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NYSABE Major Session II

Greetings: Mirza Sánchez-Medina, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, Division of Multilingual Learners, NYCDOE; Cara Calabrese, Music Teacher, Buffalo Public Schools

Student Performance: Lafayette International Community High School Drum Band, Buffalo, NY

Professional Award: Olga María Castro, The Dr. Ximena Zate Bilingual Teacher of the Year Award

Introduction of Keynote: Mario Palma, Vice President of Multilingual Teaching and Learning, American Reading Company

Keynote Presentation: Building Bilingualism and Biliteracy: ¡Ya es hora!
Presented by: Kathy Escamilla, Bob and Judy Charles Endowed Chair of Education and Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Concurrent Session V (40 and 80 minute sessions)

● The Pioneers: A Look at the Original Model of Bilingual Education at New York City’s First Spanish-English Bilingual Elementary School, P.S. 25, The Bilingual School

● Extending Learning Through Language Production Projects

● Using Technology to Enhance Instruction in the Bilingual Classroom

● “En español es distinto:” Side by side Spanish-Englishlanguage instruction for metalinguistic awareness

● Patterns of Home Language Use Among Early Childhood EnglishLanguage Learners: A Closer Look

● I’m a Masterpiece, not a Puzzle Piece

● Leadership Learning: Using Improvement Science to impact Dual Language Educational Outcomes (80 minutes)

● Extending Students’ Understanding Through the Use of Multi-Modal Texts (80 minutes)

Concurrent Session VI (40 minutes only)

● Cultural Etiquette and Greetings

● Building the Bridge from Oral Language to Early Literacy in a side-by-side Dual Language classroom

● Digital Learning Centers to Support Bilingual and English Language Learners

● Building a Successful Dual Language Program

● NYSED Practices for Multilingual Learners and the Next Generation ELA Learning Standards (NGLS)

● Developing Bilingual Reading Identities: Social Justice Literacy Circles

Leadership Luncheon

Greetings: Betty Rosa, Chancellor,NYSED Board of Regents; Carmen Dinos, Professor, Brooklyn College (R); Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senate Democratic Leader, New York State Senate

Professional Award: Wanda Ortíz-Rivera, The Bilingual Administrator of the Year Award

Keynote Presentation:
Presented by: Richard Carranza, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

HIGHLIGHTED SESSION: Leadership Forum on Equity, Access, & Excellence
Moderators: María-Angélica Meyer and Eudes Budhai

Concurrent Session VII (40 and 80 minute sessions)

● Deaf and Hard of Hearing Multilingual Learners in the Classroom and Beyond

● A Pathway to Bilingualism in a Suburban/Urban School District: From Birth to Seal of Biliteracy

● Transforming Language Learners through the Seal of Biliteracy

● Developing a Collaborative Bilingual Teacher Education Program

● Measuring dual language proficiency: How do we know donde están?

● Professional Network Support in Bilingual/ENL Teacher Education

● Literacy Apprenticeship in a Dual Language Classroom (80 minutes)

● Supporting English Learners in Middle School Mathematics (80 minutes)

Concurrent Session VIII (40 minutes)

● Surveying Chinese ELLs’ Writing Reflections

● An “experiment” in college-based, mainstream teacher preparation that builds on the assets of communities where Spanish and English shape community life

● Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

● Transforming Writing Pedagogies in Dual Language Bilingual Settings: Translanguaging as a Pedagogical Tool

● Roundtable Discussion: Assessment for Multilingual Learners and the Multiliteracy Trajectory

● Transnational Child Migration: Impact on English Language Learning and Cultural Integration

HIGHLIGHTED SESSION: Membership Meeting
Come join your colleagues across NYS as NYSABE’s Board of Directors and Delegate Assembly provide an understanding of where we are and how you can have a voice in achieving the mission of our organization

NYSABE Gladys Correa Memorial Award Banquet Gala

Mistress of Ceremonies: Denise Góñez-Santos, Executive Director, RBE-RN West

Welcome: Rebecca Elías, NYSABE President

History of Gladys Correa: Nancy Villarreal de Adler, NYSABE Past President

Introduction of Awardee: Carmen Dinos, Professor, Brooklyn College (R) & Ofelia García, Professor Emeritus, CUNY Graduate Center

Presentation of Award: Rebecca Elías, NYSABE President

The Gladys Correa Memorial Award Acceptance Speech: Tatyana Kleyn, The City College of New York

Entertainment Provided by: Alexis Velázquez
 

NYSABE Conference Registration

Hotel Main Lobby

Continental Breakfast /Networking Exhibitor/Curriculum Partner Visit

Ballroom A, B, C
Lower level

NYSABE Major Session III

Greetings: David Kirkland, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity & the Transformation of Schools, NYU; Luis O. Reyes, Regent-at-Large, NYSED Board of Regents

Professional Award: James Rodríguez, The Bilingual Support Personnel of the Year Award

Keynote Presentation:
Leveraging the ‘Learning Edge’: Translanguaging, Teacher Agency and Assessing Emergent Bilinguals’ Reading
Presented by: Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College

Ballroom A, B, C

Exhibitor/Curriculum Partner Visit

Exhibition Hall
Lower level

HIGHLIGHTEDSESSION: Bilingual Special Education Panel
Moderator: Wilfredo García

Briarcliff

Past Presidents Forum (By Invitation Only)

Convener: Iraida Bodré, NYSABE Past President

Ballroom D

Breakout Session IX (40 and 80 minute sessions)

● Post-secondary Success for Emergent Bilingual Students with IEPs

● Accessing Funds of Knowledge to Unlock MLL/ELLPotential

● A Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment of Bilingual Students for Special Education Services

● Caminos Desconocidos: Bilingual Latinx Teachers’ Processing of Language Journeys and their Impact on Bilingual Instruction

● Excellence in a Culturally Responsive Classroom (80 minutes)

● Building Literacy Through Oracy (80 minutes)

● Changing Policies and and Classroom Realities (80 minutes)

For further details please refer to the conference program

Breakout Session X (40 minutes only)

● Bilingual Kindergarten and First Grade Researchers Learn about Families and Communities

● Empowering Multilingual Learners through Literacy

● Dis/ability as Mediator: Possibility-Centered Hybrid Learning Spaces for Emergent Bilinguals with a Dis/ability

● Third Grade Inquiry into Multilingualism

● Video in the Middle School Classroom to Enhance Language & Literacy Instruction in ENL and Spanish Classes

For further details please refer to the conference program

Student Awards Luncheon

Conveners: Wilda Ramos & Heriberto Galarza, NYSABE Past Presidents

Greetings: David Mauricio, Superintendent of Peekskill Central School District and NYSABE Past President

Professional Award: Elena Dokshansky, The Dr. Antonia Pantoja Bilingual Advocacy Award

Presentation of Student Awards

Ballroom A, B, C

HIGHLIGHTED SESSION: The Closing Ceremony

Come join us as we reflect on our time together so that we can pave the journey that lies ahead!

Convener: Michael Duffy, Conference Chairperson

Reflection: Rebecca Elías, NYSABE President

The Journey Ahead: Alicia Báez-Barinas, NYSABE President-Elect
 

Ballroom A, B, C