Take what you learn at SXSW EDU to new heights by walking away with continuing professional education (CPE) credits!
We have partnered with the Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) and are proud to announce the 186 sessions in the program that will be accredited for CPE credits.
Get Your CPE Credit
Before SXSW EDU, browse the Schedule and filter CPE Credit as "available" to build your schedule to include accredited sessions. You'll know a session is accredited by the "CPE Credit" tag in the Schedule listing.
After participating in an accredited session during SXSW EDU, make note of the unique code provided in the session room.
Please note: Not all sessions are eligible for CPE credit, and out-of-state attendees may claim credit but must submit their certificate to their own state board for consideration.
During SXSW EDU, make note of the unique code provided in the session room after participating in an accredited session.f
If you encounter any issues, please email prof_dev@atpe.org.
Have questions or want to learn more? Stop by the ATPE activation on the Level 2 Foyer of the Austin Marriott Downtown.
Explore This Year’s Accredited Sessions
Keynotes
Featured Sessions
- Exclusion to Empowerment: Women, Tech, & the Future of Learning
- From the Stage to the Stars: A New Script for STEM
- Reasons to Believe: Reclaiming Optimism in Public Education
- Feeding Kids Like We Give a Damn: Transforming School Food
- How State Constitutions Empower & Protect Youth
- Word Magic: How Etymology Ignites Curiosity, Precision, & Joy
Conversations
- A New Vision for School Leadership
- Born to Be Wired: 4 Rules for AI in Early Childhood
- Building an Evidence-Base for Workforce Readiness
- Darkroom Confessions: Developing Identity Through Culture
- Dear Teachers, Can We Talk About the Future?
- Engineering Confidence: Raising Girls to Build Companies
- Follow the Money: Rethinking State & Federal Funding
- Glowing Brains & Robosuits: Terminating the AI Cliché
- Inside the Esports Industry: Skills, Trends, & Career Paths
- Multilingual by Design: Reframing the Science of Reading
- Radical Retention: Educator Wellbeing Without Compromise
- Sanctuary Mindsets & Accompañamiento for Immigrant Students
- Self-Efficacy: The Most Powerful Skill You've Never Taught
- Shifting Gears: A NASCAR Racer on Autism & Mediamaking
- Storytelling for Language & Immigration Justice
- Student Centered By Design: Building Belonging Through Tech
- Syncrets To Success: From Classroom to Credits (Film, TV)
- Tomorrow’s Tools Today: AI Solutions for School Leaders
- Transforming Teaching: Inclusive Practices That Work
- Vital Lessons Live: Trust, Health, & Schools
Panels
- A Model for Culturally Responsive STEAM Ecosystems
- Accelerating Equity in Math Through Collaborative Research
- Addressing Climate Anxiety in Classrooms
- ADHD Is a Superpower: Young People Rewrite the Narrative
- Advancing the Educational Attainment of Boys & Men
- AI & Climate: Learning Amid Tradeoffs & Possibilities
- AI & the Brain: As We Embrace AI, Let’s Not Forget Our Minds
- AI in Big Sky: Co-Designing the AI Field Kit for Rural STEM
- Arts, Culture, & Data: Reimagining Education with Afterschool
- Beyond Bricks: Hybrid Models that Boost Outcomes
- Beyond the Sales Pitch: Evaluating EdTech for Efficacy
- Building Belonging: K–12 Success for Latino Students
- Calming the Storm: Navigating College Admissions Today
- Capture, Keep, & Inspire Attention: Ideas from Digital Media
- Civic Education in a Divided Nation
- Civic Learning Through Public Media Storytelling
- Civics’ Future: A Playbook for the Pursuit of Happiness
- Classroom to Career: Teaming Up to Transform STEM Education
- Connected Futures: Learning Across Boundaries
- Creative Purpose in the Age of Reasoning AI
- Designing With, Not For: Youth Power & Math Narrative Project
- Early Days Again: What AI Makes Possible for New Schools
- Efficacy Equation: Educators, Students, Families as AI Agents
- Empowering Students with Dyslexia & Dyscalculia
- Experiencing Learning: Hedging Against AI Disruption
- Failing Forward: Moving from Tools to Transformation with AI
- Flipping the Script to Elevate Early Ed & All Educators
- From Classroom to Career: Transforming High School with Tech
- From IEP to Independence: VR Tools for Neurodiverse Students
- From Random Acts to Purposeful Pathways for Every Student
