WISIT Summer Institute 2026: Grid

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

August 3 to 7, 2026
Washington International School, Tregaron Campus

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building	Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus	Le Centre Brown Design Lab	Mansion Davies Hall	Mansion Room 202	Mansion Room 206	Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)	Middle School Building Room 112	Middle School Building Room 114	Middle School Building Room 210	Middle School Building Room 214	Middle School Building Room 215	Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)	The Gallery - Le Centre Brown	Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

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Plenary Session: Ron Ritchhart - Who are our students becoming as thinkers and learners as a res... 9:00am - 10:30am

Lunch 12:45pm - 1:30pm

From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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WISIT 101: An Introduction to Project Zero Pedagogy 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Quilting the Fabric of Freedom: Stitching Liberation, Belonging, and Agency into Learning Communities 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Affirmation, Identity, and Engagement: Helping Students S.O.A.R. in the Classroom and Beyond 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Ready, Set, Play!: Reclaiming Play as a Catalyst for Deep Learning 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Dance, Move, Breathe (Repeat!): Embodied Teaching and Learning Beyond the Screen 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Questions Drive Thinking and Learning 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Learning Groups 10:45am - 12:45pm

Exit

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building	Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus	Mansion Davies Hall	Mansion Room 202	Mansion Room 203	Mansion Room 204	Middle School Building Room 111	Middle School Building Room 112	Middle School Building Room 210	Middle School Building Room 211	Middle School Building Room 212	Middle School Building Room 214	Middle School Building Room 215	Middle School Building Room 216	Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)	The Gallery - Le Centre Brown	Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

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Plenary Session: A WISIT Film Festival, led by Ron Ritchhart 9:00am - 10:00am

Lunch 12:45pm - 1:30pm

WISIT 101: An Introduction to Project Zero Pedagogy 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Students as Change-makers: Rethinking Power, Partnership, and Civic Action 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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The Neighborhood is Our Classroom 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Acting Up and Acting Out: Using Stories and Drama to Uncover Perspectives and Build Empathy 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Building Agency with AI Tools: A Maker-Centered Approach 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Dance, Move, Breathe (Repeat!): Embodied Teaching and Learning Beyond the Screen 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Making Thinking Visible 2.0: New Routines, New Maps, and New Possibilities 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Learning Groups 10:15am - 11:45am

Exit

Ford's Theatre	Library of Congress	Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum	National Air and Space Museum	National Gallery of Art - East Building	National Gallery of Art - West Building	National Mall	National Museum of Asian Art	National Museum of the American Indian	National Museum of Women in the Arts	National Portrait Gallery	Smithsonian American Art Museum	U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory

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This Is Not Recess: Learning Through Play 10:45am - 12:45pm

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This Is Not Recess: Learning Through Play 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Revolutionary Questions: An Inquiry-led Exploration of America's Founding Documents 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Revolutionary Questions: An Inquiry-led Exploration of America's Founding Documents 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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My Other Set of Wheels is a Synagogue (and Other Stories of Jewish Washington) 10:45am - 12:45pm

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My Other Set of Wheels is a Synagogue (and Other Stories of Jewish Washington) 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Learning on the Fly: Explore. Play. Design. Share. 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Learning on the Fly: Explore. Play. Design. Share. 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Plenary Session: National Gallery of Art - Honoring the Past, Designing the Futu... 9:00am - 10:15am

Homelands: Exploring Complexity through Close Looking at Art 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Let's Play: Early Childhood Education in Art Museums 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Material Value: Making Meaning with Sculpture 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Homelands: Exploring Complexity through Close Looking at Art 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Let's Play: Early Childhood Education in Art Museums 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Uncovering Hidden Stories in American Art 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Dear America: An Interactive Museum Course 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Lunch - On Your Own 12:45pm - 2:00pm

Finding Your Flow: Explore the Power of Water Through Contemporary Art and Art-Making 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Whose Story of Progress: Reading Westward Expansion Through Native Perspectives 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Out of Many, One 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Out of Many, One 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Telling Our Story: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives to Understand Our Present Moment 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Excavating Memory and Imagining the Future with Nick Cave: "Mammoth" 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Making Place, Making Meaning: Solidarity, Story, and the Art of Nick Cave 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Engaging Students with Plant Science: Sensational Seeds 10:45am - 12:45pm

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Engaging Students with Plant Science: Sensational Seeds 2:15pm - 4:15pm

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Exit

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building	Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus	Le Centre Brown Design Lab	Mansion Room 202	Mansion Room 204	Mansion Room 206	Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)	Middle School Building Room 111	Middle School Building Room 211	Middle School Building Room 212	Middle School Building Room 215	Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)	The Gallery - Le Centre Brown	Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

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Plenary Session led by the Center for Digital Thriving - The AI... 9:00am - 10:00am

Lunch 12:45pm - 1:30pm

From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking 1:45pm - 3:45pm

FILLING

Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be 1:45pm - 3:45pm

LIMITED

From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Quilting the Fabric of Freedom: Stitching Liberation, Belonging, and Agency into Learning Communities 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Students as Change-makers: Rethinking Power, Partnership, and Civic Action 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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The Neighborhood is Our Classroom 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Ready, Set, Play!: Reclaiming Play as a Catalyst for Deep Learning 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Safe Brains Learn Best: Trauma, Memory, and Language Acquisition 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Intro to Digital Thriving: Essential Tools for Educators Living & Teaching in a Tech-Filled World 1:45pm - 3:45pm

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Learning Groups 10:15am - 11:45am

Exit

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building	Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus	Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

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Closing Plenary Session: Co-Creating the Future Together: AI, Agency, and Cultures of Thinking 11:15am - 12:45pm

Lunch 12:45pm - 1:30pm

Learning Groups 9:00am - 11:00am

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