Friday, May 15, 2026
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The Power of Words: Unlocking Academic Language for Student Success
Featured SessionsDr. ET Lead
May 15, 9:40am – 10:50am70 minOak (Level: 2nd Floor, Cap 45)Show details
Explore simple, effective strategies to build academic language through structured talk, modeling, and student discourse. Walk away with ready-to-use tools to boost student voice, confidence, and success—perfect for strengthening TELPAS reading and writing. -
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NeuroLectoGramática: domina la gramática y libera tu potencial lingüístico
Effective Instructional Practices in Elementary DLBE ClassroomsJaime Leal Sotelo Lead
May 15, 9:45am – 10:40am55 minReal (Level: 1st Floor, Cap 40)Show details
¿Buscas una estrategia sólida y científicamente validada para que tus estudiantes no solo memoricen, sino que comprendan y dominen la gramática? Acompáñanos en esta sesión interactiva para explorar la Rutina de NeuroLectoGramática, un poderoso protocolo de lectura de 3 pasos diseñado a partir de los últimos estudios sobre el cerebro y la adquisición del lenguaje. -
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Effective Instructional Practices in Dual Language earning all points on TELPAS
Effective Instructional Practices in Elementary DLBE ClassroomsDora Leija Lead
May 15, 10:55am – 11:50am55 minReal (Level: 1st Floor, Cap 40)Show details
Presentation will include videos, examples and modeling of the 3 dual language techniques:the dictado: diario duo and lota Lara to lead our students to high academic achievement in both English and Spanish. These strategies have led our campus to earn our 10 points for the last 3 years on TELPAS and to outperform monolingual academic achievement. -
Bilingual Flourishing Champions through Love and Character Education
Effective Instructional Practices in Elementary DLBE ClassroomsMaricarmen Esper Lead
May 15, 1:45pm – 2:40pm55 minReal (Level: 1st Floor, Cap 40)Show details
This session shows bilingual educators how to integrate love, cultural identity, and character development into everyday teaching. Participants will learn simple, bilingual strategies that strengthen relationships and nurture virtues like empathy and perseverance. Through practical examples, teachers will discover how to weave character and culture into lessons and routines. Attendees leave with ready‑to‑use tools to help every student feel valued and encourage to flourish and to thrive. -
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El dictado: A routine to promote cultural and linguistic competency
Effective Instructional Practices in Elementary DLBE ClassroomsAloise Miller Lead
May 15, 2:55pm – 3:50pm55 minReal (Level: 1st Floor, Cap 40)Show details
In this bilingual session, participants practice a step-by-step approach to implementing dictados in their classrooms. Through “structured conversations” and guided writing activities, they experience several dictados and identify ways to develop students’ oracy, metalinguistic, and cross-cultural awareness. In addition, the use of innovative strategies to teach phonology, morphology, and syntax across both program languages is a part of this language-rich presentation. Participants will learn how to maximize transfer opportunities across program languages and deepen their understanding of contrastive analysis.