WISIT Summer Institute 2026

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

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

9:00am EDT

Plenary Session: Ron Ritchhart - Who are our students becoming as thinkers and learners as a result of their time with us? Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

10:45am EDT

Learning Groups Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

1:45pm EDT

Affirmation, Identity, and Engagement: Helping Students S.O.A.R. in the Classroom and Beyond Middle School Building Room 110

Dance, Move, Breathe (Repeat!): Embodied Teaching and Learning Beyond the Screen Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)

Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging Middle School Building Room 112

Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry Carriage House Room 107

Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use Carriage House Room 103

From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking Carriage House Room 105

How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class Middle School Building Room 214

Questions Drive Thinking and Learning The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

Quilting the Fabric of Freedom: Stitching Liberation, Belonging, and Agency into Learning Communities Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)

Ready, Set, Play!: Reclaiming Play as a Catalyst for Deep Learning Middle School Building Room 215

Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design Middle School Building Room 210

WISIT 101: An Introduction to Project Zero Pedagogy Carriage House Room 106

9:00am EDT

Plenary Session: A WISIT Film Festival, led by Ron Ritchhart Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

10:15am EDT

Learning Groups Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

11:45am EDT

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

1:45pm EDT

Acting Up and Acting Out: Using Stories and Drama to Uncover Perspectives and Build Empathy Middle School Building Room 215

Building Agency with AI Tools: A Maker-Centered Approach Middle School Building Room 216

Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be Carriage House Room 103

Dance, Move, Breathe (Repeat!): Embodied Teaching and Learning Beyond the Screen Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)

Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging Middle School Building Room 112

Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use Carriage House Room 105

From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking Carriage House Room 106

How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class Middle School Building Room 214

Making Thinking Visible 2.0: New Routines, New Maps, and New Possibilities The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

Students as Change-makers: Rethinking Power, Partnership, and Civic Action Middle School Building Room 111

The Neighborhood is Our Classroom Middle School Building Room 211

Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design Middle School Building Room 210

Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities Middle School Building Room 212

9:00am EDT

Plenary Session: National Gallery of Art - Honoring the Past, Designing the Future: Stories, Inquiry, and Possibility National Gallery of Art - East Building

10:45am EDT

Engaging Students with Plant Science: Sensational Seeds U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory

Excavating Memory and Imagining the Future with Nick Cave: "Mammoth" Smithsonian American Art Museum

Homelands: Exploring Complexity through Close Looking at Art National Gallery of Art - East Building

Learning on the Fly: Explore. Play. Design. Share. National Air and Space Museum

Let's Play: Early Childhood Education in Art Museums National Gallery of Art - East Building

My Other Set of Wheels is a Synagogue (and Other Stories of Jewish Washington) Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Out of Many, One National Museum of Women in the Arts

Revolutionary Questions: An Inquiry-led Exploration of America's Founding Documents Library of Congress

Telling Our Story: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives to Understand Our Present Moment National Portrait Gallery

This Is Not Recess: Learning Through Play Ford's Theatre

Uncovering Hidden Stories in American Art National Gallery of Art - West Building

Whose Story of Progress: Reading Westward Expansion Through Native Perspectives National Museum of the American Indian

12:45pm EDT

Lunch - On Your Own National Mall

2:15pm EDT

Dear America: An Interactive Museum Course National Gallery of Art - West Building

Engaging Students with Plant Science: Sensational Seeds U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory

Finding Your Flow: Explore the Power of Water Through Contemporary Art and Art-Making National Museum of Asian Art

Homelands: Exploring Complexity through Close Looking at Art National Gallery of Art - East Building

Learning on the Fly: Explore. Play. Design. Share. National Air and Space Museum

Let's Play: Early Childhood Education in Art Museums National Gallery of Art - East Building

Making Place, Making Meaning: Solidarity, Story, and the Art of Nick Cave Smithsonian American Art Museum

Material Value: Making Meaning with Sculpture National Gallery of Art - East Building

My Other Set of Wheels is a Synagogue (and Other Stories of Jewish Washington) Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Out of Many, One National Museum of Women in the Arts

Revolutionary Questions: An Inquiry-led Exploration of America's Founding Documents Library of Congress

This Is Not Recess: Learning Through Play Ford's Theatre

9:00am EDT

Plenary Session led by the Center for Digital Thriving - The AI to Z Workshop: Finding the Words Schools Need Now Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

10:15am EDT

Learning Groups Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

11:45am EDT

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

1:45pm EDT

Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be Carriage House Room 103

Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry Carriage House Room 107

From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking Carriage House Room 105

From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking Carriage House Room 106

Intro to Digital Thriving: Essential Tools for Educators Living & Teaching in a Tech-Filled World The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

Quilting the Fabric of Freedom: Stitching Liberation, Belonging, and Agency into Learning Communities Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)

Ready, Set, Play!: Reclaiming Play as a Catalyst for Deep Learning Middle School Building Room 215

Safe Brains Learn Best: Trauma, Memory, and Language Acquisition Middle School Building Room 110

Students as Change-makers: Rethinking Power, Partnership, and Civic Action Middle School Building Room 111

The Neighborhood is Our Classroom Middle School Building Room 211

Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities Middle School Building Room 212

9:00am EDT

Learning Groups Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

11:15am EDT

Closing Plenary Session: Co-Creating the Future Together: AI, Agency, and Cultures of Thinking Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

From $500.00