Professional Learning and Innovation Summit

April 20-22, 2026 | Register today!

Partner Media Kit

Dear Partners,

Educational access and success for every student is currently one of the most significant issues facing our nation. Join us at NAPE’s Professional Learning and Innovation Summit where educators passionate about student success meet to share best practices and learn from national experts.

As a crucial ally in this effort, we are inviting you to partner with us in spreading the word about the Summit. Your commitment can be as simple as including the Summit on your online events calendar to posting monthly social media and newsletter content provided by us for your use.

NAPE is providing you with a media kit (below) containing:

  • Calendar post content
  • Social media posts
  • E-newsletter announcements and conference event highlights
  • Website posting content
 
Contact Brittany Brady, CEO (bbrady@napequity.org) for more information.

About the Summit

The NAPE Professional Learning and Innovation Summit brings together education and workforce leaders, researchers, practitioners, and advocates to increase our collective capacity to transform education and workforce systems to ensure every student thrives and has pathways to success.

Pre-Summit - April 20, 2026
Conference - April 20-22, 2026

Summit Theme

Achieving Education and Workforce Excellence

Location

Capital Hilton
1001 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

Important Dates

March 1, 2026 – Last day for early registration
April 10, 2026 – Last day for registration
April 20, 2026 – Pre-Summit & Humanizing Leadership Institute
April 20-22, 2026 – Conference dates
April 22, 2026 – Advocacy Day

Pre-Summit

Humanizing Leadership Institute

April 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
The Humanizing Leadership Institute will equip leaders, at all levels, with tools for personal inquiry and growth that supports shifts in organizational and community culture, team development, policies and procedures, and best practices to lead with belonging and shared accountability at the center. Participants will engage with peers in courageous conversations that deepen self awareness and introspection to be conscious and intentional about one’s locus of control to meaningfully impact students, one another, and the overall learning environment.

Eliminating Opportunity Gaps through Perkins V

April 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT 
The Eliminating Opportunity Gaps through Perkins V interactive session will equip participants with the tools and mental frameworks needed to conduct the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment with a focus on student success. This work will be framed in the context of the Local Needs Assessment procedure, as required in the Perkins Act, through a data-driven institutional change model used to assist state and local education agencies to improve their performance on the accountability measures defined in the Perkins Act. Participants will develop the mindset, knowledge, and skills necessary to address the opportunity gaps in Career and Technical Education Programs.

Realizing Potential with Mindset

April 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT  Realizing Potential with Mindset focuses on educators’ capacity to reevaluate and transform their approach to understanding their own behavior and reactions to feedback and how that personal self-assessment can then impact their students and classroom culture. Current research includes the impact of educator mindset and how institutional culture impacts student outcomes. In this session participants will explore the impact of asset-based relationships between educators and students and critical factors that impact student engagement, persistence, and achievement.

Conference

Monday, April 20

  • Welcome & Opening Keynote (1 pm)
  • Workshops

Tuesday, April 21

  • Keynote
  • Workshops
  • Awards Luncheon

Wednesday, April 12

  • Advocacy Day (TBD)

Suggested Tweets

Handle: @NAPEquity
Hashtag(s): #NAPESummit2026

Don’t forget to visit napesummit.org to register for #NAPESummit2026, Washington, DC – April 20-22, 2026

Learn how you can help close achievement gaps at the NAPE Summit #NAPESummit2026! Visit napesummit.org for more.

Going to the NAPE Professional Learning and Innovation Summit? Use #NAPESummit2026 & let us know! Haven’t registered yet? Head over to napesummit.org to register!

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Suggested Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram Posts

Handle: @NAPEquity
Hashtag(s): #NAPESummit2026

Discuss solutions and strategies focused on student success and workplace readiness. Attend #NAPESummit2026 in Washington, DC April 20-22, 2026! Visit napesummit.org to register today!

Learn how you can help close opportunity gaps. Attend the NAPE Professional Learning and Innovation Summit #NAPESummit2026! The speakers and workshops will not disappoint. Visit napesummit.org for more!

Build Skills to Be an Education Leader! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn research-grounded strategies, hear from eye-opening keynote speakers and experts in the field, and get practical examples of what works. Join @NAPEquity for the #NAPESummit2026, April 20-22, 2026. To learn more & register, visit napesummit.org!

#NAPESummit2026, Washington, DC April 20-22, 2026. Join education and workforce leaders, researchers, practitioners, and advocates to increase our collective capacity to transform education and workforce systems to ensure every student thrives. To learn more & register, visit napesummit.org!

Suggested Calendar Posts

NAPE Professional Learning and Innovation Summit, Washington, DC, April 20-22, 2026. 

The annual NAPE Summit will take place in Washington, DC April 20-22, 2026. Join education and workforce leaders, researchers, practitioners, and advocates with a passion for preparing every student to be career and college ready at the NAPE Summit, April 20-22, 2026 . Plenary sessions, workshops, networking, advocacy, resources all focused on student success and workplace readiness. For more go to napesummit.org.

NAPE Professional Learning and Innovation Summit, Washington, DC, April 20-22, 2026. 

Join the NAPE for the annual Professional Learning and Innovation Summit, in Washington, DC, April 20-22, 2026. Learn strategies to increase our collective capacity to transform education and workforce systems to ensure every student thrives and has pathways to an equitable workforce. To learn more, visit napesummit.org.

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