WISIT Summer Institute 2026

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

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

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

9:00am • Plenary Session: Ron Ritchhart - Who are our students becoming as thinkers and learners as a result of their time with us?

Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

12:45pm • Lunch

Le Centre Brown Design Lab

1:45pm • From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking
LIMITED

Mansion Davies Hall

1:45pm • WISIT 101: An Introduction to Project Zero Pedagogy
FILLING

Mansion Room 202

1:45pm • Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use
LIMITED

Mansion Room 206

1:45pm • Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry
LIMITED

Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)

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

Middle School Building Room 112

1:45pm • Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 114

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

Middle School Building Room 210

1:45pm • Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 214

1:45pm • How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class
FULL

Middle School Building Room 215

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

Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)

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

The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

1:45pm • Questions Drive Thinking and Learning
LIMITED

Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

10:45am • Learning Groups

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

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

Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

12:45pm • Lunch

Mansion Davies Hall

1:45pm • WISIT 101: An Introduction to Project Zero Pedagogy
LIMITED

Mansion Room 202

1:45pm • Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be
LIMITED

Mansion Room 203

1:45pm • Ethics & Emotions: Reflecting on and Navigating AI Use
LIMITED

Mansion Room 204

1:45pm • From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 111

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

Middle School Building Room 112

1:45pm • Designing for Agency: Building a Culture of Belonging
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 210

1:45pm • Think, Feel, Lead: Empathy and Emotional Agility By Design
FILLING

Middle School Building Room 211

1:45pm • The Neighborhood is Our Classroom
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 212

1:45pm • Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 214

1:45pm • How Do You Know? Reimagining Thinking in Math Class
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 215

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

Middle School Building Room 216

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

Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)

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

The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

1:45pm • Making Thinking Visible 2.0: New Routines, New Maps, and New Possibilities
FULL

Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

10:15am • Learning Groups

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

12:45pm • Lunch - On Your Own

National Museum of Asian Art

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

National Museum of the American Indian

10:45am • Whose Story of Progress: Reading Westward Expansion Through Native Perspectives
LIMITED

National Museum of Women in the Arts

National Portrait Gallery

10:45am • Telling Our Story: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives to Understand Our Present Moment
LIMITED

Smithsonian American Art Museum

U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

9:00am • Plenary Session led by the Center for Digital Thriving - The AI to Z Workshop: Finding the Words Schools Need Now

Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

12:45pm • Lunch

Le Centre Brown Design Lab

1:45pm • From Ideas to Action: Building a Culture of Thinking
FILLING

Mansion Room 202

1:45pm • Buzzworthy: How all Professional Learning Should Be
LIMITED

Mansion Room 204

1:45pm • From Routine to Agency: Integrating AI into Cultures of Thinking
LIMITED

Mansion Room 206

1:45pm • Driving School Change Through Thoughtful Leadership and Inquiry
LIMITED

Middle School Building Mad Lab (2nd Floor)

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

Middle School Building Room 111

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

Middle School Building Room 211

1:45pm • The Neighborhood is Our Classroom
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 212

1:45pm • Weaving Legacies: Migrant Contributions to the Fabric of American Communities
LIMITED

Middle School Building Room 215

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

Middle School Building Studio Sol (1st Floor)

1:45pm • Safe Brains Learn Best: Trauma, Memory, and Language Acquisition
FILLING

The Gallery - Le Centre Brown

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

Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

10:15am • Learning Groups

Black Box Theater - Middle School Building

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

Huffard Hall - Le Centre Brown, WIS Campus

12:45pm • Lunch

Various Rooms Across Campus - See Description for Room #s

9:00am • Learning Groups

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

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