AERA 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation—Teachers’ Development of Critical Consciousness around Multilingual Families

Teachers' Development of Critical Consciousness Around Multilingual Families Date & Time: April 25, 2025 | 9:50–11:20 0.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 711 Presenter(s): Sarah Howard Description: Fundamental to teachers’ culturally relevant instructional practices is their knowledge of students and families (Gay, 2010; Ladson-Billings, 2014), but teachers typically receive ... Read more

AERA 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation—Developing a Classroom Assessment System in Science: Centering Educators’ and Multilingual Students’ Voices

Developing a Classroom Assessment System in Science: Centering Educators’ and Multilingual Students’ Voices Date & Time: April 25, 2025 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403 Presenter(s): Keira Ballantyne, Brittany York, Amy Burden, Ivanna Anderson Description: The Multilingual Multimodal Science Inventory (M2-Si) is a classroom ... Read more

AERA 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation—Design Principles for Opportunity and Thriving: Centering Multilingual Learners in Formative Assessment

Design Principles for Opportunity and Thriving: Centering Multilingual Learners in Formative Assessment Date & Time: April 26, 2025 | 11:40 a.m. – 1:25 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403 Presenter(s): Amy Burden, Ivanna Anderson, Keira Ballantyne, Brittany York Description: We present the process for selecting design principles that ... Read more

MEDLI 2025

Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education: Biliteracy through Authenticity Date & Time: July 1, 2025 | 10:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. PST Location: Lotus A Presenter(s): Analleli Hernandez Description: How can the Guiding Principles of Dual Language Education inform classroom instruction? Biliteracy for today and the future depends on our ability to embrace the authentic ... Read more

CAL SIOP for Trainers: Intermediate Institute

July 14-17, 2025 Take your expertise in the SIOP Model to the next level and build the skills needed to lead high-quality professional development sessions in your school or district. Designed for educators with prior SIOP experience who are ready to grow as trainers and facilitators, join us for a collaborative learning experience that will ... Read more

CAL SIOP for Instructional Coaches: Advanced Institute

July 21-24, 2025 Deepen your expertise in supporting teachers with implementation of the SIOP Model through job-embedded coaching and professional learning. Designed specifically for instructional coaches who want to strengthen their ability to provide sustained, site-based support, join us for this interactive online offering. LEARN MORE

Spanish-English Biliteracy Instruction (¡en español!): Advanced

August 6–7, 2025 Pon tus conocimientos sobre las similitudes y diferencias entre el español y el inglés en práctica para crear actividades diseñadas para fomentar el desarrollo de la conciencia metalingüística This new institute is designed to help participants deepen their knowledge about similarities and differences between Spanish and English and enhance their biliteracy instruction ... Read more

WIDA Conference 2025 Presentation: “A Peek Behind the New Kindergarten ACCESS”

“A Peek Behind the New Kindergarten ACCESS" Event: WIDA Conference 2025 Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025    Location: Room B Time: 2:45 p.m. Session Format: Workshop Presenters: Regina DiBella (CAL) Christy Shepherd (CAL) Beth DeVito (WIDA) Marcy Olson (WIDA) Description: Curious about the new WIDA ACCESS for Kindergarten (K ACCESS) test? Join this session to preview ... Read more

Carolina TESOL Conference 2025 – Multilingual Multimodal Activities, Amplifying Voices

“Multilingual Multimodal Activities, Aplifying Voices" Event: Carolina TESOL 2025 Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 Session Format: Presentation Presenter: Amy Simpson-Burden Join us to explore multilingual, multimodal activity creation, amplifying student voices and stories. This interactive session shares building blocks for these assessments, developed with NC educators and piloted in NC classrooms, empowering elementary teachers to ... Read more