7:00 – 8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 – 8:15 AM

Welcome and Overview
Jana Echevarria and David Francis

8:15 – 9:15 AM

Keynote Session: A Brief History of Sheltered Instruction Research and Its Influence on CREATE
Deborah Short

9:15 – 10:15 AM

Keynote Session: Next Generation Science Standards for English Language Learners
Okhee Lee

10:15 – 10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 – 11:45 AM

Small Group Breakout Sessions 1:

Session A: SIOP and Professional Development
Cara Richards and Jennifer Himmel

Session B: Next Generation Science Standards for English Language Learners: Effective Classroom Strategies
Okhee Lee, Lora Meade, Mariel Milano, Carlos Negron, Ryan R. Zimmerman

Session C: CREATE Update: Social Studies
Sharon Vaughn and Colleen Reutebuch

11:45 – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 PM

Keynote Session: Teaching 10,000 Words: Vocabulary Instruction in the Middle Grades for English Language Learners
Michael Graves

2:15 – 3:15 PM

Keynote Session: Improving Reading Comprehension in Middle School EL Students
Nonie Lesaux

3:30 – 4:45 PM

Small Group Breakout Sessions 2:

Session A: SIOP and Professional Development
Cara Richards and Jennifer Himmel

Session E: CREATE Update: Science
Diane August and CREATE Science Team

Session F: Teaching 10,000 Words
Michael Graves

Session G: Improving Reading Comprehension
Nonie Lesaux

4:45 – 5:30 PM

Afternoon Break and Poster Set-Up

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Poster and Networking Session

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15 AM

Welcome and Overview
Jana Echevarría and David Francis

8:15 – 9:15 AM

Keynote Session: Defining and Assessing Academic Language
Paola Uccelli

9:15 – 10:15 AM

Keynote Session: Assessing the Vocabulary Needed to Meet the Common Core State Standards
Diane August and David Francis

10:15 – 10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 – 11:30

Keynote Session: Assessing English Language Proficiency and its Importance in Content Area Achievement
H. Gary Cook and Robert Linquanti

11:30 – 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Attention to the Needs of EL Learners in Assessments Developed by PARC and SBAC
Madga Chia, Robert Linquanti, Diane August, and H. Gary Cook

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 – 2:45 PM

Small Group Breakout Sessions 3:

Session H: Assessing Academic Language
Paola Uccelli

Session I: Assessing Academic Vocabulary
Diane August and David Francis

Session J: Assessment and Accommodations
H. Gary Cook and Robert Linquanti

Town Hall Meeting: Taking Research to School: CREATE Researchers Discuss Participant Questions on Meeting the Common Core State Standards
Diane August, Jana Echevarría, David Francis, Deborah Short, and Catherine Snow