2026 AAEA Summer Conference

2026 AAEA Summer Conference

Jason Young

White Hall School District

Assistant Superintendent

7:30am CDT

Registration Open Caddo & Osage (SCC)

11:00am CDT

Exhibit Hall Open Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)

1:00pm CDT

Opening General Session Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)Damon West

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Available Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC) Registration Open Caddo & Osage (SCC) Visit Exhibits Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)

8:30am CDT

General Session: Admin of the Year and DESE Updates Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)Secretary Jacob Oliva

10:15am CDT

SHIFTing from Surviving to Thriving Neosho (MCC)Dr. Brandy Howell • Jennifer Spriggs

11:30am CDT

Lunch Available Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC) Beyond Compliance: Measuring the Impact of Federal Dollars Izard (SCC)Christine Harrell • Amy Robson

12:20pm CDT

Fiscal Leadership: Mastering the "Buckets" of School and District Finance Izard (SCC)Dr. Mickey McFetridge

1:20pm CDT

Newcomers: A Year in the Life of a Federal Coordinator and Getting the Best ROI of Your Funding Dollars Izard (SCC)Susan Gilley • Christine Harrell • Marcy Dugger

2:50pm CDT

Leading District Improvement Salon B (M)Hope Worsham • Brooke McCain

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Available Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC) Registration Open Caddo & Osage (SCC)

8:15am CDT

Systems That Stick: Engineering Sustainable School Improvement Salon A (M)Dr. Adam Eckard • Adriane Duke

From Compliance to Impact: Creative Federal Funding Strategies That Move Student Achievement Izard (SCC)Ashten Black • Kris Williams

What Do Arch Ford's Highest VAM Score Teachers Do Differently? Caraway I-III (SCC)Dr. Julie Workman

9:30am CDT

The Finance Five: What Matters Most Right Now Arkansas Ballroom (M)Janet Schwanhausser

10:40am CDT

Closing General Session - Vision to Impact: Be the Change Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)Rosalind Wiseman