Teachers and teacher educators: The National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, invites you to attend Reconceptualizing the Development of Educator Expertise for a Multilingual, Intercultural Future,a two-day, in-person conference to be held June 17–18, 2024, in Portland, Oregon.
The conference will be held in the beautiful Portland Center at Oregon State University in downtown Portland, just blocks from the Willamette River. The convening will be an opportunity to:
Learn about studies being conducted by Center researchers on actionable teacher education, curriculum, instruction, and policy practices that can dramatically improve the education of secondary English Learners.
Be inspired by national and international panels exploring progress and challenges in reconceptualizing learning and language development.
Network, share, discuss, question assumptions, build new understandings, and offer solutions.
Engage in working sessions to develop actionable plans to implement.
Make a difference for adolescents who need support to simultaneously learn subject matter content and practices, and the English necessary to communicate them.
Confirmed speakers include:
Alexandra Estrella, Superintendent, Norwalk Public Schools, CT
Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania
Montserrat Garibay, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director of the Office of English Language Acquisition at the U.S. Department of Education
Mari Haneda, The Pennsylvania State University
Pauline Jones, Wollongong University, Australia
Tatyana Kleyn, City University of New York
Amanda Kibler, Oregon State University
Luis Enrique López, Instituto Iberoamericano de Lenguas Indígenas
Mary Martínez-Wenzl, Oregon Department of Education
Diego Román, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alice Stott, The Oracy Project, Great Britain
Karen Thompson, Oregon State University
Ilana Umansky, University of Oregon
Gaby Uro, Council of Great City Schools
Aída Walqui, WestEd
Susan Gardner, Dean, College of Education, Oregon State University
Victor Zúñiga, Unviersidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
Space is limited.
We hope to see you there!
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