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WABE 2024 Annual Conference

Thank you for attending, the 2024 WABE Annual Conference has now concluded. You can view handouts upload by presenters in each session.

8:00am PDT

School Visit Registration & Clock Hour Sign-in Grand Davenport Lobby

8:30am PDT

Secondary School Visit Ferrris High School

2:00pm PDT

Pre-Conference Registration & Clock Hour Sign-in Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)

2:45pm PDT

Pre-Conference Workshop with Dr. Carol Salva Meeting Room 12 (2nd Floor)Dr. Carol Salva

3:00pm PDT

Conference Registration Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)

6:00pm PDT

Opening Night Reception Terrace West and Outdoor Terrace (2nd Floor)

7:00am PDT

Clock Hours Open Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor) Conference Badge Pick-up Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor) Exhibits Open Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

7:45am PDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

8:00am PDT

Visit Exhibits/Networking Break Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

9:00am PDT

Friday Morning General Session with Dr. Carol Salva Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)Liliya Stefoglo • Dr. Carol Salva

10:50am PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits, Clock Hours Open Various

11:15am PDT

Boost Engagement and Learning for Multilingual Students for Immediate Positive Gains in all Content Areas. Cedar (1st Floor)Sara Van Donge • Kim Kelsay • Leidy Martinez Characteristics of Successful DL Programs: Dual Language 101 Meeting Room 12 (2nd Floor)Ruth Kriteman Innovating For All Learners Meeting Room 5 (1st Floor)Christine Avery • Narine Balayan • Evan Barbour • Stephanie Knipp Key Actions for Supporting All Multilingual Learners in Washington State Meeting Room 1 (1st Floor)Kristin Percy Calaff Rolling Out the WIDA Standards through Coaching and Collaboration Maple (1st Floor)Danielle Fortner • Katie Sperling Translanguaging, Just What Is It? Meeting Room 4 (1st Floor)Craig A. Hughes Trauma Informed Teaching: Serving Students from Hard Places Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)Elise White Diaz Sponsored Session: A culturally relevant framework for parent engagement with Spanish-speaking parents Meeting Room 11 (2nd Floor)Katherine Del Monte Sponsored Session: Literacy for the Bilingual Brain in a Dual Language Classroom Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)Nancy Herrera

12:30pm PDT

Clock Hours Open Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor) Lunch Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

1:30pm PDT

Friday Afternoon General Session featuring Student Entertainment, OSPI, and Remote Keynote from Dr. Jim Cummins Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)Liliya Stefoglo • Dr. Jim Cummins

3:00pm PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits, Clock Hours Open Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

3:15pm PDT

Appropriate Cultural Reading Books & Parent Engagement Make The Difference! Meeting Room 1 (1st Floor)Alfonso Lopez Breaking the Silence: Using Voice Circles to Empower Marginalized Students Meeting Room 4 (1st Floor)Dr. Kathryn Page • Carrie Sorensen GLAD Strategies for Creating a Community of Collaborative Learners Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)Tabitha Aragon Language Equity: Competency-based Credits, the Seal of Biliteracy, and Assessment Meeting Room 11 (2nd Floor)Veronica Trapani-Huebner Love, Hope, Excellence! A Workshop in Thriving as a Dual Language Leader Meeting Room 12 (2nd Floor)Adina Thea Navigating Math Content Language for Multilingual Learners Maple (1st Floor)Effie Triol Rapid Literacy for Older Emergent Bilinguals Birch (1st Floor)Elise White Diaz Sponsored Session: Elevate Student Outcomes by Scaffolding Tier I Instruction with the WIDA Framework Cedar (1st Floor)Christine Champie Sponsored Session: Support Instructional Levels in Your Dual Language Classroom ¡La solución es Pedagogía práctica y recursos basados en la investigación! Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)Luz Roth

7:00am PDT

WABE Business Meeting & Breakfast Grand Ballroom (1st Floor) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor) Conference Badge Pick-up Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor) Exhibits Open Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)

8:15am PDT

Bridging the English Literacy Gap: Enhancing Multilingual Self-Efficacy in Teachers Through Structured Co-planning and Equity Protocols Birch (1st Floor)Marjeta Bejdo, Ed.D. Effective Questioning & Structured Conversations for ALL Learners, Especially Els (OFFERED 2X) Cedar (1st Floor)Dr. Carol Salva Every Teacher, Every Day: Making Decisions on Grouping Practices. What does the research say? Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)Jennifer Johnson • Heidi LaMare Going Deeper with the Pictorial Input Chart Meeting Room 4 (1st Floor)Jody Bader • Dr. Sara Martinez Inclusive Pedagogy: Examining Teacher Readiness for WIDA and UDL Frameworks in Multilingual Classrooms Maple (1st Floor)Estephanie López Contreras, Ph.D. Sharing a Small World: Bilingual Environmental Education for Young Learners Meeting Room 11 (2nd Floor)Katharine Smith Using Realia and TPR to increase biliteracy success in a K-2 Dual Language Classroom. Meeting Room 12 (2nd Floor)Angelica Buenrostro Floyd Sponsored Session: Breaking Through The Noise: What Nurtures Literacy in Multilingual Learners? Meeting Room 1 (1st Floor)Amelia Larson Sponsored Session: Research-based Biliteracy in Action Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)Danny Townsend

9:15am PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor)

9:30am PDT

Closing General Session - Keynote from Dr. Kathy Escamilla, Election Announcements Grand Ballroom (1st Floor)Dr. Kathy Escamilla

11:00am PDT

Break - Visit Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer and Grand Ballroom (1st Floor) Clock Hours Sign-in Open Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor)

11:15am PDT

Developing Language Through Integrating Science Content With Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Meeting Room 1 (1st Floor)Kimberley Astle Distinguishing Between Language and LIteracy Birch (1st Floor)Karen Schotzko • Carrie Sorensen Effective Questioning & Structured Conversations for ALL Learners, Especially Els (OFFERED 2X) Cedar (1st Floor)Dr. Carol Salva Elevate Your Impact by Integrating Project GLAD strategies and The Science of Reading Meeting Room 3 (1st Floor)Bridget Dale M.Ed. Unidos: Building Community with Multilingual Learners through Family Engagement Meeting Room 12 (2nd Floor)Yvonne Williams Sponsored Session: Code Switching - Helping Multilingual Learners Tap Into Their Superpower Meeting Room 11 (2nd Floor)Monica Darnall Sponsored Session: Federal Funding and Bilingual Educators: Unveiling the Fellowship Opportunity Meeting Room 10 (2nd Floor)Jennifer Kouakeu • Berenice Pernalete