WABE 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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1:45pm PDT

Amplifying Student Voices: Supporting Language, Culture, and Equity through Technology and Advocacy

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Empowering student voice: This hands-on session explores raising awareness of indigenous languages and cultures, supporting multilingual learners, and leveraging technology to amplify diverse voices (through QR codes, screen recordings, creating websites). Learn practical strategies, share successes, and create your own tools to foster culturally responsive school environments.

Speakers

Beth Jimerson

Multilingual Learner Specialist, Burlington-Edison

Arie Werder

Middle school and High school CTE, Burlington-Edison School District

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience ML Specialists, Teachers
Academic Range K-12

1:45pm PDT

Characteristics of Successful Dual Language Bilingual Education Programming

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

This interactive session will provide an overview of DLBE programming essentials, as aligned with the Guiding Principles of Dual Language Education, 2018, in order to:
– Develop an understanding of the non-negotiable components of successful DLBE programs
– Understand the research behind effective DLBE programs
-- Engage in discussions around equity-systems and the support needed for program realization and sustainability.

Speakers

Loretta Booker

Project Coordinator, Dual Language Education of New Mexico

Loretta Booker has been a Project Coordinator with Dual Language Education of New Mexico, working with CLAVES® and Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) Program Development since 2023. Before that time, she served within the Santa Fe Public School District for 18 years as a... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, Administrators, Coordinators, Instructional Coaches
Academic Range K-12

1:45pm PDT

Family Engagement: More than Just a Cultural Potluck

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

Family engagement in schools often feels overwhelming and superficial, leading to one-time events without lasting relationships. We advocate for a strengths-based approach, fostering long-term connections through a school-wide philosophy that listens to and builds relationships with families. Participants will share culturally responsive strategies, problem-solve, and leave with actionable strategies.

Speakers

Brittani Brown

MS Resource Teacher, Lake Washington School District

Jessie Rhee

MS Resource Teacher, Lake Washington School District

Kristen Tollefsen

Associate Principal, Rose Hill Middle School/LWSD

Danielle MacDonald

Counselor, Rose Hill Middle School

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, Administrators
Academic Range Secondary (6-12)

1:45pm PDT

MTSS and Multilingual Learners; A Systemic Approach to Equitable Support

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Do your school systems work to support the specific needs of multilingual learners? This session will focus on systemic practices and structures that address linguistic equity, build practitioner knowledge around multilingual learner needs, and integrate authentic assessment and progress monitoring within a multi-tiered system of support.

Speakers

Jennifer Johnson

Senior Consultant, Multilingual Learners, Education Northwest

Jennifer’s professional passion is in creating educational access and promoting authentic student identity and agency in education. Her career includes 23 years of experience serving in public education as a dual language teacher, bilingual instructional coach, building principal... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Administrators, District Administrators, Coaches
Academic Range K-12

1:45pm PDT

Sharpen your Clause Knowledge

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

The word ‘clause’ or ‘clauses’ is used over 300 times in the WIDA manual. What is a clause? What is the difference between subordinate, relative, embedded, infinitive, and gerund clauses? Come learn how to help students use these important language features to make meaning in their everyday and academic lives.

Speakers

JENNIFER GREEN

Professor, Western Washington University

Cory Mathieu

Assistant Professor, Western Washington University

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers
Academic Range Grade 4-12

1:45pm PDT

The Power of El Dictado in Bilingual Foundational Skills Instruction

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

El Dictado has the power to accelerate the academic and linguistic growth of bilingual readers and writers. Discover the transformative power of El Dictado as a holistic approach to bilingual foundational skills. Students can experience explicit foundational skills instruction grounded in meaning while leveraging cross-linguistic transfer as they engage in the Dictado instructional routine. Join us to uncover how student dictados can serve as valuable formative assessment data, and leave feeling inspired to implement El Dictado K-5. Whether you're an experienced educator or new to bilingual instruction, this session offers insights and practical tools to elevate your teaching and enhance student success. Don't miss this opportunity to see El Dictado in action and revolutionize your foundational skills instruction!

