WY TeacherCon 2026

In the 2025-2026 school year, Albany County School District 1 launched an Elementary Extensions Team. The team offered enriching extensions, including project-based and place-based learning opportunities, to all elementary students in the district. This session will help classroom teachers and other instructional leaders learn about the potential of extension activities and vision extensions for their own students.

What if classroom management wasn’t about controlling behavior, but about creating a culture students want to be part of? In Raise the Bar: Building a Classroom Culture that Drives Success, educators will explore high-energy strategies that transform expectations, engagement, and accountability in the classroom. This session focuses on building a culture where students rise to challenges, support one another, and take pride in their learning. Attendees will leave with practical, immediately usable strategies to boost engagement, strengthen relationships, and create a classroom where excellence becomes the norm, not the exception.

This session boasts engagement strategies, teaching strategies, and even a rap. Through the session, I will both model and provide structured work time to incorporate AI as a tool for learning, as well as hosting classroom discussions about ethical use to help students see technology holistically.

Dual and concurrent enrollment can give students a head start on college, but without the right guidance, it can also feel a bit like sending them onto a college campus with a backpack full of good intentions and a very confusing course catalog. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how high school counselors, college advisors, and faculty can work together to create a supportive system that helps students choose the right courses, understand expectations, and build the confidence and skills they need to succeed in college. Through conversation and shared experiences, participants will exchange practical strategies for advising students, strengthening high school–college partnerships, and ensuring dual enrollment is more than just earning credits, it’s a meaningful step toward long-term college success.

Don’t just learn about STREAM—experience it. In this fast-paced, hands-on session, participants jump into a literature-based design challenge within the first 10 minutes, modeling exactly how to spark creativity and problem-solving in K–5 classrooms.