WEST Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference WEST Schedule

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1	Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference WEST Schedule			It's a wrap! Thanks for being here! See you next year!
2	June 25th Schedule	Session Title	Session Description	Presenter(s)	Room Location

3	8:30 - 9:30 am	Opening Session Keynote Address	Celebrating Multilingual Learners through Advocacy	Dr. Kristi Day Director of Academic Standards Catty Moore Member At-Large, NC State Board of Education	Minitorium
4	9:30 - 9:45 am break
5	All Day	Essentials For Teaching Newcomers (SIOP with a Newcomers Lens)	Pre-conference Registration Required	Crystal Jastzabski ELD Support Team Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	Yeager Room
6	All Day	Grow with GLAD	Pre-conference Registration Required	Laura Van Camp ELD Support Team Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	Dogwood Room
7	9:30 - 9:45 am break
8	9:45 - 11:15 am	Infusing Multilingualism and Multimodality into Your Science Classroom	Calling all science educators! Want to truly grasp your students' scientific understanding? Join this interactive session to explore the Multilingual Multimodal Science Inventory (M2-Si), a groundbreaking research project from North Carolina. Here's what's in store: Unveiling M2-Si: Discover this innovative project that helps reveal what students know and can do in science, not just what they know and can do in science in English. Research in action: Get insights into the science behind M2-Si and how it empowers a deeper understanding of student learning. Lesson transformation workshop: Roll up your sleeves and infuse your existing lesson plan (or use ours!) with multilingual and multimodal elements, making science accessible and engaging for all!	Ivanna Mann Thrower Anderson NCDPI Dr. Keira Ballantyne Dr. Amy Burden Brittany York Center for Applied Linguistics Dr. Micheline Chalhoub-Deville University of NC, Greensboro Dr. Margo Gottlieb WIDA Lisa Rambeaut Teacher, Alamance-Brurlington County	1148
9	9:45 - 11:15 am	Keeping the Momentum: Accelerating Learning for MLs	In this session, our quantitative analyst will provide an overview of the recovery analyses with a specific focus on ML students. Participants will learn how to use these data to inform instruction of ML students and will discuss with peers in their region about what these data indicate for them in their local context. Additionally, we will discuss lessons learned from the pandemic that we can use to shape our instruction as we continue to move forward to accelerate learning for our ML students.	Rachel Wright Junio Director Calen Clifton Research Analyst Research and Evaluation Office of Learning & Research NC Department of Public Instruction	1120
10	9:45 - 11:15 am	Multilingual Minds, Mathematical Mastery: Nurturing Strengths in the Classroom	As the number of multilingual learners increases, it is crucial for educators to gain the competencies necessary to effectively teach these students, particularly in disciplines like mathematics. In this session, we will explore how language plays a vital role in mathematics learning for multilingual learners and how to leverage their strengths as leaders in the classroom. Drawing from best practices we will offer practical approaches for K–8 teachers, emphasizing a strength-based approach that incorporates students' life experiences and cultural backgrounds. Participants can expect to learn strategies for maintaining high expectations, representing concepts in various formats, and fostering meaningful mathematical discussions.Join us to discover new ways to celebrate and support the brilliance of multilingual learners in mathematics education.	Silvia McDonald ML/Title III Education Consultant Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	1235
11	9:45 - 11:15 am	Bridging Together the NC ELD Standards and the NC Content Standards	Learn how ML teachers canwork with their school on bridging the gap between the NC ELD Standards and the content standards. Many content teachers do not realize that ML teachers have their own framework they are teaching from. Using the Mapping and Unpacking documents from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UPOs from content standards, we will share how participants can connect the Language Expectations from the NC ELD Standards framework. We will share ways that teachers can begin to get these standards out in classrooms through collaboration with content teachers. Educators will walk away with strategies to use with content teachers, in PLTs, or in faculty meetings to bridge the gap between ESL and content classes.	Kelly Poteet ML Instructional Coach Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools	1455
12	9:45 - 11:15 am	Engaging ML Families at the District and School Level	This session will provide insight on how to better engage your ML families, making them a partner in their child's education. Wilkes County has a multi-tiered approach to family engagement, effectively activating their participation at the school and district level. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive and we would like to share some of our best practices in family engagement, such as Parent El-Pac meetings, our parent liaison position, ML Family Nights, and more.	Lori Holguin EL Coordinator Robyn Hibbard ESL Teacher Wilkes County Schools	1146
13	Lunch on your own NCDPI Healthy Schools Chat and Chew Resources, Collaboration and Creating Change: A Discussion on Relationship Health Education for MLs
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15	12:30 - 3:30 pm	Frontloading: Building Knowledge and Content Language for MLs and all Students!	Learn how to effectively build background for multilingual learners and all students on any content. This session will model how to incorporate high impact strategies to engage students with academic vocabulary and text using videos, graphic organizers, and constructive conversations.	Tsianina Tovar ML Instructional Coach Buncombe County Schools	1146
