2007 CREATE Conference

Academic Language and Content:
A Focus on English Language Learners in the Middle School

Agenda

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Monday, October 1, 2007

  8:00am  Registration and Breakfast
  8:30 Welcome and Overview of CREATE
David J. Francis, Director, CREATE

TOPIC 1: FRAMEWORKS & PERSPECTIVES
  8:50 Keynote
Supporting English Language Learners' Success with Academic Language: What Teachers Need to Know
Guadalupe Valdés, Stanford University
  9:40 Morning Break
  10:00 Keynote
Assessment, Accountability, and Instruction for ELLs Under NCLB
David J. Francis, Texas Institute of Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston
  11:00 Small Group Break-Out Sessions
  12:00 Lunch

TOPIC 2: THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION
  1:30pm Keynote
Apprenticing the Academic Uses of English: Middle School English Language Learners and their Teachers
Aída Walqui, WestED
  2:20 Afternoon Break
  2:30

CREATE Research
Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science

QuEST (Quality English and Science Teaching)
Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics

Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science
Jana Echevarria, California State University, Long Beach
Deborah Short, Center for Applied Linguistics
  3:30 Small Group Break-Out Sessions
  4:30 Q&A Session with Day 1 Speakers and Summary of Day’s Content
Elfrieda H. Hiebert, University of California, Berkeley
  6:30 Dinner

TOPIC 3: ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
  7:15 Keynote
Academic English: Interactions between Student and Language
Alison Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles

 

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

  8:00am Breakfast
  8:30 Overview of Content and Aims
Elfrieda H. Hiebert, University of California, Berkeley

TOPIC 4: INSTRUCTION—SOCIAL STUDIES
  8:40 Keynote
Learning History, Learning Academic Language
Mary Schleppegrell, University of Michigan
  9:30 Morning Break
  9:40

CREATE Research
Social Studies Instruction

Social Studies Instruction
Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Vaughn Gross Center,
University of Texas, Austin

Word Generation
Catherine Snow, Harvard University
  10:45 Small Group Break-Out Sessions
  11:45 Box Lunches (Small Groups meet as teams, discussing next steps)

TOPIC 5: FORGING NEXT STEPS
  1:15pm

Subtopic: Implementation
Creating Literacy-Rich Middle Schools
Doug Fisher, San Diego State University

Effective Classroom Practices—English Learner Development Strategies in Science
Michael P. Klentschy, El Centro (CA) School District
  2:30

Q&A Session with Presenters and Concluding Comments

Elfrieda H. Hiebert, University of California, Berkeley

David J. Francis, Texas Institute of Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston

 

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