis. This podcast focuses on key legislative issues to keep WASA members informed of hot topics and emerging conversations in Olympia.


Week 9
3/13/26

Today is March 13th, and this is also our last TWIO, at least for the foreseeable future. My name is Marissa Rathbone, and I'm the Assistant Executive Director of Government Relations with WASA and a very proud product of Washington Public Schools. A

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Week 8
3/6/26

We are now at the end of week eight of this nine week legislative session. Today is March 6th, and it marks the opposite chamber cutoff deadline for bills to pass out of the chamber opposite where they started.

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Week 7
2/27/26

This week, both the House and Senate passed their proposed operating budgets. We are now entering negotiations between the chambers. Both proposals continue operating within an ongoing imbalance between spending and revenue. That gap does not resolve

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Week 6
2/20/26

It's Friday February 20, and this marks the end of week six of a nine week legislative session. And if this week actually had some kind of weather pattern, it would be all of them.

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Week 5
2/13/26

Public education matters, students matter, equity matters, and the future of our state matters.

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