- From TikTok to Toolbelt: Preparing Gen Z for Work
- Future at Stake: How Students Debate Today Affects Tomorrow
- Future-Proof Learners Now for the World of Tomorrow
- Growing Your Own: Pathways to Teaching in Rural Texas
- How AI & Mixed Reality Are Transforming Teacher Prep
- How to Address Social Issues Like a Startup: Girls in STEM
- How to Raise Changemakers: Lessons from Brazil’s Youth
- It Takes a Region: Cybersecurity Pathways in Rural Alabama
- Joy & Justice: Reframing Advocacy for Immigrant Education
- Joyful Learning: Meet the Educators Creating the Schools Kids Love
- Learning Without Borders: Preparing Kids for a Global Future
- Media That Matters: Nuclear Weapons & the Next Generation
- Mental Health Fitness
- Missing Millions: Confronting the Attendance Crisis
- Passing the Baton: Strengthening Local College Ecosystems
- Pedagogy, Politics, & Place: Video PD for a Polarized Age
- Power in Partnership: Scaling CBPL to Strengthen Math Outcomes
- Pre-K Pioneers: Fresh Models for Early Learning
- Prioritizing Education R&D: Voices from States & Districts
- Reframing Dyslexia as a Hyper-Ability
- Rethinking Higher Education to Build an AI-First Workforce
- Screen Time vs. Green Time: Reimagine Play in a Digital Age
- Solving the Math Problem: Leading Change in K–12 Systems
- Start-Up Spirit: The Real-World Impact of Student Ventures
- Student Voice, Real Power: Shaping Schools from Within
- Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce that Powers Us
- Teaching Beyond Transcripts with Career-Connected Learning
- Teaching Today: Innovations to Help Educators Stay & Thrive
- The Big Blur: Rethinking the Transition from School to Work
- The Disengaged Teen Goes to College
- The Honesty Gap: Why Your Kid’s Test Score Lied to You
- The State of the States: Bipartisanship in Education Today
- Turning Best Practice to Standard: Scaling 9th Grade On-Track
- Unapologetically Insisting on Success
- Uncheatable: Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI
- Urban Superintendents on Leading, Lasting, & Learning
- Voice AI & Assessments: Science, Ethics, & Potential
- Vouchers & the Future of Texas Public Education
- We Can Teach Hard Things: Being a Civics Teacher in America
- What If Less Is More? Chronic Absenteeism’s Unexpected Fix
- Young Leaders Have the Solutions for a Better, Kinder World
- Youth-Led Service: Fostering Personal & Professional Growth
Performances
- In the Muddle: A Live Look at Learning Thru Mistake-Making
- The Kids Table Live-Play: SEL, D&D, & Kids!
- This Is a Magic Show (About The Power of Curiosity)
Podcasts
- Adaptivity: The Science of Adolescence Podcast: Adolescence, AI, & Authentic Human Connection
- Beyond Voting: Defending Truth in Education: AI, Equity, & Power
- Chalk & Gavel: Navigating the Tides of an Education Law Sea Change
- Coffee with a Little Bit of Cream: Bringing Students Back from the Brink
- Hsu Untied: Beyond Numbers: Decision-Making in the Math Classroom
- On Our Minds Road Trip: A Conversation with Austin Students
- P.S. Weekly: How Teen Journalists Drive Change in Their Communities
- Plot Twist: Power, Protest, & Politics in Young World
- SERP Stories: When Teens Can’t, Won’t, & Don’t Read: What We Can Do
- Talking to Grandma: AI in the Age of AI: Ancestral Intelligence in Schools
- The Joy of Neurodiversity: The Blindspot: Why Neurodiversity Needs More than Awareness
- The Learning Geeks: How to Think When Machines Think Faster
- Tomorrow's Principal Podcast: Don't Stop at Disruption
Workshops
- 320 Ways to Support EBs: Language + Content = Classroom Joy
- A Practical Toolkit for Designing Youth-Led Service Programs
- Actions to Outcomes: A Smarter Path to Better Decisions
- All We Are Is Story: Decolonizing Youth Voice & Identity
- An Artful Approach to Belonging: Poetry, Art, & Literacy
- Beyond Borders: Diverse Alliances for Immigrant Wellbeing
- Beyond Copy-Paste: Designing AI-Resilient Assignments
- Beyond Self-Care: Whole School Approach to Educator Wellness
- Beyond the Page: Experiencing Dyslexia & Dysgraphia
- Building Belonging Through Inclusive Creative Computing
- Building Trust in Schools: Promising Partnership Practices
- Choice Filled Lives: Relationships for Youth Voice & Agency
- Civic Media Playbook: Map Your Information Ecosystem
- Classical Music is Not European: Rethinking How We Teach
- Close to the Edge: Disrupting Systems with C.U.L.T.U.R.E.
