WABE 2025 Annual Conference

WABE 2025 Annual Conference

1:45pm PDT

Characteristics of Successful Dual Language Bilingual Education Programming Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Loretta Booker Family Engagement: More than Just a Cultural Potluck Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)Brittani Brown • Jessie Rhee • Kristen Tollefsen • Danielle MacDonald MTSS and Multilingual Learners; A Systemic Approach to Equitable Support Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)Jennifer Johnson The Science of Hope: Building Resilient Learners in Multilingual Classrooms Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Sophia Monge • Missy Widmann Sponsored Session - Building Biliteracy: Implications and Application of SOR for Biliteracy Instruction Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes

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 Cedar Ballroom (2nd Floor, Olympic Tower)Michael Rodriguez • Dr. Joan Lachance Innovating for All Learners Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Narine Balayan • Stephanie Knipp • Laura Phillips • Darice Johnson Intentional Mentoring: Shifting the culture of how multilingual teachers are trained, supported and valued Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Richard Dunn • Christie McLean Special Education Pre-Referral Process for Multilingual Learners Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)Julián Cortés Sponsored Session - Right From the Start: Oracy, Writing, and Knowledge Building for Multilingual Learner Success Evergreen F (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Amelia Larson Sponsored Session - Unlocking Potential: Tailored Strategies for Newcomers and Long-Term English Learners Evergreen B (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Jeannette (Gina) Long

4:15pm PDT

Co-Teach: Sometimes Messy but Always Takes a Village Regency A-D, (2nd Floor, Cascade Tower)Brittani Brown • Jessie Rhee • Kristen Tollefsen • Danielle MacDonald Sponsored Session - Instrucción estructurada de la LECTOESCRITURA in the dual language classroom. Evergreen A (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Alejandra Benítez • Rosa Palafox-Torres

8:00am PDT

Improve Accurate Identification of Multilingual Learners with Disabilities Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Lily Martin • Amber Snapke • Jill Suresh Planificación de Objectos Lingüísticos con el Marco DALE WIDA Evergreen I (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Patricia Venegas-Weber Sponsored Session - Unlocking the power of Biliteracy Trajectories with Renaissance Learning Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Dr. Carol Johnson

11:15am PDT

Rolling out the WIDA Standards Framework with Coaching and Collaboration Evergreen G/H (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Danielle Fortner 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 ¡Escritores Poderosos! Engaging Every Student in Writing Through Power Writing! Evergreen C (1st Floor, Olympic Tower)Gustavo Macuil