How much can technology certification really impact your classroom, your career, and the lives of your students? Register for CERTIFIED 2026 and join us to find out!
What is CERTIFIED?
The is the only education-focused gathering dedicated to exploring the potential and promise of certification in the classroom. It’s an opportunity to listen, learn, and collaborate with a community of educators who share your passion for using certification to improve education and change lives. This year, we’ll be gathering in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, June 15-17. Read on for all the event details!
Why should I attend?
We could go on endlessly about the benefits of attending CERTIFIED. But for starters, here are the top reasons to join us this year:
- Catch the certification fever: Get excited about certification with students from across the United States. You’ll have a front row seat to watch the and U.S. National Championship competitors in action. All CERTIFIED Conference registrants are invited to attend the Championships’ award ceremonies on Wednesday.
- Live their stories: See the impact certification is having on real students’ and teachers’ lives by hearing their stories first-hand.
- Improve your skills: Enhance your teaching and professional credentials by taking a certification exam while you attend the conference.
- Connect and collaborate: Form meaningful connections with hundreds of fellow educators and certification experts as you share ideas, compare strategies, and learn from each other’s successes in keynotes, breakout sessions, and one-on-one conversations.
What will I learn?
The CERTIFIED Educator Conference is all about teachers teaching teachers. This is your chance to learn from powerful educators with knowledge, expertise, and experience in your specific teaching areas.
Our breakout sessions and workshops this year include:
- AI-powered certification bootcamp
- Building bridges: Preparing students for engineering careers
- Classroom to career: Leveraging certifications for college credit and workforce readiness
- Design smarter, grade faster: Leveraging AI to transform everyday teaching tasks
- Engage, involve, and inspire: Teaching students practical web development skills
- Excel Expert exam meets AI: Practice like you're on the job
- From classroom to project management office (PMO): Preparing students for real project work environments
- From domains to doing: Transforming ESB certification prep through project-based learning
- How AI and wearables are improving attention outcomes for teachers and students
- Igniting career curiosity: Inside the Vital Link summer program
- Reclaiming your time: From blocks to bots! Using AI to build your 12-week certification roadmap
- Ricochet motivation
- Simulated workplace with e-sports and Adobe
- The importance of certifications in an uncertain world
- Three pillars of a successful IT classroom
- Transforming dread to delight: Proven strategies for design thinking success
- Unpacking objective domains for certification exam prep and assessment
- What do I do now? Leveraging Championships to motivate and grow certifications
How much does it cost?
Registration for CERTIFIED 2026 costs $795. If you register before April 3, 2026, you’ll receive the full conference pass for $695. Hoping to save even more money? If you plan to attend with your colleagues, you can register with a group of five or more educators for an additional 10% discount.
Keep in mind that conference registration fees do not include your hotel or travel costs. To help with your expenses, we’ve negotiated an exclusive rate of $284/night (not including resort fees) at the Gaylord Opryland. To receive the discounted rate, you must book through the CERTIFIED 2026 hotel registration site which will be sent to you after you register.
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