- Co-Designing EdTech with Kids
- Coloring Outside the Lines: Reimagining DEI Learning Spaces
- Come Together, Walk with Me: Student Shadowing for Justice
- Creating Environments for Neurodivergent Brains to Flourish
- Cultivating Belonging for Students, Staff, & Families
- Democracy High: Building Civics Skills to Design Tomorrow
- Design Thinking with AI: Empowering People & Connection
- Designing Belonging: Centering Identity in Math EdTech
- Designing Future-Ready Public Microschools
- Designing the Partnership Ecosystem: Five Systems Missions
- Division Defiance: Building Cross-Racial Solidarity
- Educational Leadership in Today’s Political Climate
- Empowering Society: Rethinking Who Designs AI
- Finding Wonder in the Weird: Tapping into Student Creativity
- From Burnout to Bandwidth: Using AI to Reclaim Your Day
- From Dream to Destiny: Empowering Underestimated Youth
- Future Tense: A Vibecoding Experience for Educators
- Future-Proofing & Empowering Youth via Project Management
- Go Sideways! How Collaborative Mentoring Rebuilds PD
- Heard It in the Playground: Classroom News Discussions
- Hit the Switch: Making Learning Through Play Accessible
- How to Build a Student-Led Mental Health Movement
- How to Center Learners By Design Using an Ecosystem Lens
- In Search of Hope: Teaching Climate Emotions Through Story
- Leadership in the Red Zone: Chaos, Change, & Courage
- Let's Draw! Joyful Learning with Fractal Gridding Comics
- Level Up! Role-Playing Games for Wellbeing in the Classroom
- Navigating the Cosmos of Inclusive Learning
- Next Gen Educators: Youth Leading the Future of Learning
- Not a Liability: Rethinking Mental Health in Leadership
- Policy in Motion: Yoga, Lawmaking, & Cultural Persuasion
- Power to the Classroom: Design the Data Ed You Need
- Read the Room: How School Design Impacts Culture & Outcomes
- Reimagining School Wellness Through Arts & SEL
- Reset & Rise: Building a Well-Being Plan for Educators
- Resonant Listening as Relational Attunement
- Seeing Differently: Learning Through Non-Visual Senses
- So Tell Me About Yourself: Audio Storytelling 101
- States Matter: Using Ed R&D to Drive Student Outcomes
- Steal C-Suite Tools to Reset Schools, Like a Boss
- Supercharging Project-Based Learning with Generative AI
- Sustain or Struggle: Earned Revenue for Impact Workshop
- Talk with Me, Not at Me: Family Engagement Reset
- Teaching Civic Innovation for an Age of Abundance
- Teaching Ideas with Visual Thinking
- Teaching Through Mistakes: Modeling Accountability
- The AI Effect: How Gen Z Is Redefining Connection
- The AI Time Machine: Use AI to Build the Future of Learning
- The Box Sent Back from the Future
- The Courage to Connect: Turning Empathy into Action
- The Light, the Child, & the Pinecone
- The Thinking Game
- Time Together as Ritual: Practicing the Art of Facilitation
- Using Improv Ideas to Transform Your Class Writing
- Zora & AP Lit.: Designing a Culturally Intentional Canon
Don’t Miss Out On SXSW EDU 2026
Register and book your hotel today to break new ground in education through compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, mentorship, film screenings, trailblazing competitions, a dynamic expo, networking opportunities, and so much more at SXSW EDU from March 9-12, 2026.
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