Sponsors and Partners
KOI Education
KOI Education is a premier provider of professional development for teachers, staff, and administrators. We have many specialty training areas and are nationally known for our PBIS training and implementation services.
Arizona K12 Center
The Arizona K12 Center serves as a vital hub connecting Arizona's educators with the most current best practices in professional development. Now more than ever, research-based answers are essential to enhancing teacher performance and student learning. With the practitioner standing at the intersection of theory and practice, the Arizona K12 Center develops and facilitates leading professional development solutions for our classrooms today.
Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run is a nonprofit organization that provides fun, evidence-based programs that inspire girls of all abilities and backgrounds to build their confidence, kindness, and decision-making skills. Dynamic lessons instill valuable life skills including the important connection between physical activity and emotional health.
Viridian Education
Viridian is more than a color; we're a multi-talented group of individuals on a mission to disrupt the ed-tech space and get meaningful data into the hands of those directly serving our children. Through our pursuit of providing equitable solutions and closing the achievement gap, we have developed a variety of tools and customized solutions to better serve every student.
Desert Choice Schools
LEARN Academy supports districts and schools with outcomes-driven professional teams, proven educational programs, and research-based intervention services. LEARN Academy leads in creating and implementing custom special education programs to fit the needs of schools and districts. LEARN Academy delivers a range of intervention services from early childhood to post-secondary academic interventions as well as special education, behavioral, and therapeutic solutions for all grade levels.
Helping Heroes AZ
Real Estate group who provides discounts to teachers/educators who may be in need of buying or selling a home...
Autism Society of Greater Phoenix
Our mission is to create connections, empowering everyone in the Autism community with the resources needed to live fully. Established in 1973, we are the oldest Autism organization in Arizona. We offer education, training, social events, and support to our members. We pride ourselves in advocating on behalf of our community to improve the systems of care.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
For more than 60 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, professionally supported matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in Maricopa County and Pinal County. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
Teen Lifeline
Teen Lifeline provides a safe, confidential, and crucial crisis intervention service for Arizona teens. Teen Lifeline’s work is towards its mission to prevent teen suicide in Arizona through enhancing resiliency in youth and fostering supportive communities. This happens through its peer-to-peer crisis hotline and suicide prevention education services for teens, educators, and parents.
Raising Special Kids
Raising Special Kids improves the lives of Arizona children with disabilities by providing families, with support, education, information and individual assistance.
Quail Run Behavioral Health
Quail Run Behavioral Health offers acute inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment programs for ages 12 and up. It is our mission that Quail Run Behavioral Health consistently provides supportive, compassionate, and innovative environment of patient-centered care.
GLSEN Arizona
GLSEN Arizona believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. We are a local chapter of a national network of educators and students working to make this right a reality. We work to train, resource, and empower community members to organize and create safer, more affirming and more inclusive learning environments for LGBTQ+ and all students in our Arizona K-12 schools.
Presence Learning
Presence is the leading provider of online therapy solutions for children with diverse needs. We connect speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and mental health counseling professionals with students so that they can deliver services from anywhere using our modern therapy platform, Kanga. We have delivered more than 5 million teletherapy sessions to hundreds of K-12 schools and districts across the U.S. with our network of more than 2,200 certified clinicians.
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Established in 1997, Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) is an internationally recognized nonprofit with a mission to advance research and provide a lifetime of support for individuals with autism and their families. SARRC is dedicated to innovative autism research, education, evidence-based practices, community outreach, and building inclusive communities across Arizona.
Arizona Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the success of children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides professional development, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice. CEC is known as THE source for information, resources, and professional development for special educators. Arizona Council for Exceptional Children, AZCEC.org, is the Arizona Unit of The Council for Exception Children.
Mer•made jewelry
Keri Mosier of Mer•made Jewelry creates beautiful, earthy, everyday pieces. Handmade, organic, beautiful jewelry.
Children's Museum of Phoenix
Acting on the principle that learning is a joy, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix’s mission is to engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them. With hands-on, interactive exhibits designed for children ages birth to 10, the Museum focuses on learning through play, with emphasis on early childhood education and school-readiness.
Kaibab Behavioral Services
Our mission is "To help people live quality lives by teaching functional life skills that increase their access to positive experiences.” Kaibab Behavioral Service’s ultimate goal is promoting therapeutic environments using evidence-based practices with members needing behavioral health services in home, schools, and communities to improve social-emotional, adaptive, behavioral, and academic competencies to maximize quality of life.
Kid in the Corner
Kid in the corner is a youth mental health awareness and suicide prevention program whose mission is to shatter the stigma that surrounds mental health. We have youth programming for grades 4-12
AHA Alliance LLC
Birthmarks, moles, freckles, and scars are all unique, like the sky's stars. "Beauty with a Birthmark" is an integral part of any home library as an important child development tool that teaches empathy, understanding, and acceptance - key character traits that can greatly reduce the likelihood of bullying. This delightful book is vital for building children's self-esteem as they learn to fully embrace themselves and what makes them unique. These skin marks are our design, both mine and yours, let us shine.
Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon University is a private Christian university based in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona committed to delivering an affordable and transformative higher education. Find your purpose at gcu.edu