ITEC Fall Conference 2026: Full Schedule

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8:30am CDT

Leveling Up Leadership: 5 Engaging Protocols to Elevate Your Professional Practice

Tuesday October 13, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am CDT

It is challenging to lead educators who are facing so many challenges in their classrooms or to lead other educational leaders who are putting everything they have into supporting and bringing out the best of each of our teachers and learners every day! Come and learn 5 easy and engaging protocols that will get your team meetings off to a great start as well as some messages that can set the tone and expectations for engagement and collaboration amongst your staff, leadership teams, or even in your classroom. This session will be highly interactive and you will be able to leave with ideas and tools you can use the very next day!

Speakers

Dr. Mona Yanacheak

Executive Director, Iowa ALTL

Serving in educational roles in K-12, postsecondary, and graduate-level coursework, I continue to be amazed at how much there is that we can learn and grow as professional educational leaders across our country! I am thrilled to lead an organization of innovators and educational administrators... Read More →

Tuesday October 13, 2026 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
314

General Session

9:30am CDT

The Coaching Huddle: Wins, Hurdles, and Open-Mic Solutions

Tuesday October 13, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am CDT

314

As the school year gets underway, instructional coaches face a unique mix of high-stakes goals, calendar crunches, and relationship-building tasks. Join us for a collaborative round table dedicated entirely to participant-driven topics. We’ll kick off with a quick pulse check on how the launch of the school year is going, then open the floor to whatever is top of mind for you. From scaling impact and managing time to navigating pushback and amplifying classroom wins, this interactive session is built to give you peer feedback, fresh frameworks, and actionable strategies you can use tomorrow.

Speakers

Jamie Petersen

Technology Integrationist, Woodward-Granger CSD/ITEC Board of Directors

Hi! My name is Jamie Petersen and I am the K-12 Technology Integrationist for Woodward-Granger Community Schools in Central Iowa. I also sit on the ITEC (Iowa Technolgy Education Connection) Board of Directors. These roles allow me to serve educators in Iowa and around the country... Read More →

Tuesday October 13, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am CDT
314

Round Table Discussion

Strand Instructional Practices
Audience Instructional Coaches

1:30pm CDT

Leveraging AI to Build Apps Round Table

Tuesday October 13, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT

314

Speakers

Joe Wakeman

Executive Director, ITEC

Tuesday October 13, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm CDT
314

Round Table Discussion

Strand Artificial Intelligence
Audience Administrators, IT Personnel

2:30pm CDT

Squeezing the IT Dollar: How To Save Money When the Cost Keeps Rising

Tuesday October 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT

314

Software licensing fees are climbing, device replacement cycles are getting tighter, and network infrastructure demands are higher than ever. How are school district tech departments staying on budget? This unstructured round table is an open floor for infrastructure professionals to compare notes on saving money. Key topics include eliminating redundant platforms, vendor price hikes, cloud migration trade-offs, and creative ways to stretch hardware lifecycles. No vendor pitches—just honest peer advice on what to keep, what to cut, and how to negotiate better terms for your district.

Speakers

Phil Trimble

Director of IT, Pocahontas Area Community School

Director of IT

Tuesday October 13, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm CDT
314

Round Table Discussion

Strand Technology Infrastructure
Audience IT Personnel, Finances

ITEC Fall Conference 2026

8:30am CDT

Dr. Mona Yanacheak

9:30am CDT

Jamie Petersen

1:30pm CDT

Joe Wakeman

2:30pm CDT

Phil Trimble

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