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March 10–12, 2021
2021 State English Learners Alliance Conference
Click here to download the conference program.
The videos from the conference are no longer available.
We are very pleased to announce that Paul Gorski will be a featured speaker at the 2021 Statewide English Learners Alliance Conference. Click here for Paul's articles.
- Carmen Xiomara Urbina, Deputy Director, Oregon Department of Education - Bio
- Thursday, March 11, 2021 - Opening Speaker
- Paul Gorski, Founder of the Equity Literacy Institute and EdChange - Bio
- Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - Pre-Conference - Getting Serious about Racial Equity
- Thursday, March 11, 2021 - Keynote and Breakout Session
- Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University - Bio
- Howard C. Stevenson, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, University of Pennsylvania - Bio
- Walter Gilliam, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University Child Study Center - Bio
- Andrea Honigsfeld, Professor in the School of Education and Human Services, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York - Bio
- Michael Haggen, Senior Vice President Content Development and Chief Academic Officer, Scholastic - Bio
Pre-Conference Events:
8:00 to 12:00 Equity Academy I for Educators
8:00 to 12:00 Equity Academy II for Educators
9:00 to 12:00 New Principals Academy
1:00 to 4:00 OACOA Seminar Series - To register: click here.
1:00 to 4:00 Paul Gorski Pre-Conference - Getting Serious about Racial Equity
Featured Breakout Sessions:
- Getting it Right: Building Diverse Classroom Resources with Linguistically, Culturally Responsive, and Respectful Teaching Tips
- Co-teaching with ELD and SpEd to Provide Students with More Opportunities
- Streamlining Data and Best Practices to Expand Current ELL Preschool Model
- Digital Argumentation: Perspective Building Through Visualization
- The Oregon State Seal of Biliteracy - Empowering Students in a Linguistically Global World
- Expanding Learning Opportunities for ELLs
- A Cross-district Dual Language Program Cadre; Ongoing Collaboration with Oregon's DL Leaders
- Graphic Rubrics for Targeted Feedback and Student Self-Assessment
- A Multilingual, Multicultural Approach to Teaching & Learning English
- Integrating Science and ESL in K-5: How To and Lessons Learned
- Bilingual Teacher Pathways
- Ensuring Quality Instructional Materials for English Learners
- Integrating Language, Literacy and Content: Modeling and Practice of Key Instructional Strategies
- Integrated PD for Language-rich Classrooms
- Meaningfully Engaging Linguistically Diverse Families in the Special Education Process
- English Learner Students with Disabilities and Opportunities to Learn
- Listening to Parents of English Learners - Using Empathy Interviews to Guide Practice and Policy
- Best Practices for Supporting Newcomer Immigrant and Refugee Secondary Students
- Disrupting Blindness: What Racial Literacy Can Teach Us to See
- Using Games to Attain Meaningful Learning in SLA & ESOL PD
- Improving our Sociocultural Competence to Engage Our Marginalized Families During CDL
- Collaborating for Meaningful Engagement of ELs through Integration of ELP and Social Studies Standards
- Increasing Language Learning Opportunities with Technology
- Highlighting Academic Supports and Enrichment Opportunities for our Migrant Students
- Seven Co-teaching Models to Support English Language Acquisition
- School Wide English Learning: Peer Coaching for English Learner Success
- Developing a Multilingual, Asset-Based Approach in ALL Schools
- Teachers in the TEAMS Project Strengthen Partnerships with Multilingual Families during COVID-19
- Instructional Look-Fors in a Language-Rich Classroom
- EL Policy News and Updates for 2021-22
Resources:
Agenda
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