Speakers

Jordan Montalvo

Central Office Specialist, Highline Public Schools

Jordan Montalvo is a Dual Language specialist for Highline Public Schools. She serves as an advocate for bilingual education programming and liaison between schools and district level supports. Jordan is also a OCDE Project GLAD trainer, providing ongoing professional learning for... Read More →

Jessica Canul Diaz

Specialist, HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Lupe Mendoza

Kindergarten DL Teacher, Highline School District

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Dual Language Classroom Teachers, Dual Language Leaders
Academic Range K-5

1:45pm PDT

The Science of Hope: Building Resilient Learners in Multilingual Classrooms

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Hope is a cognitive process with a powerful impact on learning. This session explores the neuroscience behind Hope Theory and neuroplasticity, highlighting their role in multilingual students’ resilience and motivation. Through research and discussion, participants will examine how belonging, goal-setting, and agency foster hopeful, empowered learning environments.

Speakers

Sophia Monge

Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, Bethel School District

I serve as the Assistant Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning in Bethel School District, where I design professional learning opportunities aligned with our district’s Strategic Plan. My work focuses on supporting teacher development, enhancing student achievement, and fostering... Read More →

Missy Widmann

Co-Founder, President, Neural Education

We knock down the barriers of stress, bias and emotional reactivity with powerful, practical and proven neural-informed learning practices so that all students can learn.

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Administrators, Teachers, Coaches, Para Educators
Academic Range PreK-20

1:45pm PDT

Using the WIDA Key Language Uses to guide Interactions and Instruction in Elementary English Language Development Programs

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT

Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

The presenter will review the WIDA K-5 Key Language Uses and break down the standards with examples, demonstrations, and interactive discussions for teachers to implement in their own work with K-5 Multilingual Learners. For example, using the format of Narrate, Argue, Explain, Inform to guide reading lesson plans, questioning strategies, and next steps for scaffolding writing. This presentation can apply to various K-5 Multilingual Learner Program models: Small-group/Pull-out, Push-in, Collaboration/Co-teaching

Speakers

Ben Hambleton

Teacher, Riverview School District

Friday May 2, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm PDT
Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers
Academic Range K-5

3:00pm PDT

Developing an Action Plan for Serving Multilingual Learners Effectively

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Ignite your school to support multilingual learners effectively by developing an action plan! In this session, we will unpack Washington’s Multilingual Learner Statewide Strategic Plan and Toolkit to promote asset-based mindsets, strengthen instructional practices, provide support for educators, and engage multilingual students and families. Explore using WIDA ACCESS data, surveys, and reflection to build students’ success!

Speakers

Virginia Morales

Assistant Director - Multilingual Education, Washington Office Of Superintendent Of Public Instruction

Virginia Morales is the Assistant Director of Multilingual Education at OSPI. Virginia has over 20 years of experience working with multilingual learners as an educator in California, Wisconsin, and Washington. Previously, Virginia was a Professional Learning Specialist with WIDA... Read More →

Kristin Percy Calaff

WABE OSPI Ex-Officio Member, OSPI

Dr. Kristin Percy Calaff is the Executive Director of Multilingual & Migrant Education for the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. She has over 30 years of experience as a dual language teacher, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, and state... Read More →

kadriye El-Atwani

Multilingual Program Supervisor-OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, Administrators
Academic Range K-12

3:00pm PDT

English Learners for a Transformed World (2nd Edition): A Guide for Collaborative Professional Learning

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Our interactive, co-presented workshop offers the participants an opportunity to co-create pathways and tools that serve to ignite learners' linguistic power. Anchored to the new edition of the Collier & Thomas book, Educating English Learners for a Transformed World, we share applicable ways to grow collaboration practices in DLBE settings.

Speakers

Michael Rodriguez

Executive Director, Dual Language Education of New Mexico

Michael Rodríguez is the Executive Director of Dual Language Education of NM (DLeNM). For six years, he served as the organization's director of operations, heading up and expanding its Program Design and Leadership Development offerings while supporting schools, districts, and state... Read More →

Dr. Joan Lachance

UNC Charlotte

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Dual Language Teachers, Coaches, Administrators
Academic Range K-12

3:00pm PDT

Examining Key Language Uses in Bilingual Writing

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

In this session Strategies: Attendees will develop effective teaching strategies to support bilingual students in mastering writing skills in both languages.
Description: In this webinar, we will delve into the Key Language Uses in writing for both Spanish and English. Participants will engage in an in-depth analysis of bilingual writing examples and mentor texts, using the lens of the Key Language Uses and los usos clave del lenguaje del Marco DALE. This session aims to equip educators with the knowledge and tools to teach and support bilingual students in their writing endeavors effectively.

