We host conferences, symposia, and workshops for educators, artists, health professionals, and community members.
Signature Program
PLACE Exchange: A Forum for Educators, Families & Communities
A forum where UW–Madison School of Education faculty and staff join educational and organizational leaders, families, and community members to discuss timely education topics related to pre-K-12 and the broader lifespan.
Upcoming Programs
Disillusioning AI Fellowship for Universities of Wisconsin Educators
During this fellowship, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and learn alongside fellow educators to improve your AI literacy, engage in hands-on exploration of AI tools, and discuss what you’re learning with colleagues.
September 2026 - April 2027
AP Summer Institute
This year's APSI is offered online. Sessions will run in a variety of different weeks throughout the summer. Instruction will be provided with a mix of synchronous and asynchronous methods.
July-August 2026
Teacher Studio
Teacher Studio is a hybrid learning community for formal and informal educators interested in hands-on, maker-based learning.
October 2026 - May 2027
Play Make Learn
PML offers high-quality learning opportunities for educators, researchers, developers, designers, & foundation leaders who are dedicated to promoting making, gaming, and playful learning.
July 9-10, 2026
Teaching About the 2026 Elections
Politics can be divisive, confusing, and challenging to approach. This conference will help educators find ways to ensure their students can discuss these topics with care, knowledge, and facts.
September 26, 2026
Building Confident Math Thinkers: Deepening Understanding and Engagement Beyond Procedures
Math teachers from K-8 are invited to a one-week intensive math education workshop presented by the UW-Madison School of Education. The workshop will include 3 in-person days and 2 asynchronous days led by UW faculty/staff experts and K-8 partners.
August 4-6, 2026
August 11-13, 2026
Early Career Teaching Institute
PreK-12 educators who are School of Education alumni gather to advance justice in the classroom, share habits and practices for thriving in the teaching profession, and more!
July 27, 2026 – July 30, 2026
Ongoing Programs
Whoopensocker
Something extraordinary of its kind! Creativity, expression, writing, and collaboration.
Building the Social-Emotional Learning or SEL Classroom
Educators know that the best instruction considers the needs of the whole child and includes social and emotional development. This asynchronous online program supports teachers in fully integrating SEL into their everyday teaching.
Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
Engage in making, conversations, and job-embedded professional development to ground maker-based learning experiences in evidence of student learning and engagement.
Past Programs
College Readiness in Math Symposium
The College Readiness in Math Symposium gives high school and college mathematics educators the space to discuss concerns, best practices, and shared goals as we work towards reimagining high school mathematics to best support student choices and options in post-secondary pathways.
November 1, 2025
EPS Conference
The 2026 EPS Conference encourages us to dream of what is and has been possible, and to ebb and flow together by grounding ourselves in who we are and the importance of being in community.
March 6, 2026
Black History Education Conference
Join us to share policies, practices, programs & procedures effective in promoting high levels of achievement for those often underserved in our school systems and communities.
February 16-17, 2024
Wisconsin Arts Integration Symposium
Connect with educators and teaching artists while engaging in an interactive professional learning event that centers on social and emotional learning through arts-based strategies.
October 7, 2023