2014 Colorado Association for Bilingual Education Conference
September 25-26, 2014
The Westin Hotel, Westminster, CO
Thursday, September 25
8:00 Opening and Keynote Speaker, Dr. Libia Gil
Breakout Session 1, 9:30-10:45 am
1. Elizabeth Jette: Digital Equity for Bilingual Learners
2. Michelle Du Bois, Carlota Loya Hernandez, Silvia Latimer: Identifying and Programming for Diverse Children with Gifts and Talents
3. Jorge Garcia, Kathy Escamilla, Liliana Graham, Barbara Medina, Val Flores: Policy Panel
4. Linda Lewis, Kathy Gonzalez, James Laing, Karen Fox and Gaye Horne: Engaging Families Toward Success--Experiences from Service Providers
5. Dr. Sherry Taylor and Isabelle Smith: Supporting and assessing young emergent bilingual’s oral language development
Breakout Session 2, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
1. Nadia Morrow-Madan: Academic Language
2. Sheila M Shannon, Nancy Commins, Elizabeth A Mahon, Kara M Viesca, Luis E Poza: Elevating the Status of Natural Bilingualism: Instructional Practices Involving Two Languages
3. Margaret Buckley Burns, Clara Smith, Jorge Garcia: Education Reform: What is the impact on Emerging Bilingual Students?
4. Michelle C. Mares, MS-OL: Parent/Teacher Home Visit Program
5. Veronica Albl: ESL and Literacy Resources at Denver Public Library
Lunch and Awards, 12:15-1:30
Breakout Session 3, 1:45-3:00 pm
1. Dr. Maria Uribe and Juanita Stevenson: Lotta Lara Practices in an Intermediate Linguistically Diverse Classroom
2. Andra Brill, Alexandra Johnson, Sarah Kowalchuk: Social-Emotional Learning and Mindfulness: Supporting Success in Learning and Life
3. Edward Tabet-Cubero, María Rodríguez-Burns, and David Rogers, DLENM: Identifying the End-Goal: Biliteracy seal legislation as a key leveraging point to improving our bilingual programs
4. Bridgett Galati: Culturally Responsive Classrooms and Family Engagement
5. Nicola Hodkowski and Dr. Ron Tzur: Action into Language: A Look into Teaching Multiplicative Reasoning through Activity
Breakout Session 4, 3:00-4:15 pm
1. Jesse Winter: Differentiating the Common Core using WIDA’s ACCESS proficiency levels and Can Do Descriptors
2. Manuel Escamilla: Social and Emotional Growth and Development to Become a Competent and Confident learner
3. Esther Romero, Martha Urioste, Kathy Escamilla: A 40 Year Quest for Equity and Excellence for English Language Learners: An Update on the Denver Public Schools Consent Decree
4. Judith Martinez and Cori Canty: Don't Call Them Dropouts: The Role of Bilingual Education in the State's Dropout Prevention Framework and Student Engagement
5. Kara Mitchell Viesca, PhD: eCALLMS Modules: Free, Innovative, Multimedia, Online Resources to Support Professional Learning Communities in Becoming Linguistically Responsive
Reception with El Mariachi Juvenil, 4:15-6:00 pm
Friday, September 26
8:15 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Barbara Medina
Breakout Session 5, 9:30-10:45 am
1. Gilberto Lobo, DLeNM: Los primeros días de clase son claves para establecer una cultura dentro del salón, que brinde un ambiente positivo, seguro y de respeto, que facilitarán la instrucción
2. Dr. Henrietta Pazos: Culturally and Linguistically responsive assessment and intervention through the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model of support
3. Dr. Sally Nathenson-Mejia and Dr. Maria Uribe: The Critical Components to Lead an Urban Culturally and Linguistically Diverse School During High Levels of Accountability for Teacher and Students
4. Patsy Roybal, Director of Training and Leadership Development; Office of Family and Community Engagement: DPS Parent Engagement Pipeline
5. Nancy Harris: Analyzing Texts with ELL Students
Lunch and Awards, 12:15-1:45
Breakout Session 6, 11:00 am- 12:15 pm
1. Cristin Jensen Lasser, Clara Smith, Morgain Sanchez, Elvia Lubin, Adriana Santacoloma, Julissa Gomez, Andy Gomez: Lectura Estrategia Colabortiva: Providing Native Language Support for Students through Collaborative Strategic (CSR)
2. Doris Candelarie, Ph.D: Creating a Culture of Learning and Engagement
3. Jessica Cooney, Mary Bodkin, Jennifer Hicks, and El Teatro students- Greeley El Teatro: Telling Students’ Stories Through Multilingual Theatre
4. Dr. Elizabeth Franklin, Ms. Cynthia Gonzalez, Ms. Angelica Acevedo, Ms. Jean Svedman, Ms. Quinn Miller: Academic Language Strategies for Math and Science
Breakout Session 7, 2:00-3:15 pm
1. Rebekah Cook: An Example of Scaffolding Language Development in a Typical Secondary Mathematics Lesson
2. Excier J. Rodriguez: Developing Productive Socio-Emotional Partnerships in The Classroom
3. Liliana Graham: English Language Proficiency Act (ELPA) Repealed and Reenacted
4. College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Panel: Bilingual Experiences of Students in College
5. Perla Sanchez: Building a Reading Foundation in Spanish for ELL and SLL Students