Speakers

Maya A. Martinez-Hart

Assistant Director of Standards, ELRP, WIDA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

I am a bilingual educator with a background in early childhood and K-12 education.

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Bilingual Educators
Academic Range K-12

3:00pm PDT

GLAD Strategies that “Hang Together” for Secondary Classrooms

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Implementing GLADⓇ can be overwhelming for teachers, particularly in secondary. Learn how our district targeted GLADⓇ strategies that “hang together” in professional learning for secondary teachers. Experience how we adapted GLADⓇ for secondary and see examples from classrooms. Discover how secondary teachers learned to embrace and use GLADⓇ in Highline.

Speakers

Rachel Hoff

Central Office Specialist, Highline Public Schools

Rachel is a language learning specialist and OCDE Project GLAD consultant supporting language learning programs, including ELL and dual language, in Highline Public Schools. She is an adjunct instructor at Western Washington University and Seattle University for pre-service and inservice... Read More →

Bethany Plett

School-Based Specialist, Highline Public Schools

Leticia Yellam

Central Office Specialist, Highline Public Schools

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Educators
Academic Range Secondary (6-12)

3:00pm PDT

Innovating for All Learners

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Imagine a school that serves students in elementary, middle and high schools, provides only push-in MLE services, implements a collaborative teaching model, and where language development is embedded in curriculum taught in every classroom. Welcome to Kent Laboratory Academy, a decidedly different school in Kent School District that Innovates for All Learners.
Come to our session to learn about our journey and how we provide services to our multilingual learners through ongoing professional development, PLC work, innovative MTSS process and our partnership with University of Washington, Tacoma. Participants will take away ideas and resources on how to build capacity for providing MLE services within their own staff (and not just MLE educators).

Speakers

Narine Balayan

MLE Teacher, Kent Laboratory Academy / Kent School District

Narine Balayan, M.Ed., is a School Success Coach at Kent Laboratory Academy in the Kent School District. With a strong commitment to student achievement and well-being, Narine brings her expertise in education to support and empower students on their academic journey.

Stephanie Knipp

Principal, Kent School District/Kent Laboratory Academy

Stephanie Knipp is the Principal of Kent Laboratory Academy in the Kent School District. A dedicated educational leader, Stephanie is committed to fostering a supportive and innovative learning environment that promotes student growth and academic excellence.

Laura Phillips

Principal/ Assistant Principal, Kent Laboratory Academy / Kent School District

Laura Phillips is the Assistant Principal at Kent Laboratory Academy in the Kent School District. With a passion for student development and academic success, Laura plays a key role in cultivating a positive school culture and supporting both students and staff.

Darice Johnson

Kent School Distirct

Darice Johnson is the Executive Director of Learning Improvement for the Kent School District. With a focus on advancing instructional practices and student outcomes, Darice leads strategic initiatives to support continuous learning and educational excellence across the district... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, Para Educators, Coaches, Interventionists, District Administrators, Administrators
Academic Range Grade 3-12

3:00pm PDT

Intentional Mentoring: Shifting the culture of how multilingual teachers are trained, supported and valued

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

This session will explore strategies for comprehensive and intentional mentoring. Mentoring as collaboration amplifies the voices, experiences and linguistic superpowers of multilingual educators. This session will include hands on exploration of equity focused mentoring frameworks across all stages of professional growth to promote retention and healthy learning-based relationships.

Speakers

Richard Dunn

Partnership and Field Experiences Coordinator, Western Washington University, Renton

Richard Dunn, M.Ed., NBCT, teaches and is a Partnership and Field Experience Coordinator at the Western Washington University Woodring Multilingual Teaching Fellowship Program. He taught for 26 years in the Highline School District. He has supported early career teachers as a Peer... Read More →

Christie McLean

Woodring Bilingual Teaching Fellows Partnership and Field Experience Coordinator, Western Washington University

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Multilingual Teachers, Pre-service teachers, MLE Coaches, Administrators, Teacher Certification Providers
Academic Range K-12

3:00pm PDT

Special Education Pre-Referral Process for Multilingual Learners

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

In this session, we will engage in decolonizing practices rooted in the active interruption of systems that have been harmful to students. We will share our district's current work along with recommendations on a pre-referral process for multilingual learners. The session includes a recommended process, information to gather, and suggested training for pre-referral/MTSS teams.

