WABE 2025 Annual Conference

WABE 2025 Annual Conference

Alix Smith

Highline Public Schools

School-Based Specialist

Seattle, WA

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10:00am PDT

Friday Morning General Session with Dr. José Medina Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)

1:45pm PDT

Amplifying Student Voices: Supporting Language, Culture, and Equity through Technology and Advocacy Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Beth Jimerson • Arie Werder Family Engagement: More than Just a Cultural Potluck Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)Brittani Brown • Jessie Rhee • Kristen Tollefsen • Danielle MacDonald

3:00pm PDT

Developing an Action Plan for Serving Multilingual Learners Effectively Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Virginia Morales • Kristin Percy Calaff • kadriye El-Atwani English Learners for a Transformed World (2nd Edition): A Guide for Collaborative Professional Learning Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Michael Rodriguez • Dr. Joan Lachance Intentional Mentoring: Shifting the culture of how multilingual teachers are trained, supported and valued Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Richard Dunn • Christie McLean Visual Supports: Tips & Tricks to Enhance Accessibility for Multilingual Learners Evergreen E (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Lauren Monroe • Shawnda Fukano

4:15pm PDT

Are we making a difference? Supporting the classroom experience for maximum benefit to Multilinguals! Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Michaela McCaughey • Heidi LaMare • Susie Beers-Everson

8:00am PDT

Welcoming Newcomers: Thriving in K-12 Schools Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Maria Ceja • MEGAN ANDERSON REILLY

9:15am PDT

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

11:15am PDT

Rolling out the WIDA Standards Framework with Coaching and Collaboration Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Danielle Fortner