The 2025 Teaching Equity Conference is dedicated to eliminating opportunity gaps for all students while creating classroom cultures that increase both academic and social emotional student outcomes. As professional educators, participants will cultivate effective classroom cultures based on Washington State’s Equity-Based School Practices:  Cultural Competency, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the purpose of improving student engagement, academic confidence and learning for all students.  This will be done through the lens of creating classroom, school and district narratives based on the power of  “Asset-Based Story Telling” for students, families and school staff.   Asset-based narratives creates school cultures that center student to educator relationships and student to student relationships.  Effective and authentic relational classroom system have a direct impact on social emotional growth and academic achievement. There will be classes in MLL, Assests of Immigrant Students, Ethnic Studies, and more! Link to the agenda here.