Speakers

Julián Cortés

Director, Lake Washington School District

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, MTSS Staff, Administrators, ML Program Staff
Academic Range K-12

3:00pm PDT

Visual Supports: Tips & Tricks to Enhance Accessibility for Multilingual Learners

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Join us for tips and tricks to be more intentional about including visual supports in your teaching! Learn how to sketch people and common icons, design charts, and locate the images you need to support vocabulary, plus get to know the research behind why visuals are so important for MLs.

Speakers

Lauren Monroe

Instructional Specialist, Highline Public Schools

Lauren Monroe is an instructional coach in a dual language elementary school in Highline Public Schools. She is a National Board Certified Teacher with over twenty years of experience in education serving a population of diverse learners. She completed a Master of Education of English... Read More →

Shawnda Fukano

Instructional Coach, Highline Public Schools

Shawnda Fukano is an OCDE Project GLAD trainer and a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language. She has worked as an ELL classroom teacher, dual language coordinator, and instructional coach in Highline Public Schools for the past 19 years. She has a masters degree... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers
Academic Range K-5

4:15pm PDT

Are we making a difference? Supporting the classroom experience for maximum benefit to Multilinguals!

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Attendees of this session will leave with new ideas on how to best align the classroom experience for multilinguals,focusing on a form of embedded professional learning with ExcEL Teacher Leadership Academy. We will share how we are seeing changing outcomes in classrooms across Washington.You will hear from a team of teachers, directors and TOSAs on how new learning is shaping student's experiences.

Speakers

Michaela McCaughey

Coach & High School Heritage Spanish Teacher, ExcEL Educator Leadership Academy

Heidi LaMare

ExcEL Educator Leadership Academy

Susie Beers-Everson

ML TOSA, Sumner-Bonney Lake School District

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience School Leaders, ML Tosas, ML District Leaders
Academic Range Grade 3-5

4:15pm PDT

Co-Teach: Sometimes Messy but Always Takes a Village

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Join our session to explore effective co-teaching strategies for ML student inclusion. Experience real-time modeling, discuss big-picture logistics, and collaborate in small groups to address planning and preparation. Administrators, counselors, and teachers must join together to create a supportive village for successful co-teaching.

Speakers

Brittani Brown

MS Resource Teacher, Lake Washington School District

Jessie Rhee

MS Resource Teacher, Lake Washington School District

Kristen Tollefsen

Associate Principal, Rose Hill Middle School/LWSD

Danielle MacDonald

Counselor, Rose Hill Middle School

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, Administrators
Academic Range Secondary (6-12)

4:15pm PDT

Educamos de corazón a corazón: Sustaining Equitable Dual Language Programming to Support Student Learning & Belonging

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Dual language programs support both student academic outcomes, as well as increased student, staff, and family belonging. This session will delve into the Edmonds School District's dual language program, discussing its implementation, systems of support, and its impact on student achievement and cultural understanding.

Speakers

Nichole Rodriguez

Director of Multilingual Education, Edmonds School District 15

Nichole Rodriguez, Director of Multilingual Education in the Edmonds School District, advances academic language development for linguistically diverse students. Her expertise includes Dual Language programs, curriculum alignment, and data-driven instruction. She leads district-wide... Read More →

Erica Ramos

Dual Language Program Specialist, Edmonds School District

Erica is the Dual Language Program Specialist in the Edmonds School District. Prior to this role, she was a Dual Language teacher in the Woodburn Oregon school district. Currently, she supports the implementation and expansion of dual language in Edmonds through instructional coaching... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Dual Language Teachers, Dual Language Leaders
Academic Range K-5

4:15pm PDT

How one school united to ignite students’ linguistic power: Every teacher a language teacher

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Join a principal, program director, language specialist, and ESD consultant to see how one school shaped ELD services by supporting classroom teachers to confidently take the instructional lead for language development. Leave with insight and resources to design your ELD system, leaning on informed decisions, professional learning, and ongoing collaboration.

Speakers

Dr. Jennifer Cowgill

Director of Multilingual Learning, ESD 123

Janae Bell

ELA Teacher, Finley Elementary School

Pam Kinne

Principal, Finley School District

I'm completing my 16th year as a principal and 30th in education.I started my teaching career in Grandview School District. I taught 3 years at the high school and 11 years at the middle school. My principalship has all been in Finley School District at Finley Elementary.

