ACTEM 2025 Spring Leadership Conference

Join us for a technical roundtable discussion about deploying and securing Apple at scale. During this time, we’ll share best practices, resources, and tools for management of Apple devices in your school. You’ll also have the opportunity to network with and learn from fellow IT professionals and Apple engineers.

What if your district’s communication data could help you reach more families, boost engagement, and secure critical funding? Learn how Portland Public Schools used ReachMyTeach to track unreachable families, boost parent-teacher conference turnout, and automate, translate, and remind families to fill out key funding forms like the Household Economic Survey—leading to a 40 percentage point increase in Household Economic Survey responses. Plus, see ReachMyTeach's newest feature sending report cards and assessment data to keep families informed and engaged.

By now you’ve heard about - and probably used a few - artificial intelligence (AI) applications that can make life easier, automate mundane tasks, and create efficiencies. But do you really know how AI works?

In 2024, Scarborough School District assembled a team of staff and students to learn about AI from the ground up, building an internal LLM and working with various departments to develop specific tools and solutions. Join us as members from this group present an overview of the project from conception to implementation. In this session, we’ll discuss the initial goals, technical requirements, deliverables, milestones, and the collaborative approach taken by the team to identify and develop use cases for the internal AI platform.

This breakout session will provide a comprehensive overview of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), highlighting its benefits to local entities such as counties, municipalities, and K-12 schools. We will recap Maine's initiatives and services from the first year of the program and delve into the investment priorities for Year 2 (FY2023), including EDR, .gov domain migration, and cyber incident response planning. Additionally, we will outline the participation and opt-in process for local entities.

Pine Tree Programming (PTP) is an asynchronous afterschool program designed to bring computer science education to schools that may not currently offer it. In this session, we’ll explore how PTP engages students in hands-on coding activities and empowers educators—regardless of their coding experience—to facilitate learning. Attendees will gain insight into how the program works, its impact, and how they can bring PTP to their own schools either after school, or how to use PTP activities in classrooms.

For the past 12 years Second Life Mac has been partnering with schools and businesses to purchase retired Apple devices, and they would like to share the best strategies for maximizing your payout. Come learn what drives prices on the secondary market for Apple devices and how to use that information to beat the market and maximize your payout.

This session is designed to answer your questions to help you better manage your network. The format will be interactive and participants are encouraged to bring your networking questions but some topics to be covered include:

• A look at AI and how you can leverage to manage and troubleshoot your network
• How to leverage role based security to secure your network
• What’s new with Aruba Central
• WIFI Update – WIFI 6, WIFI 7, and what to expect in the future
• How to evaluate your network in real-time & proactively remediate issues
• Review of complementary support & training resources

Overview of Lenovo solutions beyond the device pertaining to Cybersecurity, Device Management, PC Lifecycle, and Supply Chain.

This session will provide you with strategies to harness the power of data analytics for educational excellence. Discover how to use AnalyticVue to empower administrators with data-driven insights to make informed decisions, equip teachers with tools to enhance their instructional strategies, and elevate student outcomes.