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Pre-Conference Institute and Learning Community
Co-teaching and Collaborative School Practices for English Language Learners
Maria Dove and Andrea Honigsfeld, Instructors
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm with lunch included, plus two follow-up sessions.
This Pre-Conference Institute will introduce ESL, bilingual, sheltered content, and special education teacher partners or school teams to various co-teaching models and collaborative practices in classrooms and schools with English language learners.
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Pre-Conference Institute
RTI in Practice: Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Intervention for English Learners
Dr. Catherine Collier, Instructor
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm, with lunch included.
This Pre-Conference Institute will introduce ESL, bilingual, sheltered content, and special education teachers to practical interventions, at different tiers of intervention, that take into consideration the cultures, first languages and second language proficiency levels of this diverse group of students,
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New! Pre-Conference Institute
Listening and Speaking: Oral Language and Vocabulary Development for English Language Learners, K-8
Dr. Betty Ansin Smallwood, Instructor
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 5:00 pm 9:00 pm, with a light dinner included.
In this interactive workshop, participants will enhance their knowledge of teaching and learning processes that promote oral language and vocabulary development and will experience strategies to increase these skills. Participants will receive a textbook. This institute is Generously co-sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics.
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Featured Speakers - Thursday, May 3
Keynote
Talk is priceless: Building students’ skills for powerful academic conversations
Jeff Zwiers, Stanford University
Featured Speaker
English Language Learners with Disabilities: Are we serving the right students?
Alba Ortiz, The University of Texas at Austin
Invited Sessions
Challenges of Working with Postsecondary Multilingual Students with Learning Disabilities
Patricia Mytkowicz, Curry College
Introducing Linguistic Inquiry to English Language Learners: A Collaborative Effort
Maya Honda, Wheelock College; Wayne O'Neil, MIT; Daniel Ginsberg, Georgetown University
Digital Storytelling for English Language Learners
Tom Daccord, EdTechTeacher
Immigrants Raising Children: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children's Development
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Harvard University |
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Featured Speakers - Friday, May 4
Keynote
On Repetition in Language Learning and Teaching
Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan
Featured Speakers
2nd Annual State of the State on English Language Education in Massachusetts
Esta Montano, Director, Office of Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement, Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Adult ESOL in Greater Boston
Anne Serino, Massachusetts ABE State Director, Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Navjeet Singh, Commonwealth Corporation
Followed by breakouts for community college, adult education and higher education.
Title III: Changes and Challenges 2012
Michelle Griffin, Office of Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement, Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Invited Session
Knowing your Haitian students: Some Notes on History, Language and Education in Haiti
Michele DeGraff, MIT |
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