7:30 am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome and Overview of CREATE
David Francis

8:45 am

Keynote Session: The Legacy of Lau in Contemporary Perspective
Kenji Hakuta

9:45 am

Morning Break

10:00 am

General Session: Using the SIOP Model as a Schoolwide Professional Development Framework
Deborah Short, Jennifer Himmel, Jana Echevarria, and Catherine Richards-Tutor

11:00 am

General Session: Using Word Generation in Classes With ELLs: Does Discussion Really Work?
Catherine Snow and Claire White

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Small Group Breakout Sessions Part 1:

Session A: Data Trends and Policy
Kenji Hakuta and David Francis

Session B: SIOP Model Professional Development
Jennifer Himmel and Deborah Short

Session C: Supporting Evidence-Based Instructional Practices through Coaching
Colleen Reutebuch and Vanessa Cortez

2:15 pm

Keynote Session: English Learners and the Staircase of Text Complexity
Elfrieda Hiebert

3:15 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30 pm

Small Group Breakout Sessions Part 2:

Session A: Text Complexity
Elfrieda Hiebert

Session B: Using Word Generation in Classes With ELLs
Claire White and Catherine Snow

Session C: Supporting Evidence-Based Instructional Practices through Coaching
Colleen Reutebuch and Vanessa Cortez

7:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 am

Overview of Day 2
Jana Echevarria

8:45 am

General Session: CREATE Science: Developing Science Knowledge and Academic Language in Middle Grade ELLs
Diane August and Annie Duguay

9:45 am

General Session: CREATE Social Studies: Developing Social Studies Knowledge and Academic Language in Middle Grade ELLs
Sharon Vaughn and Colleen Reutebuch

10:45 am

Morning Break

11:00 am

Keynote Session: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It
Russ Rumberger

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Small Group Breakout Sessions Part 3:

Session A: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can Be Done About It
Russ Rumberger and David Francis

Session B: CREATE Science
Annie Duguay and Diane August

Session C: CREATE Social Studies
Colleen Reutebuch, Letty Martinez, Ledell Maynor, and Craig Powell

2:15 pm

Small Group Breakout Sessions Part 4:

Session A: SIOP Model Professional Development
Jennifer Himmel and Deborah Short

Session B: CREATE Science
Annie Duguay and Diane August

Session C: Using Word Generation in Classes With ELLs
Claire White and Catherine Snow

3:15 pm

General Session: Concluding Remarks and Panel Discussion of Participant Questions