WACA 2025: Full Schedule

3:00pm PDT

Area 1 Meeting

Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

100

Countdown - building culture and community in the area, networking, preview the conference.

Speakers

Jason Gadek

Area 1 Rep, Henry M. Jackson High School

ASB Advisor and Teacher of Link Crew Leadership and AP Calculus. It's a pretty sweet gig. I am also a Senior Counselor at Mt. Triumph Leadership Camp, which is an equally amazing part of my life.

Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
100

Area Networking, Culture Building, Professional Growth

5:00pm PDT

Job-alike Session-High School ASB/Activities/Leadership

Wednesday March 12, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT

100

This is an opportunity to network, connect, and have conversations with people in similar roles.
This is a two-part session, meaning you will meet with this same group twice during the conference.
-Wednesday 5-5:45 pm
-Friday 10:50-11:30 am

Speakers

Katie Leigh Harrington

Area 9 Rep, Bainbridge High School

Jason Gadek

Area 1 Rep, Henry M. Jackson High School

ASB Advisor and Teacher of Link Crew Leadership and AP Calculus. It's a pretty sweet gig. I am also a Senior Counselor at Mt. Triumph Leadership Camp, which is an equally amazing part of my life.

Wednesday March 12, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT
100

Networking, Culture Building, Professional Growth, Project Management

8:45am PDT

Area 1 Meeting

Thursday March 13, 2025 8:45am - 9:30am PDT

100

Launch - Professional Growth, building our collective knowledge

Speakers

Jason Gadek

Area 1 Rep, Henry M. Jackson High School

ASB Advisor and Teacher of Link Crew Leadership and AP Calculus. It's a pretty sweet gig. I am also a Senior Counselor at Mt. Triumph Leadership Camp, which is an equally amazing part of my life.

Thursday March 13, 2025 8:45am - 9:30am PDT
100

Area Networking, Culture Building, Professional Growth

9:40am PDT

Session 1-01 Breaking Tradition! Powerful Activities to Transform School Spirit!

Thursday March 13, 2025 9:40am - 10:30am PDT

100

Fed up doing the same activities year after year because “we’ve always done them?” Exhausted by outdated traditions that only engage a fraction of your school?

We are too.

This session is designed to help you create traditions that students actually want to participate in. Break down your own school’s activity culture, learn new and innovative ways to craft traditions specifically for students who need it most, and collaborate with other advisors to establish a game plan you can use today!

Speakers

Scott Backovich

Leadership Trainer, Leadership Trainer

Thursday March 13, 2025 9:40am - 10:30am PDT
100

Professional Development, Culture Building, Professional Growth, Project Management

1:00pm PDT

Session 3-08 Culture and Climate Building 2.0

Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

100

For the past two WACA Conferences, I have presented about building climate and culture in your classrooms and buildings. This year, we're going to do Culture and Climate Building 2.0! We'll model and discuss activities, brain breaks, challenges, and more, that you can use in your classroom, assemblies, lunch time, etc. I'll provide you with lists of options that I have gathered from my years at WACA from amazing individuals like yourselves. This will be interactive and (hopefully) fun!

Speakers

David Volke

ASB Adviser, Leadership Teacher, WEB Coordinator, Liberty Middle School

I am in my 13th year of education, spending the last 11 years at Liberty Middle School in Camas, WA. I currently teach five sections of Leadership at grades 6-8, as well as being the ASB Advisor and WEB Coordinator. On top of teaching, I coach track, as I believe it is important to... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
100

Professional Development, Culture Building, Professional Growth

3:15pm PDT

Session 5-08 Staff Involvement

Thursday March 13, 2025 3:15pm - 4:05pm PDT

100

Sometimes, it's hard to get staff to 'buy-in' to your program, right? Here's how we welcome staff, make them feel at home, love on them, and in turn, have them participate, promote student activities, and show school spirit. The what, why, and easy how of including your staff every day!

Speakers

Kelly Rogers

Activities Coordinator/ASB Advisor, Cascade High School (Everett)

Rachel Patrick

Class/Club Adviser, Cascade High School (Everett)

WACA 2025 staff inclusion pdf

Thursday March 13, 2025 3:15pm - 4:05pm PDT
100

Professional Development

10:00am PDT

Area 1 Meeting

Friday March 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

100

Recovery - applying and sharing what we learned, and voting for elections

Speakers

Jason Gadek

Area 1 Rep, Henry M. Jackson High School

ASB Advisor and Teacher of Link Crew Leadership and AP Calculus. It's a pretty sweet gig. I am also a Senior Counselor at Mt. Triumph Leadership Camp, which is an equally amazing part of my life.

Friday March 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
100

Area Networking, Culture Building, Professional Growth

10:50am PDT

Job-alike Session-High School ASB/Activities/Leadership

Friday March 14, 2025 10:50am - 11:25am PDT

100

Speakers

Katie Leigh Harrington

Area 9 Rep, Bainbridge High School

Jason Gadek

Area 1 Rep, Henry M. Jackson High School

ASB Advisor and Teacher of Link Crew Leadership and AP Calculus. It's a pretty sweet gig. I am also a Senior Counselor at Mt. Triumph Leadership Camp, which is an equally amazing part of my life.

Job Alike HS ASB Activities Leadership day 2 pptx

Friday March 14, 2025 10:50am - 11:25am PDT
100

Networking, Culture Building, Professional Growth