Amy McLaughlin

Programs Director, Finley School District - Kennewick, WA

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience District and School Leadership, EL Specialists, Teachers
Academic Range K-12

4:15pm PDT

Newcomer Beauty: Embracing students and families from Ukraine and Afghanistan

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

This session explores how to effectively support newcomer students and families from Ukraine and Afghanistan within their first three years in the U.S. It begins by addressing the unique backgrounds, migration experiences, and potential trauma these students may have faced, emphasizing the need for culturally responsive and trauma-informed practices. Creating an inclusive school environment is essential, which includes fostering a welcoming culture, ensuring language access services, and providing translated materials. Effective language and academic support strategies, such as scaffolding instruction, using visuals, and implementing structured interactions like GLAD, help facilitate English language development and content learning. Family engagement is also a critical component, as families need guidance in navigating the school system and access to community resources, including mental health services and social support networks. Lastly, the presentation highlights the importance of long-term success by ensuring students’ academic progress, social-emotional well-being, and advocacy for their educational rights and future opportunities. By taking a holistic and asset-based approach, schools can create a supportive and empowering environment for these students and their families.

Speakers

Cecilia Tamayo

Asst. Director Multilingual Education, Puyallup School District

Amy Castillo

Paraeducator, Puyallup School District

Maya Howey

Puyallup School District

Milagros Alarcon Casafranca

Language Access Coordinator, Puyallup School District

I’m Peruvian, married to my husband Andre, and we have our boys in the Dual Language program. I’m passionate about connecting with people and making a positive impact. I work as a Language Access Coordinator for the Puyallup District, where I get to help bridge language gaps and... Read More →

Nataliia Ledchak

Puyallup School District

Bashir Basharee

Puyallup School District

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Newcomers
Academic Range Secondary (6-12)

4:15pm PDT

Schoolwide WIDA Language Infusion: Collaborative Planning at the Elementary level

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Come learn how infusing language & content standards ignited teachers to collaborate and elevate language instruction at an elementary school. Expect to walk away with an understanding of this innovative model, and tools to implement a systemwide shift at any site. This session includes the voices of multiple stakeholders necessary to prioritize team collaboration, Tier 1 instruction, progress monitoring and expressive language growth!

Speakers

Kate Morin

Assistant Director of Multilingual Education, Mount Vernon School District

Cat D'Avignon

ML Specialist, Mount Vernon School District

Ashleigh Moe

Principal, Little Mountain Elementary

Megan Laney

Teacher, Mount Vernon School District

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers, ML Specialists, Building Administrators
Academic Range K-5

4:15pm PDT

Teaching with Hope in mind to Latino communities, how to stay motivated, relevant and happy.

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

Many teachers feel discouraged by their efforts with Latino communities in the U.S. My goal is to share my experiences to help educators understand the complexities of Latino students and inspire them to reconnect with their passion for supporting our multilingual learners so both can thrive in their classrooms.

Speakers

Alejandro Gutierrez Camacho

Multilingual Teacher, Rochester School District

My name is Alejandro Gutierrez Camacho. I have a Bachelor's in Administration from Mexico City, a bachelor's in teaching, and a Master's in English Language Learning from the United States. Currently, I am a Multilingual Teacher at Rochester School District. I have worked in the school... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers
Academic Range K-8

4:15pm PDT

Translanguaging in Action: Strategies for Biliteracy and Beyond

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT

Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

In this engaging session, we’ll dive into the power of translanguaging as both a language practice and a pedagogy. Participants will explore its role in fostering biliteracy development through a framework that includes "Stance, Design, and Shift". You'll leave with practical strategies to enhance multilingual learners' ability to seamlessly navigate and thrive in both languages, empowering them to build on their linguistic strengths and achieve more profound, meaningful literacy. Whether new to translanguaging or looking to refine your approach, this session offers tools and insights to boost biliteracy and enrich classroom experiences.

Speakers

Yvonne Williams

Director of Multilingual Learner Educator Engagement, Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services WCEPS

Yvonne Williams, Vice President of Educator Engagement at WCEPS, leads initiatives to empower educators and foster collaboration with Local Education Agencies (LEAs). With over 29 years of experience, she oversees a team of 35 coaches supporting schools nationwide in implementing... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm PDT
Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)

Breakout Session

Audience Teachers
Academic Range K-12