ACPE 2025 - Include IT

Our team recently completed a large-scale Windows 10 to 11 upgrade using Microsoft Intune. This session provides a candid look at our journey, including the unexpected challenges we faced (staff engagement, device issues, deployment hiccups) and the solutions we developed to overcome them. Join us to learn from our experiences and gain valuable insights for your own Windows 11 upgrade project.

In an era where cyber threats are ever-evolving, small districts often face unique challenges due to limited staffing and tight budgets. This session will explore practical, no-cost or low-cost cybersecurity strategies and solutions tailored for small districts. Join us to learn how to enhance your cybersecurity posture and resilience without breaking the bank. You will receive actionable insights and real-world examples to help you safeguard your district.

Securing student logins with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is crucial for protecting sensitive educational data. MFA adds an extra layer of security by requiring a password as well as a second form of verification. This significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access, even if passwords are compromised. Compromising student accounts can result in less time applied to learning, loss of personal data, and can have many other serious consequences for student safety and education. Careful consideration into how MFA can be applied to students must be taken in order to successfully protect student information while maintaining accessibility to educational resources. In this panel we will discuss various methods for enabling and enforcing MFA for student logins in Azure and Google.

I would like to facilitate a Think Tank to speak on the subject of 'Women in Technology' Where women can share their experiences as women in technology. I will have questions prepared to get the ball rolling. If there are barriers, how can we change that? What needs to be done? How can women & men help smash those barriers, if any? How has the technology field changed over the years? We may not see barriers first hand, but we can help those who may still run into them because of their gender. ( 50 minute discussion )

Although sometimes considered secondary or an afterthought, technology support infrastructure and practices has a dramatic impact on the level of educational equity students experience in schools. This session will include three different WA school district's approaches to technology support and how these practices connect to their district's work and vision around equitable access.