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WCASS 2025 Fall Conference 
Registration: Now Open

October 2nd & 3rd, 2025
Wilderness Resort, Glacier Canyon Conference Center in the Wisconsin Dells

Join us for a chance to network with special education leaders and decision makers during the Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services Fall Conference. Help set the stage for student success with those who are responsible for making special education and student services purchases in Wisconsin school districts.  

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 2, 2025 

7:00-4:30 Registration

7:30-8:15 Continental Breakfast

8:15-9:45 Opening Keynote

Recalibrate the Culture
Jimmy Casas

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Speaker Biography: Jimmy Casas is the CEO and President of J Casas and Associates, an educational leadership company aimed at serving teachers, principals and superintendents in school districts across the United States by providing high quality, practical and meaningful coaching support. Jimmy served twenty-two years as a school leader. He is a best selling author, speaker, leadership coach, and a state and national award winning principal. Under Jimmy’s leadership, Bettendorf High School was named one of the best high schools in the country three times by Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report. JImmy was named the 2012 Iowa Principal of the Year and was runner-up NASSP 2013 National Principal of the Year. In 2014, Jimmy was invited to the White House to speak on the Future Ready Pledge. Finally, in 2015, he received the Bammy Award for the National Principal of the Year.

 

Session Description: Do you leave work every night exhausted from putting out fires all day long? Are you frustrated because you find yourself dealing with the same issues time and time again? You are not alone.

It is time to recalibrate. Recalibrate our why. Our work. Our values. Ourselves. Educators must explore their inner selves to understand the role we each play in how we can impact the climate and culture of an entire campus when we are strategic and aligned in our practices. The classroom, building, and district levels must see themselves as one and must be intentional in replicating their processes, protocols, and frameworks to recalibrate and bring about system-wide change and cultivate a healthier culture. 

Participants will leave this session with a renewed understanding of the importance of effective processes and practical tools they can utilize immediately to cultivate a healthier culture for all members of their school community.

 

9:45-10:15 Break with Vendors

10:15-11:30 Concurrent Sessions

 11:30-12:45 Lunch

12:00-12:45 Membership Meeting

1:00-2:15 Concurrent Sessions 

2:15-2:45 Break with Vendors

2:45-4:15 Concurrent Sessions

4:30-6:30 Networking Reception

 

Friday, October 3, 2025

7:00-8:00 Breakfast 

8:10-9:30 Legal Hot Topics: Panel Discussion

Panel Facilitated by Danica Lewis, WCASS Co-Director of Member Learning. Attorney Panelists: Chad Wade, Renning, Lewis, & Lacy S.C, Mary Gerbig, Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet, Kylie Owens, Attolles Law, S.C.

Join us for a lively discussion about current hot topics. This group of esteemed attorneys will answer questions shared by student services leaders on topics including Act 20, placement decisions, seclusion and restraint and staffing challenges.

9:45-10:30 & 10:45-11:30 Community Conversations (repeated)

 

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Conference Fees

Member: $375*
Non-Member: $450
*Must be logged in to see member pricing*

Sending a team?
Team of 3 Conference fees:
Members: $1,000
(Each additional team member is $333)

Please email [email protected] with the following information in order to receive the team of 3 (or more) discount!
For each team member we need:
1. name
2. title
3. school
4. WCASS member status
5. CESA region
6. email address
7. session choices

WCASS will register the group for you and email you the confirmation and invoice. 

Overnight Information

Wilderness Resort/Glacier Canyon Lodge
45 Hillman Road
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Special room rate of $129 per night
Room block guaranteed through August 31, 2025.
After this date, the room rate will be honored if rooms are still available. Overflow block available at Wilderness Resort.  
Call 1-800-867-9453 and use the code: Leader #A71383

  

Accessibility: For questions about accessibility or to request special assistance during the event, please contact Gail Anderson at [email protected]. Three weeks advance notice is required to allow us to provide seamless access. If you need to cancel the special request this must be done at least 3 working days prior to the start of the event.

Questions? For questions on registration, payment, or general information please call the WCASS office at 608-204-9819.