16	12:30 - 3:30 pm	Planning and Delivering ELD Standards-Based Instruction	Join us to learn ways to better integrate the NC ELD Standards in your classroom or program. Explore different models for co-teaching, small groups, and content classrooms while incorporating language expectations and language features for English Language Development standards-based aligned instruction. We will discuss classroom and program baby steps to successes from the past two years since the release of the standards. Bring current ideas to share with other educators from across the state of NC.	Lisa Sibaja Helen "Lannie" Simpson ELD Support Team Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	1455
17	90 Minute Sessions
18	12:30 - 2:00 pm	Strategies and Innovations for Multilingual Learner Success	Join educators and researchers from NC to explore the ML Success project, one of 20 projects designed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on student learning. In this presentation, we will share findings regarding ML performance of select PSUs and how they implemented strategies and innovations to support MLs during the pandemic. Lessons learned and recommendations will also be shared. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences and contribute to the project.	Ivanna Mann Thrower Anderson ML/Title III Education Consultant NCDPI Liz Gilbert Dr. Ye He Dr. Doris Kroiss UNC Greensboro	1148
19	12:30 - 2:00 pm	Keeping the Momentum: Accelerating Learning for MLs	In this session, our quantitative analyst will provide an overview of the recovery analyses with a specific focus on ML students. Participants will learn how to use these data to inform instruction of ML students and will discuss with peers in their region about what these data indicate for them in their local context. Additionally, we will discuss lessons learned from the pandemic that we can use to shape our instruction as we continue to move forward to accelerate learning for our ML students.	Rachel Wright Junio Director Calen Clifton Research Analyst Research and Evaluation Office of Learning & Research NC Department of Public Instruction	1120
20	12:30 - 2:00 pm	Cultivating Excellence: Supporting Multilingual Learners Across Subgroups	This session focuses on strategies to cultivate linguistic diversity among multilingual learners (MLs), who are often represented within a variety of subgroups (AIG, EC, etc.). Multilingual Learners exhibit valuable knowledge of multiple languages, different ways of representing ideas, a higher level of metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness, and multiple approaches to expressing their thoughts. As a result, these students require purposeful and intentional support to ensure that their potential is cultivated, recognized, and served. When working with ML students, educators play a crucial role in advocating for MLs and implementing effective strategies to support them in accessing grade level standards. In this session, participants will take a deeper look at one effective strategy, the use of text sets; taking into consideration how a text set is created, with MLs in mind, and how they can be used to support and scaffold their comprehension and language acquisition, regardless of the additional subgroups they may represent.	Mary Phillips K-5 ELA Consultant Catie Cohen 9-12 ELA Consultant Silvia McDonald ML/Title III Consultant Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	1235
21	2:00 - 2:15 pm Break
22	2:15 - 3:45 pm	From Policy to Practice: Implementing Holocaust and Character Education in the Classroom	In this session, participants will understand the legislation for both Holocaust and Character Education in North Carolina. Participants will learn how to combine Holocaust and Character Education seamlessly into their curriculum for MLs through the use of Holocaust texts and an instructional framework with a focus on supports for MLs. Participants will come away with ideas for implementation that include lesson plans, Spanish resources, and summative assessments.	Kelly Schultz Standards Implementation Specialist Office of Academic Standards	1120
23	2:15 - 3:45 pm	Success Advocates for Secondary MLs	Learn about employing Success Advocates for Multilingual students in Henderson County Public Schools. How do these individuals support secondary students, families, and schools to lessen the burden on ESL teachers? This session will explore the impact, successes and lessons we've learned in one district. (Includes but is not limited to newcomer enrollments, transcript evaluations, college access and support for mixed-status families, 8th-grade transitions to HS, and more!)	America Moreno Jemenez Hannah McDonald ESL Success Advocates Henderson County Schools	1148
24	2:15 - 3:45 pm	Empowering Multilingual Learners: Elevating Oral Language for Academic Success	This professional development opportunity is designed to equip educators with effective strategies and techniques to promote and develop oral language proficiency in ML students. This workshop recognizes the critical role that oral language plays in overall literacy development and academic success of all students, but with an emphasis on ML student outcomes. In this session, participants will explore and experience text-based discussion protocols, focusing on text-dependent questions (TDQs), sentence frames, and talk moves as a means to help MLs access academic content through grade-level conversations.	Mary Phillips K-5 ELA Consultant Catie Cohen 9-12 ELA Consultant Silvia McDonald ML/Title III Consultant Office of Academic Standards NC Department of Public Instruction	1235
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