• 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

  • NCSTA 2025 Conference Presentation: Let’s See What Multilingual Kids Can Really Do: Making Science Assessment Serve Your Students Needs.

    “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

  • La Cosecha Conference 2025- Leveraging Students’ Whole Linguistic Repertoires to Enhance their Bilingualism and Biliteracy Development

    "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