WABE 2025 Annual Conference

WABE 2025 Annual Conference

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7:00am PDT

WABE Business Meeting & Breakfast Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Grand Foyer (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower) Conference Badge Pick-up Grand Foyer (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower) Exhibits Open Grand Foyer (2nd Floor) and Evergreen Foyer (1st Floor)

8:00am PDT

Empowering Teachers to Foster Students’ Multilingualism in the Elementary Classroom Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Patricia Ferreyra • Bianca Vergara-Garcia From Scores to Success: Using the WIDA Language Charts for Classroom Assessment Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)Virginia Morales • Cheyen Herseth Improve Accurate Identification of Multilingual Learners with Disabilities Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Lily Martin • Amber Snapke • Jill Suresh Integrative ELD: One Strategy with Endless Possibilities Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Sara Martinez Learning to Listen: Students Transform our Instructional Practice through “Learning Labs” Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Thad Williams • Stevie Norman • Sarah Coddington • Nicole Shimizu Planificación de Objectos Lingüísticos con el Marco DALE WIDA Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Patricia Venegas-Weber Transforming ML Learning with AI: Quick Strategies for Vocabulary, Background, and Oral Language Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Bridget Clark Welcoming Newcomers: Thriving in K-12 Schools Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Maria Ceja • MEGAN ANDERSON REILLY Sponsored Session - Unlocking the power of Biliteracy Trajectories with Renaissance Learning Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Carol Johnson Sponsored Session - Using Focus and Motivation Strategies to Increase Student Engagement and Problem-solving Regency E-G (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)Evelyn Chávez

9:00am PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits Grand Foyer (2nd Floor) and Evergreen Foyer (1st Floor) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Grand Foyer (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

9:15am PDT

General Session - Keynote from Jo Napolitano, Election Announcements Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

11:00am PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits Grand Foyer (2nd Floor) and Evergreen Foyer (1st Floor) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Grand Foyer (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

11:15am PDT

Moving students’ linguistic power forward one sentence at a time: Language objectives and sentence deconstruction Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Jennifer Cowgill • Janae Bell Rolling out the WIDA Standards Framework with Coaching and Collaboration Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Danielle Fortner Supporting Mathematical Sensemaking in Word Problems Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Beth Dillard • Saraswati Noel Translanguaging in Action – Fostering Meta-linguistic Awareness in Secondary Dual Language Classrooms Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Fenglan Nancy Yi-Cline • Carolyn Hylander Unlocking the Potential of GLAD Strategies for Cross-Linguistic Analysis Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Anne Thapa Using AI to Integrate Reading, Language Development and Content Areas Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Cynthia Kniffin ¡Escritores Poderosos! Engaging Every Student in Writing Through Power Writing! Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Gustavo Macuil