“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
“Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education: Updating for Authenticity and Innovation" Event: Multilingual Illinois 2025 Statewide Conference Location: South Pavilion 1 Date: December 9, 2025 Session Format: Presentation Presenters: Analleli Hernández (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: Calling all dual language education stakeholders! It's been over seven years since Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (GPDLE), edition 3 was published ... Read more
Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Location: Zoom Date & Time: January 21, 2026 Session Format: Presentation Presenter(s): Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: This 50-minute discussion looks at the important attributes of effective professional development. Some of the aspects explored include ongoing practices and topics, collaborative job-embedded approaches amongst educators ... Read more
Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Location: Zoom Date & Time: January 21, 2026 Session Format: Presentation Presenter(s): Sarah Howard, Diep Nguyen, Keira Ballantyne Description: With most states mandating Science of Reading instruction in legislation, previous investigations have looked at the different requirements of legislative mandates. However, there has not been a ... Read more
Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Location: Zoom Date & Time: January 21, 2026 | 9:25 AM - 10:15 AM Session Format: Presentation Presenter(s): Maria Cieslak (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: This session reimagines multilingual story boxes for elementary and secondary classrooms. Participants will explore how story boxes can serve as platforms ... Read more
Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Location: Zoom Date & Time: January 21, 2026 | 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM Session Format: Presentation Presenter(s): Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) Description: Effective PD enables educators to build capacity and expand upon the knowledge and skills they need to address students’ learning challenges ... Read more
