Presentations

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

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

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

The New WIDA ACCESS Writing Scoring Rubric for Grades 1-12 Date & Time: October 28, 2025 | 1:15 p.m. PT Presenter(s): Tanya Bitterman Description: Do you want a better understanding of how the WIDA ACCESS Writing test is scored? Come to this workshop to hear about the new WIDA Writing Scoring Rubric for grades 1-12, ... Read more

“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

“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

“Let's See What Multilingual Kids Can Really Do: Making Science Assessment Serve Your Students Needs" Event: North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) Conference Location: Winston 3A Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 Time: 2:40 p.m. Session Format: Presentation Presenters: Silvia McDonald, NCDPI, ML/Title III Consultant, M2-Si Principal Investigator Keira Ballantyne, CAL, VP of Programs and Development, ... Read more

"Leveraging students’ Whole Linguistic Repertoires to Enhance their Bilingualism and Biliteracy Development" Event: La Cosecha 2025 Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Session Format: Pre-Conference Institute Presenter(s): Igone Arteagoitia (CAL) Description: This session will provide participants working in Spanish-English dual language programs with the opportunity to enhance their pedagogical language knowledge by ... Read more

"Lessons Learned from CAL Dual Language Education Program Reviews" Event: La Cosecha 2025 Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:10 – 10:00 am Session Format: Presentation Presenter(s): Igone Arteagoitia (CAL) Description: CAL conducts reviews of dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs using the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (Howard et al., 2018) as the theoretical framework and the third pillar ... Read more

“Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education: Updating for Authenticity and Innovation” Event: La Cosecha 2025 Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 10:50 – 12:10 pm                                                                  ... Read more

“Bless Your Heart" Leadership Strategies in Virginia's Low-Incidences EL Programs" Event: VATESOL 2025 Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 Session Format: Presentation Presenter: Kia Johnson This session presents findings from a qualitative study exploring how EL program leaders in Virginia’s low-incidence districts navigate language program implementation amidst limited resources, shifting demographics, and compliance pressures. Drawing from ... Read more